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L'Impero di Azad (The Player of Games, 1988) di Iain M. Banks fu il secondo libro del Ciclo della Cultura pubblicato, anche se Banks aveva iniziato a scriverne una prima versione già nel 1980. Il campione di giochi...
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L'Impero di Azad (The Player of Games, 1988) di Iain M. Banks fu il secondo libro del Ciclo della Cultura pubblicato, anche se Banks aveva iniziato a scriverne una prima versione già nel 1980. Il campione di giochi...
https://www.facebook.com/tizianocaviglia/posts/pfbid02EpmdLUuM1smPegtyjArEzACH7zJCi2GP95nt4jiaxadenBjEB1rQ2csa6ykEFy7Yl
#fantascienza #libri #IainMBanks @cultura -
L'Impero di Azad (The Player of Games, 1988) di Iain M. Banks fu il secondo libro del Ciclo della Cultura pubblicato, anche se Banks aveva iniziato a scriverne una prima versione già nel 1980. Il campione di giochi...
https://www.facebook.com/tizianocaviglia/posts/pfbid02EpmdLUuM1smPegtyjArEzACH7zJCi2GP95nt4jiaxadenBjEB1rQ2csa6ykEFy7Yl
#fantascienza #libri #IainMBanks @cultura -
L'Impero di Azad (The Player of Games, 1988) di Iain M. Banks fu il secondo libro del Ciclo della Cultura pubblicato, anche se Banks aveva iniziato a scriverne una prima versione già nel 1980. Il campione di giochi...
https://www.facebook.com/tizianocaviglia/posts/pfbid02EpmdLUuM1smPegtyjArEzACH7zJCi2GP95nt4jiaxadenBjEB1rQ2csa6ykEFy7Yl
#fantascienza #libri #IainMBanks @cultura -
“What an incredible coincidence it is that our moon fits exactly over our sun…”
—In his 2009 parallel-universes novel TRANSITION, Iain (M) Banks suggested that one of our planet’s near-miraculous total eclipses would be a perfect place to look for alien tourists
https://www.hachette.co.uk/titles/iain-banks/transition/9780349139272/
#Scottish #literature #IainMBanks #IainBanks #sciencefiction #scifi #eclipse #eclipse2026 #aliens
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“What an incredible coincidence it is that our moon fits exactly over our sun…”
—In his 2009 parallel-universes novel TRANSITION, Iain (M) Banks suggested that one of our planet’s near-miraculous total eclipses would be a perfect place to look for alien tourists
https://www.hachette.co.uk/titles/iain-banks/transition/9780349139272/
#Scottish #literature #IainMBanks #IainBanks #sciencefiction #scifi #eclipse #eclipse2026 #aliens
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“What an incredible coincidence it is that our moon fits exactly over our sun…”
—In his 2009 parallel-universes novel TRANSITION, Iain (M) Banks suggested that one of our planet’s near-miraculous total eclipses would be a perfect place to look for alien tourists
https://www.hachette.co.uk/titles/iain-banks/transition/9780349139272/
#Scottish #literature #IainMBanks #IainBanks #sciencefiction #scifi #eclipse #eclipse2026 #aliens
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“What an incredible coincidence it is that our moon fits exactly over our sun…”
—In his 2009 parallel-universes novel TRANSITION, Iain (M) Banks suggested that one of our planet’s near-miraculous total eclipses would be a perfect place to look for alien tourists
https://www.hachette.co.uk/titles/iain-banks/transition/9780349139272/
#Scottish #literature #IainMBanks #IainBanks #sciencefiction #scifi #eclipse #eclipse2026 #aliens
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“What an incredible coincidence it is that our moon fits exactly over our sun…”
—In his 2009 parallel-universes novel TRANSITION, Iain (M) Banks suggested that one of our planet’s near-miraculous total eclipses would be a perfect place to look for alien tourists
https://www.hachette.co.uk/titles/iain-banks/transition/9780349139272/
#Scottish #literature #IainMBanks #IainBanks #sciencefiction #scifi #eclipse #eclipse2026 #aliens
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”The supergenious AI is a deflection, so Elon doesn’t have to answer the question.”
AGI = Avoiding Gillionaire Incumbency
https://youtube.com/watch?v=Ub_YVMsCUks
#elonmusk #agi #bullshit #scifi #culture #critique #iainmbanks #bookstodon
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”The supergenious AI is a deflection, so Elon doesn’t have to answer the question.”
