![]() ![]() The hook here is that this is an "out-of-context problem", like the appearance of the Mule in Asimov's foundation series, a freak occurrence that even an impossibly advanced, supremely rational civilization like the Culture would have difficulty planning for. The book's plot revolves around the sudden appearance of an impossibly ancient object that may - or may not - give whoever controls it unimaginable power. This one focuses less on the lucky, sybaritic humans that inhabit the Culture universe than the Minds of he ships that ferry them from place to place and occasionally get involved in thrilling space battles. ![]() Another Culture novel, another chance to ask myself why I find these things so curiously readable. ![]()
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