From: mark@unicorn.com
Date: Tue Jul 07 1998 - 09:42:30 MDT
Anders Sandberg [asa@nada.kth.se] wrote:
>Seems rather different from Bank's Culture, where the Culture treats
>the lesser civilizations with respect - they might be laughing behind
>their backs at their silly ideas, but they don't interfere directly.
Provoking a civil war to eliminate the government in 'Player of Games'?
I'd say that's direct interference.
But I wasn't talking in terms of outlook, just the basic setup of the
society. Moorcock's is far less socialized than most of the Culture,
but it has the same feel of extremely powerful individuals with too
much time on their hands.
Mark
This archive was generated by hypermail 2.1.5 : Fri Nov 01 2002 - 14:49:18 MST