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The Culture novels were published from 19872-2012 and I believe generally written the year before they were published so perhaps the foresight has to be weighte
by badcppdev 3y ago
The Culture novels were published from 19872-2012 and I believe generally written the year before they were published so perhaps the foresight has to be weighted against when the books were written.
- arethuza 3y agoUse of Weapons was first written about 1974, but apparently needed a lot of work (and help from Banks' friend Ken MacLeod - also an excellent author) to get in into a shape that could be published - which it eventually was in 1990. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Use_of_Weapons#History https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Use_of_Weapons#History
- rsynnott 3y agoAh, always wondered about that. It always felt like a slightly more... unfinished version of the Culture than the one in the Player of Games, which was published earlier.
- arethuza 3y agoIt's interesting that the Culture was created as a background for Zakalwe, the ultimate warrior, who would he work for - the ultimate good guys of course! At least that's how I would read it....
- mr_toad 3y agoI always though the point of the title was that the ultimate good guys wouldn’t use a weapon like Zakalwe.