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I recommend starting with player of games. It is the best of his work imo and it is super approachable.

[-] peto@lemm.ee 12 points 1 day ago

I know this is the common advice but I started with Consider Phlebas and it is far from unapproachable. There are some benefits of the PoV character being outside The Culture I think. As much as I liked The Player of Games, I much preferred the second half of the book.

[-] Voroxpete@sh.itjust.works 7 points 1 day ago

Yeah, Banks made a very deliberate and conscious choice in asking readers to first approach the Culture from the outside. Dude knew what he was doing.

[-] jaxxed@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 day ago
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