AGI = Avoiding Gillionaire Incumbency
https://youtube.com/watch?v=Ub_YVMsCUks
#elonmusk #agi #bullshit #scifi #culture #critique #iainmbanks #bookstodon
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”The supergenious AI is a deflection, so Elon doesn’t have to answer the question.”
AGI = Avoiding Gillionaire Incumbency
https://youtube.com/watch?v=Ub_YVMsCUks
#elonmusk #agi #bullshit #scifi #culture #critique #iainmbanks #bookstodon
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”The supergenious AI is a deflection, so Elon doesn’t have to answer the question.”
AGI = Avoiding Gillionaire Incumbency
https://youtube.com/watch?v=Ub_YVMsCUks
#elonmusk #agi #bullshit #scifi #culture #critique #iainmbanks #bookstodon
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”The supergenious AI is a deflection, so Elon doesn’t have to answer the question.”
AGI = Avoiding Gillionaire Incumbency
https://youtube.com/watch?v=Ub_YVMsCUks
#elonmusk #agi #bullshit #scifi #culture #critique #iainmbanks #bookstodon
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@helvick @gimulnautti That's the second iteration of the Use of Weapons cover. The original, that wasn't used on the book, had the aircraft firing on the land position, rather than being fired UPON from the ground, as in the text.
It was used as the cover for an issue of Foundation.
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@helvick @gimulnautti That's the second iteration of the Use of Weapons cover. The original, that wasn't used on the book, had the aircraft firing on the land position, rather than being fired UPON from the ground, as in the text.
It was used as the cover for an issue of Foundation.
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@helvick @gimulnautti That's the second iteration of the Use of Weapons cover. The original, that wasn't used on the book, had the aircraft firing on the land position, rather than being fired UPON from the ground, as in the text.
It was used as the cover for an issue of Foundation.
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@helvick @gimulnautti That's the second iteration of the Use of Weapons cover. The original, that wasn't used on the book, had the aircraft firing on the land position, rather than being fired UPON from the ground, as in the text.
It was used as the cover for an issue of Foundation.
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@helvick @gimulnautti That's the second iteration of the Use of Weapons cover. The original, that wasn't used on the book, had the aircraft firing on the land position, rather than being fired UPON from the ground, as in the text.
It was used as the cover for an issue of Foundation.
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“I mean, your society’s broken, so who should we blame? Should we blame the rich, powerful people who caused it? No let’s blame the people with no power & no money & these immigrants who don’t even have the vote, yeah it must be their fucking fault.”
—Iain Banks died #OTD, 9 June, 2013
https://www.theguardian.com/books/2013/jun/15/iain-banks-the-final-interview
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“I mean, your society’s broken, so who should we blame? Should we blame the rich, powerful people who caused it? No let’s blame the people with no power & no money & these immigrants who don’t even have the vote, yeah it must be their fucking fault.”
—Iain Banks died #OTD, 9 June, 2013
https://www.theguardian.com/books/2013/jun/15/iain-banks-the-final-interview
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“I mean, your society’s broken, so who should we blame? Should we blame the rich, powerful people who caused it? No let’s blame the people with no power & no money & these immigrants who don’t even have the vote, yeah it must be their fucking fault.”
—Iain Banks died #OTD, 9 June, 2013
https://www.theguardian.com/books/2013/jun/15/iain-banks-the-final-interview
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“I mean, your society’s broken, so who should we blame? Should we blame the rich, powerful people who caused it? No let’s blame the people with no power & no money & these immigrants who don’t even have the vote, yeah it must be their fucking fault.”
—Iain Banks died #OTD, 9 June, 2013
https://www.theguardian.com/books/2013/jun/15/iain-banks-the-final-interview
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“I mean, your society’s broken, so who should we blame? Should we blame the rich, powerful people who caused it? No let’s blame the people with no power & no money & these immigrants who don’t even have the vote, yeah it must be their fucking fault.”
—Iain Banks died #OTD, 9 June, 2013
https://www.theguardian.com/books/2013/jun/15/iain-banks-the-final-interview
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@amiserabilist @Kierkegaanks @Soldusty @Mrfunkedude @MAJ1 @Alice The Culture Novels are better version of this, 'drug glands!'
That's the sort of Future I was promised!
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@amiserabilist @Kierkegaanks @Soldusty @Mrfunkedude @MAJ1 @Alice The Culture Novels are better version of this, 'drug glands!'
That's the sort of Future I was promised!
