Comments on: Reading Log: Matter (Iain M. Banks) http://cosmopoetica.com/blog/story/reading-log-matter-iain-m-banks/ Writing, Literature, Art, Music, etc. Tue, 27 Jul 2010 15:55:09 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: chris http://cosmopoetica.com/blog/story/reading-log-matter-iain-m-banks/comment-page-1/#comment-87789 chris Tue, 09 Feb 2010 15:49:55 +0000 http://cosmopoetica.com/blog/story/reading-log-matter-iain-m-banks/#comment-87789 Absolutely... and thanks for sharing that link. It's indeed worth reiterating that any other flaws-- or disagreements with his conclusions-- aside, Banks has created a sprawling conception of a culture that has clearly been thought through more deeply than any other I am aware of. I'd love to have time to sit down, read through all the Culture novels, and consider them more deeply as Yannick Rumpala starts to. Alas, my time is otherwise consumed :) Absolutely… and thanks for sharing that link. It’s indeed worth reiterating that any other flaws– or disagreements with his conclusions– aside, Banks has created a sprawling conception of a culture that has clearly been thought through more deeply than any other I am aware of. I’d love to have time to sit down, read through all the Culture novels, and consider them more deeply as Yannick Rumpala starts to.

Alas, my time is otherwise consumed :)

]]> By: [-] http://cosmopoetica.com/blog/story/reading-log-matter-iain-m-banks/comment-page-1/#comment-87787 [-] Tue, 09 Feb 2010 15:38:55 +0000 http://cosmopoetica.com/blog/story/reading-log-matter-iain-m-banks/#comment-87787 It must also be said that the Iain Banks' Culture cycle is indeed a very interesting way to develop philosophical and political reflections on the potential role of “intelligent” machines in an advanced society: http://yannickrumpala.wordpress.com/2010/01/14/anarchy_in_a_world_of_machines/ It must also be said that the Iain Banks’ Culture cycle is indeed a very interesting way to develop philosophical and political reflections on the potential role of “intelligent” machines in an advanced society: http://yannickrumpala.wordpress.com/2010/01/14/anarchy_in_a_world_of_machines/

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