Culture Vs Polity

[Fruitloop]

I reckon the Culture would be in hot water if they were forced to go up against a civilisation like the...dammit...ambassador had a party on Tier in Excession...3 legged, like the Idirans...arses...anyway...

There's always levels anyway. The Excession' lot could clearly kick the Culture's arse from an infinite number of realities away.

 

[Bob_the_lost]

The homomda.

Fuck me I rule. That's 20 geek points to ME

Oh epic geek smackdown time!

Which species you think Kade is from?

 

[Fruitloop]

The Dra'azon are hard, if somewhat disinterested.

 

[Bob_the_lost]

Who would win -- The Culture or the combined forces of the Valar and Maiar?

I'd say the Tandu and the Soro could probably tip the balance either way.

 

[kyser_soze]

Who would win -- The Culture or the combined forces of the Valar and Maiar?

There's a film out next week featuring vikings vs alien, on that tip...

Culture - they'd just nova the big stellar pillars that the sun and moon sit on in tolkein's universe...

 

[DotCommunist]

Another point on strife: Sentient beings are driven by desires that largely relate to biological necessities. Broad statement that ignores those driven to arts or other things yes. But strife must surely arise from the lack of desires fulfillment and the conflict between one persons and anothers desire.

Pander to every desire and remove the conflict-what then

Culture. Utopia. The best and most benign of the in-play societies

 

[DotCommunist]

Who would win -- The Culture or the combined forces of the Valar and Maiar?

the LOTR universe is an old model running in the Irreal. Even the slightly fey and wishy washy Mind running it is ashamed of itself

 

[kyser_soze]

Oh epic geek smackdown time!

Which species you think Kade is from?

Which Kade? The human/demon one?

 

[Bob_the_lost]

Which Kade? The human/demon one?

Excuse me, Kabe. Damn my typos. Then again he didn't throw a party did he, hmmm, perhaps it's a different species we're talking about.

 

[fractionMan]

http://www.infinityplus.co.uk/stories/adaptogenic.htm


a good little bit of Asher.

 

[kabbes]

the LOTR universe is an old model running in the Irreal. Even the slightly fey and wishy washy Mind running it is ashamed of itself

Good answer

What about the Culture versus Marvel + DC Superheroes?

 

[kyser_soze]

Another point on strife: Sentient beings are driven by desires that largely relate to biological necessities. Broad statement that ignores those driven to arts or other things yes. But strife must surely arise from the lack of desires fulfillment and the conflict between one persons and anothers desire.

Pander to every desire and remove the conflict-what then

Culture. Utopia. The best and most benign of the in-play societies

The Homomda - around at least a decamillenium more, see the Culture as childish and too dependent on their machines...

 

[DotCommunist]

The Homomda - around at least a decamillenium more, see the Culture as childish and too dependent on their machines...

They would say that. Humans always loved tool making above bio adaptation to circumstance

 

[camouflage]

Finished House Of Suns over the weekend - demolished it in 2 sittings!

Good book, some excellent high concept stuff in it. Personally preferred The Prefect from his latest offerings, but that's only cos it's set in Rev Space and HoS isn't and I loves the Rev Space universe...

I'm sure it is... just millions of years later.

 

[Bob_the_lost]

I'm sure it is... just millions of years later.

Earth is discovered by the culture

 

[kyser_soze]

You know, I had a similar idea at first, then realised it wasn't possible - if you've read Galactic North you know what happens to the Rev Space universe a mere 40K years after the activity in Absolution Gap...

 

[camouflage]

It's a weird book, love it but it's odd. Almost like first and last men, the book tells you more of the author and the era than about any possible future. Unlike first and last men it's a very good read.

The culture is stagnant, there is no reason for being nothing to strive for or against. Imperfect and clinging on to what it has out of some mis guided impression that it's flaws are strengths. Be like the perfect AI and sublime. The culture is also a very inefficent society, they rely on superior force and technology, faced with an oponent of equal tech and militaristic aims (plus a few decades of buildup time) they'd be crushed.

Last & First was Great! Not as good as Star Maker... now that is Epic Poetry of the highest order.

I still (and will always) consider Star Maker the Bagavad Ghita of sci-fi.

 

[Bob_the_lost]

Star maker eh?

*wanders off*

 

[mentalchik]

BTW dotty, what did you think of Line War?

Just finished that............enjoyed it !