Illano comments on Open thread, 14-20 July 2014 - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Illano 18 July 2014 09:42:59PM 1 point [-]

The Culture series by Iain M. Banks has a lot of different examples of mega-structures, and they tend to feature somewhat prominently in his stories. The books themselves are on the hard-SF side of things, but a few of them delve closer to fantasy when they pull a Star Trek, and have an encounter with a less-developed race.

Comment author: MrMind 21 July 2014 07:15:46AM 0 points [-]

Ah, I love the culture series. Too bad Iain Banks has left the building :( Anyway I read almost all of them, but I'm reluctant to crack open the Hydrogen Sonata, knowing too well that's going to be my last Culture novel...