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@amiserabilist @Kierkegaanks @Soldusty @Mrfunkedude @MAJ1 @Alice The Culture Novels are better version of this, 'drug glands!'
That's the sort of Future I was promised!
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@amiserabilist @Kierkegaanks @Soldusty @Mrfunkedude @MAJ1 @Alice The Culture Novels are better version of this, 'drug glands!'
That's the sort of Future I was promised!
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@amiserabilist @Kierkegaanks @Soldusty @Mrfunkedude @MAJ1 @Alice The Culture Novels are better version of this, 'drug glands!'
That's the sort of Future I was promised!
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It's our monthly scifi #bookgroup in @thegamerclub #Glasgow this Wed (20th May) from 6pm. We're talking about The Culture & Iain M Banks.
A Few Notes on the Culture, by Iain M Banks: http://www.vavatch.co.uk/books/banks/cultnote.htm
All welcome. RSVP on meetup: https://www.meetup.com/the-glasgow-geeks/events/314310826/
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It's our monthly scifi #bookgroup in @thegamerclub #Glasgow this Wed (20th May) from 6pm. We're talking about The Culture & Iain M Banks.
A Few Notes on the Culture, by Iain M Banks: http://www.vavatch.co.uk/books/banks/cultnote.htm
All welcome. RSVP on meetup: https://www.meetup.com/the-glasgow-geeks/events/314310826/
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It's our monthly scifi #bookgroup in @thegamerclub #Glasgow this Wed (20th May) from 6pm. We're talking about The Culture & Iain M Banks.
A Few Notes on the Culture, by Iain M Banks: http://www.vavatch.co.uk/books/banks/cultnote.htm
All welcome. RSVP on meetup: https://www.meetup.com/the-glasgow-geeks/events/314310826/
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It's our monthly scifi #bookgroup in @thegamerclub #Glasgow this Wed (20th May) from 6pm. We're talking about The Culture & Iain M Banks.
A Few Notes on the Culture, by Iain M Banks: http://www.vavatch.co.uk/books/banks/cultnote.htm
All welcome. RSVP on meetup: https://www.meetup.com/the-glasgow-geeks/events/314310826/
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It's our monthly scifi #bookgroup in @thegamerclub #Glasgow this Wed (20th May) from 6pm. We're talking about The Culture & Iain M Banks.
A Few Notes on the Culture, by Iain M Banks: http://www.vavatch.co.uk/books/banks/cultnote.htm
All welcome. RSVP on meetup: https://www.meetup.com/the-glasgow-geeks/events/314310826/
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Hot Take: Vyr Cossont¹ is basically Trixie Lulamoon² with extra arms and a Culture budget.
Both are genuinely talented performers who work obsessively at their craft, but both also confuse “I am extremely good at this niche thing” with “I am objectively Great and Powerful.”
Then they run headfirst into entities so far beyond them that the contest is meaningful only as an event that might spark contemplation and personal growth: Twilight Sparkle in one case, a Culture Mind in the other. (But don’t hold your breath; Twilight Sparkle still lives with imposter syndrome.)
The tragedy is not that they lack talent. The tragedy is that their egos interpret talent as proof of cosmic importance.
Also, in Fallout: Equestria³, Trixie may have been denied her redemption arc but she wound up with more limbs even without the benefits of living in a post-scarcity near-utopia. What do you mean it’s not a contest? The Great and Powerful Goddess’ patience can only go so far!
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¹ Character from Iain M. Banks’ The Hydrogen Sonata.
² Character from My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic, first appearing in the Season 1 episode “Boast Busters.”
³ Fan fiction by Kkat, longer than War and Peace and twice the fun. Later expanded by Somber’s Fallout: Equestria: Project Horizons, which explores many of the same themes from another angle — and is longer.
#VyrCossont #Trixie #TrixieLulamoon #MLP #HydrogenSonata #FalloutEquestria #ProjectHorizons #IainMBanks #CultureNovels #MLPFIM
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Hot Take: Vyr Cossont¹ is basically Trixie Lulamoon² with extra arms and a Culture budget.
Both are genuinely talented performers who work obsessively at their craft, but both also confuse “I am extremely good at this niche thing” with “I am objectively Great and Powerful.”
Then they run headfirst into entities so far beyond them that the contest is meaningful only as an event that might spark contemplation and personal growth: Twilight Sparkle in one case, a Culture Mind in the other. (But don’t hold your breath; Twilight Sparkle still lives with imposter syndrome.)
