#ianmbanks — Public Fediverse posts

#DoPlayRead
DO: #zfs-on-wsl2 @alexhaydock Thankyou!
`$ sudo ./build_wsl_kernel.sh
source ./vars.sh
++ KERNELVER=6.4.12
++ ZFSVER=2.1.12
++ KERNELNAME=mantic-zfs-wsl
PLAY: #civilization6 _I will_ win on #diety level if it takes me 100hrs gameplay over months. The AI is disappointing, Google DeepMind needed
READ: #NealAsher - War Bodies (#polity). Challenging fun romp by Asher through posthuman morality questions in the guise of #IanMBanks #Culture Series but with nastier spikes

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

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.

@evan

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

@albinokid Oooo, lots of overlap on our lists! Some of my faves I'd add would be #IanMBanks #MercedesLackey #SamuelRDelaney #CliveBarker #VirginiaWoolf