kurtschiller

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   by kurtschiller 6y ago

   I think the question the series most addresses is "How do you manage a utopia?" and not "How do you get to a utopia for us, here, on Earth?" For instance there is a lot of thought given to how they resolve differences, h
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   by kurtschiller 6y ago

   In magazines the original intent was to catch the attention of people scanning through an issue, just flipping through - they might turn a page and suddenly see a big quote in large text that caches their interest, and so they will stop and
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   by kurtschiller 6y ago

   I didn't go into it much in the article but the Culture are very much not humans, although many of the species that went into them are human-ish - in the story where they encounter Earth, they mention having fewer toes and more finger
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   by kurtschiller 6y ago

   Thanks, I'll correct this in the article. Appreciate it!
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   by kurtschiller 6y ago

   Good catch, thank you!
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   by kurtschiller 6y ago

   Thanks for reading! He's far and away my favorite author, and I'm happy so many people on here love his writing as much as I do. (And I agree with people's comments that how much of a utopia it really is is up for debate, esp
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   by kurtschiller 6y ago

   thanks for this! it's my site (I also wrote the piece) and unfortunately it seems like my hosting and/or config is struggling to keep up.