The tragedy is not that they lack talent. The tragedy is that their egos interpret talent as proof of cosmic importance.
Also, in Fallout: Equestria³, Trixie may have been denied her redemption arc but she wound up with more limbs even without the benefits of living in a post-scarcity near-utopia. What do you mean it’s not a contest? The Great and Powerful Goddess’ patience can only go so far!
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¹ Character from Iain M. Banks’ The Hydrogen Sonata.
² Character from My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic, first appearing in the Season 1 episode “Boast Busters.”
³ Fan fiction by Kkat, longer than War and Peace and twice the fun. Later expanded by Somber’s Fallout: Equestria: Project Horizons, which explores many of the same themes from another angle — and is longer.
#VyrCossont #Trixie #TrixieLulamoon #MLP #HydrogenSonata #FalloutEquestria #ProjectHorizons #IainMBanks #CultureNovels #MLPFIM
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Hot Take: Vyr Cossont¹ is basically Trixie Lulamoon² with extra arms and a Culture budget.
Both are genuinely talented performers who work obsessively at their craft, but both also confuse “I am extremely good at this niche thing” with “I am objectively Great and Powerful.”
Then they run headfirst into entities so far beyond them that the contest is meaningful only as an event that might spark contemplation and personal growth: Twilight Sparkle in one case, a Culture Mind in the other. (But don’t hold your breath; Twilight Sparkle still lives with imposter syndrome.)
The tragedy is not that they lack talent. The tragedy is that their egos interpret talent as proof of cosmic importance.
Also, in Fallout: Equestria³, Trixie may have been denied her redemption arc but she wound up with more limbs even without the benefits of living in a post-scarcity near-utopia. What do you mean it’s not a contest? The Great and Powerful Goddess’ patience can only go so far!
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¹ Character from Iain M. Banks’ The Hydrogen Sonata.
² Character from My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic, first appearing in the Season 1 episode “Boast Busters.”
³ Fan fiction by Kkat, longer than War and Peace and twice the fun. Later expanded by Somber’s Fallout: Equestria: Project Horizons, which explores many of the same themes from another angle — and is longer.
#VyrCossont #Trixie #TrixieLulamoon #MLP #HydrogenSonata #FalloutEquestria #ProjectHorizons #IainMBanks #CultureNovels #MLPFIM
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Hot Take: Vyr Cossont¹ is basically Trixie Lulamoon² with extra arms and a Culture budget.
Both are genuinely talented performers who work obsessively at their craft, but both also confuse “I am extremely good at this niche thing” with “I am objectively Great and Powerful.”
Then they run headfirst into entities so far beyond them that the contest is meaningful only as an event that might spark contemplation and personal growth: Twilight Sparkle in one case, a Culture Mind in the other. (But don’t hold your breath; Twilight Sparkle still lives with imposter syndrome.)
The tragedy is not that they lack talent. The tragedy is that their egos interpret talent as proof of cosmic importance.
Also, in Fallout: Equestria³, Trixie may have been denied her redemption arc but she wound up with more limbs even without the benefits of living in a post-scarcity near-utopia. What do you mean it’s not a contest? The Great and Powerful Goddess’ patience can only go so far!
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¹ Character from Iain M. Banks’ The Hydrogen Sonata.
² Character from My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic, first appearing in the Season 1 episode “Boast Busters.”
³ Fan fiction by Kkat, longer than War and Peace and twice the fun. Later expanded by Somber’s Fallout: Equestria: Project Horizons, which explores many of the same themes from another angle — and is longer.
#VyrCossont #Trixie #TrixieLulamoon #MLP #HydrogenSonata #FalloutEquestria #ProjectHorizons #IainMBanks #CultureNovels #MLPFIM
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#IainMBanks #TheCulture #SurfaceDetail
I've decided to re-read the entire series of Culture novels and short stories this summer. Been musing which one to start with. Not by order of publication. I'll take them in whichever order I feel like, one-by-one, starting today with Surface Detail because I remember fondly the character Lededje Y'breq who is taught and trained by the Mind on her ship Of Course I Still Love You.
Mmm, delicious Culture immersion.
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#IainMBanks #TheCulture #SurfaceDetail
I've decided to re-read the entire series of Culture novels and short stories this summer. Been musing which one to start with. Not by order of publication. I'll take them in whichever order I feel like, one-by-one, starting today with Surface Detail because I remember fondly the character Lededje Y'breq who is taught and trained by the Mind on her ship Of Course I Still Love You.
Mmm, delicious Culture immersion.
