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annariel_dw2018-05-08 09:32 pm
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Entry tags:
Culture Rec from Previous Journal (for Reference)
Fandom: The Culture
Rating: Mature
Characters/Pairings: Original Characters
Length: 17,117 words
What is this?: This is an original short story set in Iain M. Banks' Culture universe. I actually forgot, halfway through this, that I wasn't reading one of Banks' own stories. I think it captures his universe really well - the vast potential of the technology, his own rather ambivalent attitude to his utopia, the potential for bickering, lots of silly spaceship names...
In this story a group of Culture ships and their crews encounter a threat in a solar system whose worlds are not members, or even aware, of the Culture. As the situation becomes increasingly desperate all those involved become locked in a debate about who has the right to choose whether a population is rescued or not. That makes the story sound very dry, but everyone/thing involved is a distinct character and the stakes are grippingly high.
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Kastaka
Rating: Mature
Characters/Pairings: Original Characters
Length: 17,117 words
What is this?: This is an original short story set in Iain M. Banks' Culture universe. I actually forgot, halfway through this, that I wasn't reading one of Banks' own stories. I think it captures his universe really well - the vast potential of the technology, his own rather ambivalent attitude to his utopia, the potential for bickering, lots of silly spaceship names...
In this story a group of Culture ships and their crews encounter a threat in a solar system whose worlds are not members, or even aware, of the Culture. As the situation becomes increasingly desperate all those involved become locked in a debate about who has the right to choose whether a population is rescued or not. That makes the story sound very dry, but everyone/thing involved is a distinct character and the stakes are grippingly high.
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