Tech billionaires don't read the sci-fi they're supposedly influenced by. Ian M. Banks is anti-capitalist you dipshits.
#scifi #ianmbanks #bezos #musk #bloodknife
Right now I'm considering the idea of using 'e' to denote a single person pronoun, and 'ey' / 'em' to pluralize, so that everything is in this kind of weird undermining of the language. I could go a step further and change a few more things!
Although, I have to be careful not to get too far into
#FeersumEndjinn territory: as much as I like #IanMBanks as a writer, too many people seem to think that was borderline unreadable, and I'd rather be easy to read...
#linguistics #prose #writing #ianmbanks #feersumendjinn
We are only 1/2 thru the book. Definitely a must read. We are personally frustrated that a “self-consciously rational society” is portrayed so negatively where even the sentient AI are more human than the people themselves. Even the enemy warrior race of aliens are portrayed as more human despite being very non-humanoid. Fascinating and we are eager to explore the universe of #ConsiderPhlebas and #IanMBanks further. #ScienceFiction #books #SciFi @JonSparks thanks for the recommendation!
#scifi #books #sciencefiction #ianmbanks #considerphlebas
Re-reading Consider Phlebas and thinking Twitter would be a good venue for a game of Damage..
#scifi #ianmbanks #twitter
A #StitchedPanorama #photo of a #SpaceX #Falcon9 #rocket core, #booster #B1061. This #photograph was taken after it returned to #PortCanaveral on its #barge #OfCourseIStillLoveYou, named after the #IanMBanks “Culture” series ship names, after launching a group of #Starlink #satellites to #orbit.
The booster is charred heavily, and it is slightly difficult to make out out the red #NASAworm logo in the middle of the body.
#NASA, Photography, #StitchedPanorama, #LargeFormatImage,
https://heronfox.pixels.com/featured/stitched-panorama-of-spacex-falcon-9-booster-b1061-heron-and-fox.html
#stitchedpanorama #photo #spacex #falcon9 #rocket #booster #b1061 #photograph #portcanaveral #barge #ofcourseistillloveyou #ianmbanks #starlink #satellites #orbit #nasaworm #nasa #largeformatimage
Just #read #IanMBanks #Inversions. Wow, so good I immediately went back and read it again to pick up more of the subtle correspondences between the tales. Fascinating and deep #Culture novel concealed as mediaeval fiction. Reviews are Marmite here and you can see why - no space opera (apart from maybe the rocks) but plenty of philosophy. Wow.
#culture #Inversions #ianmbanks #read
If I like #ianmbanks & #AlistairReynolds - can you #recommend some other #SciFi #books of the last few years?
#ianmbanks #AlistairReynolds #recommend #scifi #books
If I like #ianmbanks & #AlistairReynolds - can you #recommend some other #SciFi #books of the last few years?
#ianmbanks #AlistairReynolds #recommend #scifi #books
WE HAVE ARRIVED
My friends! We have entered the final #poll of the #ScienceFiction #SpaceOpera Series Challenge.
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The FINAL FOUR are:
#TheExpanse by #JamesSACorey
#ThreeBodyProblem by #LiuCixin
Which one is the BEST? VOTE!!!
and BOOST this poll 🚀
#poll #sciencefiction #spaceopera #theexpanse #jamessacorey #theculture #ianmbanks #foundation #isaacasimov #threebodyproblem #liucixin
hehe, it's from when I did my degree in #Sociology, #Film and #AmericanStudies. I wedged #StarTrek in everywhere I could!
Also, growing up on Trek was a gateway to me becoming an actual #Marxist in my teens as both posit a future utopia. The beloved #FullLuxuryQueerSpaceCommunism that you also find in #IanMBanks #CultureNovels
#culturenovels #ianmbanks #fullluxuryqueerspacecommunism #marxist #StarTrek #americanstudies #film #sociology
I made a remark about baby goats and now I'm thinking about the internalisation of oppression, the panopticon and how capitalism hobbles our very souls. Again.
Once we have #FullLuxuryQueerSpaceCommunism, once we have Banks' #Culture, once ALL HUMANS EVERYWHERE are truly free, these times will be seen as little better than feudalism.
#ACAB applies to our Inner Cop too.
#thefederation #ianmbanks #acab #culture #fullluxuryqueerspacecommunism
@steveh When skeuomorphs roamed the earth…
(I can’t help being reminded of Iain M. Banks’ “Feersum Endjinn”)
#design #skeuomorph #ianmbanks
I recently finished book one of #TheCultureSeries, #ConsiderPhlebas by #IanMBanks and now I've started #ChildrenOfTime by #AdrianTchaikovsky.
I'm still evaluating Consider Phlebas. It's amazing world building and a rather intense plot, but it kinda lacks both philosophical and psychological depth IMHO. (The ending, though, is heart-rending to me.) But I do have book 2 coming and will continue the series.
Children of Time is starting out very interesting. Perhaps a bit more my taste. We'll see.
#thecultureseries #considerphlebas #ianmbanks #childrenoftime #AdrianTchaikovsky
@mativity
Here are five more:
#ToveJansson The Moomin books, and (loved as an adult) The Sculptor's Daughter
#AAMilne The Pooh books
#IanMBanks or Iain(M)Banks perhaps, let's say The Player of Games and The Crow Road
#JohnleCarre The Spy Who Came in and Tinker Tailor
(Still read Le Carré and Banks - and Le Guin - as comfort food.)
#JonathanRaban Coasting is number 7
There you go! (Though ask me next week and it might be different. 🙂
#tovejansson #aamilne #ianmbanks #johnlecarre #jonathanraban
@bookstodon I really need to read more of The Culture series. I've only read Consider Phlebas and absolutely loved it. What's a good next book in the series? I've heard good things about The Use of Weapons.
I just followed a few people who mentioned #IanMBanks Hello fellow #TheCulture fans
So, here’s my #introduction. I’m a #father of 2 living in #switzerland but originally from #yorkshire in #england. Love everything #motorsport including #motogp, #f1 and #BSB. Ride a #BMW #GSA as a hobby and am a bit of a #scifi geek. Love #ianmbanks books and other sci-fi #literature. Also love a good #pint. Drinks too much #tetleys and #yorkshiretea
#introduction #father #switzerland #yorkshire #england #motorsport #motogp #F1 #bsb #bmw #gsa #scifi #ianmbanks #literature #pint #tetleys #yorkshiretea
#IanMBanks
#AlistairReynolds
#peterfhamilton
#garygibson
#adriantchaikovsky
#charlesstross
#WilliamGibson
And I've read everything they have written. I was there at the birth of #cyberpunk as a #genre and when #theculture first came into existance :)
#SevenFavouriteAuthors #ianmbanks #alistairreynolds #peterfhamilton #garygibson #AdrianTchaikovsky #charlesstross #williamgibson #cyberpunk #genre #theculture
10 favourite #scifi authors (compiled knowing they're not all strictly #sciencefiction authors)
#ianmbanks
#dansimmons
#nealstephenson
#ursulakleguin
#jasperfforde
#kurtvonnegut
#Chinamieville
#DavidBrin
#conniewillis
#paolobacigalupi
#scifi #sciencefiction #ianmbanks #dansimmons #nealstephenson #ursulakleguin #jasperfforde #kurtvonnegut #ChinaMieville #davidbrin #conniewillis #paolobacigalupi
@albinokid Oooo, lots of overlap on our lists! Some of my faves I'd add would be #IanMBanks #MercedesLackey #SamuelRDelaney #CliveBarker #VirginiaWoolf
#ianmbanks #MercedesLackey #SamuelRDelaney #clivebarker #VirginiaWoolf