By contrast, Asimov’s foundation, despite being otherwise pioneering in the genre, feels like planet-scale narrative stretched to fit galaxy-scale canvas, and the pixelation shows. It is self-admittedly just the decline-and-fall-of-Roman-empire transposed to a space-operatic key.
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This is the most overtly socialist-polemic of the novels so far, and somewhat weakens it. Falling Outside the Normal Moral Constraints is probably one of the most anthropomorphic ships ever. Almost too human to be fun, though it acts properly ship-like towards the end.
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Use of Weapons: A-
Hydrogen Sonata: A
Look to Windward: A
Matter: A+
Player of Games: B
Consider Phlebas: B-
Surface Detail: B-
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Your taste is not exactly in the middle for most scifi fans. I've heard Surface Detail is the best of all the Culture novels. Goodreads ratings also show the same thing.
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Wait what? That's insane. Surface Detail was my least favorite by far. (My only meaningful point of disagreement w/ vgr is that I //love// player of games.)
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