The machines of the Culture are more complex than humans and have unique personalities that help calculate/determine their future. It’s set to the backdrop of a war that is taking place between the Culture and the religiously fanatical civilization called the Idirans. I started with the first book, Consider Phlebas, which on the surface is a space opera with swash buckling action. With the recent news that Iain Banks was suffering from a terminal cancer to his gallbladder, I felt it was time to dive into this long and branching series I’d been hearing about for so long. “Iain Banks has ruined most sci-fi for me,” said a friend who was recommending the Culture series to me. Rather, tales of humanity revealing glimpses into its nature that would otherwise be difficult to convey without the facade of artificial quasars and exotic aliens. When I think of the best science fiction, I never think of it as actual science fiction.
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