![]() “I have no idea,” the old man said, smiling. In this scene we learn something about the composer of a famous piece of music (long pauses represented by ellipses removed by me): I did come across a scene that struck a chord with me, especially in light of the discussions sparked by one of my recent posts ‘ Worrisome trends in architecture education‘. I understand things need to have a name and you cannot really get around this when writing a story set in a galaxy densely populated with alien civilisations, but it adds a thin patina of ridiculousness to the whole endeavour in my opinion. Too many humanoid aliens, intragalactic travel far too easy, and lots of silly names like Gzilt, Eshri, Briper Drodj and Banstegeyn. I haven’t gotten very far into The Hydrogen Sonata yet and I realise I may be missing large parts of the story as it is the tenth book in something called ‘The Culture Series’, but so far it’s -again- not my kind of story. ![]() I’ve read two of his books ( Transition and Stonemouth) before and although he is clearly a gifted author it’s not the sort of (science) fiction I enjoy reading. Banks in the local Barnes & Noble and decided to give Mr. ![]() ![]() ![]() My last week in Seattle at McNeel headquarters and I ran out of stuff to read. ![]()
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