The Culture Novels
Banks creates a vision of a galaxy-spanning post-scarcity future
that is unique, hopeful and somehow very comforting in its humanity.
I was hooked in the early chapters of Consider Phlebas,
though lots of folks in
r/printSF seem
lukewarm on this one. The Player of Games and Use of
Weapons are probably better and more accessible starting
places. For me, Look to Windward best captures the heart
and soul of the Culture.
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Consider
Phlebas, ✓
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The
Player of Games, ✓
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Use
of Weapons, ✓
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The
State of the Art (collection),
✓
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Excession,
✓
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Inversions,
✓
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Look
to Windward, ✓
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Matter,
✓
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Surface
Detail, ✓
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The
Hydrogen Sonata, ✓