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#IainMBanks #TheCulture #SurfaceDetail
I've decided to re-read the entire series of Culture novels and short stories this summer. Been musing which one to start with. Not by order of publication. I'll take them in whichever order I feel like, one-by-one, starting today with Surface Detail because I remember fondly the character Lededje Y'breq who is taught and trained by the Mind on her ship Of Course I Still Love You.
Mmm, delicious Culture immersion.
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#IainMBanks #TheCulture #SurfaceDetail
I've decided to re-read the entire series of Culture novels and short stories this summer. Been musing which one to start with. Not by order of publication. I'll take them in whichever order I feel like, one-by-one, starting today with Surface Detail because I remember fondly the character Lededje Y'breq who is taught and trained by the Mind on her ship Of Course I Still Love You.
Mmm, delicious Culture immersion.
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#IainMBanks #TheCulture #SurfaceDetail
I've decided to re-read the entire series of Culture novels and shorts stories this summer. Been musing which one to start with. Not by order of publication. I'll take them in whichever order I feel like, one-by-one, starting today with Surface Detail because I remember fondly the character Lededje Y'breq who is taught and trained by the Mind on her ship Of Course I Still Love You.
Mmm, delicious Culture immersion.
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If Angine de Poitrine is an Aggressive Hegemonizing Swarm then consider me consumed and crusading!
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If Angine de Poitrine is an Aggressive Hegemonizing Swarm then consider me consumed and crusading!
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If Angine de Poitrine is an Aggressive Hegemonizing Swarm then consider me consumed and crusading!
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If Angine de Poitrine is an Aggressive Hegemonizing Swarm then consider me consumed and crusading!
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If Angine de Poitrine is an Aggressive Hegemonizing Swarm then consider me consumed and crusading!
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Naming your rocket "Never Tell Me The Odds" sounds awesome right up until the point where you fail to beat the odds.
I hope the insurance company is amused that #BlueOrigin managed to make both a #StarWars and #IainMBanks reference at the same time while they are writing a multi-million dollar check.
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Naming your rocket "Never Tell Me The Odds" sounds awesome right up until the point where you fail to beat the odds.
I hope the insurance company is amused that #BlueOrigin managed to make both a #StarWars and #IainMBanks reference at the same time while they are writing a multi-million dollar check.
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Naming your rocket "Never Tell Me The Odds" sounds awesome right up until the point where you fail to beat the odds.
I hope the insurance company is amused that #BlueOrigin managed to make both a #StarWars and #IainMBanks reference at the same time while they are writing a multi-million dollar check.
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Naming your rocket "Never Tell Me The Odds" sounds awesome right up until the point where you fail to beat the odds.
I hope the insurance company is amused that #BlueOrigin managed to make both a #StarWars and #IainMBanks reference at the same time while they are writing a multi-million dollar check.
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Naming your rocket "Never Tell Me The Odds" sounds awesome right up until the point where you fail to beat the odds.
I hope the insurance company is amused that #BlueOrigin managed to make both a #StarWars and #IainMBanks reference at the same time while they are writing a multi-million dollar check.
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#Jucika is part of SC, or at least in Contact. You can’t change my mind.
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#Jucika is part of SC, or at least in Contact. You can’t change my mind.
#iainmbanks #culture #jucikafanart -
#Jucika is part of SC, or at least in Contact. You can’t change my mind.
#iainmbanks #culture #jucikafanart -
#Jucika is part of SC, or at least in Contact. You can’t change my mind.
#iainmbanks #culture #jucikafanart -
#Jucika is part of SC, or at least in Contact. You can’t change my mind.
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Some words about the thought process that went into the development of Broken Spark, Chapter 9: on the nature of ship computer interfaces in the far future. Review of Dr Who, Blakes Seven, Star Trek, Knight Rider, the books of Iain M. Banks...
https://khleedril.org/blog/2026-03-19--sci-fi-ship-computer.html
#writing #BrokenSpark #scifi #DrWho #StarTrek #Blakes7 #KnightRider #IainMBanks
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Some words about the thought process that went into the development of Broken Spark, Chapter 9: on the nature of ship computer interfaces in the far future. Review of Dr Who, Blakes Seven, Star Trek, Knight Rider, the books of Iain M. Banks...
https://khleedril.org/blog/2026-03-19--sci-fi-ship-computer.html
#writing #BrokenSpark #scifi #DrWho #StarTrek #Blakes7 #KnightRider #IainMBanks