Re: Need more Culture Nvels

On Fri, 07 Oct 2005, David Bilek whispered secretively:
> jdnicoll@xxxxxxxxx (James Nicoll) wrote:
>>In article <1128733518.554719.212210@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
>>JavaJosh <javajosh@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>
>>>I find it interesting, however, that Banks chose to describe Mind
>>>construction as being substantively in hyperspace. Perhaps this is
>>>simply a nod to "A Fire Upon the Deep".
>>
>> Doesn't his first Culture novel predate AFUD?
>
> Actually, _Consider Phlebas_, _The Player of Games_, and _Use of
> Weapons_ all predate the Vinge.

And _Consider Phlebas_ goes into some detail on Mind construction,
specifically the in-hyperspace part (and how annoying it is to have to
leave hyperspace and run at real-space light speeds with an even mor
drastically slowed memory store; the strong implication is that
the inside of a Mind housing is in hyperspace whether or not the
ship it's enclosed in is).

--
`Next: FEMA neglects to take into account the possibility of
fire in Old Balsawood Town (currently in its fifth year of drought
and home of the General Grant Home for Compulsive Arsonists).'
--- James Nicoll
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