A read-along exploration of Iain M. Banks Culture novels.
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Zakalwe goes to the snow!由Sheridan and John
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Zakalwe ruins a lot of nice people's holidays like the total jerk he is.由Sheridan and John
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Zakalwe takes us on a tour of life on a Culture GSV!由Sheridan and John
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Zakalwe throws away his weapon, has a philosphical discussion, and fixes for a fight由Sheridan and John
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This is Zakalwe's brain on drugs!由Sheridan and John
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Zakalwe gets in a lot of fights, but his love of the old plasma rifle finally pays off!由Sheridan and John
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Zakalwe tries his hand at writing poetry in an idyllic rural setting, but it's not as nice as he'd hoped.由Sheridan and John
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Zakalwe plays James Bond again, Diziet gets distracted, and our hero goes to an interesting party which he does not enjoy.由Sheridan and John
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As a flashback from the worst day of Zakalwe's life we get the origin story!由Sheridan and John
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Agent Zakalwe makes a big splash while trying to play the part of James Bond.由Sheridan and John
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Zakalwe gets stuck in a storm, takes a long hard look at himself, argues with an idiot, and sees some very strange things.由Sheridan and John
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Zakalwe spends a lot of time being rude to GSV minds, but does receive a lovely gift!由Sheridan and John
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Zakalwe falls in love, and dreams about the ghost of the real Zakalwe.由Sheridan and John
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Zakalwe seems suspiciously happy to run away from his problems, but they have a nice time at the beach.由Sheridan and John
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We find out what happened to Zakalwe on Fohls. It was not nice.由Sheridan and John
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Sma and Skaffen recover from a party and go for an island cruise. Meanwhile The Culture goes nuclear around them!由Sheridan and John
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Zakalwe goes to the beach, and we ask, is he a Gary Stu?由Sheridan and John
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Skaffen and Sma go to a party on the Xenophobe and have a fight....由Sheridan and John
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Zakalwe has a less pleasant visit to a castle and we ask if any aristocrat can be a good aristocrat?由Sheridan and John
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Diziet gets out of bed and the Culture goes to the wild west to see just how scary a drone can be!由Sheridan and John
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In which we briefly meet an Ethnarch, and get a good look at just how stone cold cool this Zakalwe cat can be!由Sheridan and John
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We meet Diziet Sma and spend a lot of time on how exactly she likes to bone. And The Culture seems to be putting a lot more resources into this caper than we've seen before...由Sheridan and John
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We start The Big One for Banks fans, a great whiskey is reviewed, and the scene is set for a wild ride with fortunately short chapters!由Sheridan and John
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We wrap up Elon Musk's favourite book with a short chapter that ties up a couple of loose ends and really gets into non-binary love.由Sheridan and John
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With apologies for the delay we are back with the third chapter of The Player of Games where we get to see just what rat bastards The Culture can be when they get going.由Sheridan and John
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Getting deep and dirty into The Player of Games and really wondering what Elon Musk gets into in this tale of cruelty and perversion. Chapter 2, Imperium asks a lot of questions and we do our best to answer them.由Sheridan and John
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The Player of Games begins as we talk about the first chapter of this remarkable book and consider what games are really being played.由Sheridan and John
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We come to an end of the journey for the first of The Culture books. Fear not we shall return soon for The Player of Games.由Sheridan and John
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It's a big episode with a big body count! But finally we finish up in these goddamn tunnels!由Sheridan and John
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We get to learn a lot more about Idirans, and trains, in a chapter that spends a lot of time setting up the finale!由Sheridan and John
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The drone makes some jokes, the Idirans are mean, and Yalson has a big surprise!由Sheridan and John
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The KFC ventures deep under Schar's World, while through Fal's musings we learn the history of the Culture.由Sheridan and John
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The KFC on the CAT finally makes it to Schar's World and Horza's misspent youth catches up with him.由Sheridan and John
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A madcap escape, the arsenal of the end of the universe, a plucky drone, and the immense drag of being a galactic warlord with a young dude hitting on you.由Sheridan and John
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How much damage can a game do? We finally see the game up close and very personal, Horza and Kraiklyn settle their scores, and the scale and glory of a General Systems Vehicle is revealed.由Sheridan and John
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Horza goes to a very bad place... some might say he's lucky to escape...由Sheridan and John
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In the staggering vastness of the Vavatch Orbital Kraiklyn's Free Company try their hands at maritime salvage. But what is this Damage game Kraiklyn's really thinking about?由Sheridan and John
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Things go as you might expect for Kraiklyn's Free Company in combat. And we finally get a look at the Culture on its own turf.由Sheridan and John
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Horza, floating in deep space, is found, and fights for his life. Is this an allegory for patriarchal capitalism? And who is Yalson?由Sheridan and John
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In this chapter we get to know the Idirans, big conversations are had, and Horza steps outside for a long walk!由Sheridan and John
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In which we meet Horza, get our first glimpse of the culture, form views about the Gerontocracy of Sorpen, and become acquainted with Idirans. A short chapter, but a key one for getting this story on the road.由Sheridan and John
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Welcome to the start of The Culture Books Club, a read-along exploration of Iain M. Banks Culture novels. In this episode some special guests give us a taste of things to come and we try and unpack the dizzying first few pages of the book that started it all; "Consider Phlebas". Special thanks to The War Nerd himself, Gary Brecher AKA John Dolan, a…
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