37 episodes
The Culture Books podcast Sheridan and John
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5.0 • 3 Ratings
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Come explore the dizzying space opera of Iain M. Banks' culture novels. Buy a book and then read along with us as we explore them chapter by chapter!
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Use of Weapons, 1, Slight Mechanical Destruction, and Prologue
We start The Big One for Banks fans, a great whiskey is reviewed, and the scene is set for a wild ride with fortunately short chapters!
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Use of Weapons, 2, The Good Soldier, One
We meet Diziet Sma and spend a lot of time on how exactly she likes to bone.
And The Culture seems to be putting a lot more resources into this caper than we've seen before... -
Use of Weapons, 3, The Good Soldier, XIII
In which we briefly meet an Ethnarch, and get a good look at just how stone cold cool this Zakalwe cat can be!
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Use of Weapons, 4, The Good Soldier, Two
Diziet gets out of bed and the Culture goes to the wild west to see just how scary a drone can be!
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Use of Weapons, 5, The Good Soldier, XII
Zakalwe has a less pleasant visit to a castle and we ask if any aristocrat can be a good aristocrat?
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Use of Weapons, 6, The Good Soldier, Three
Skaffen and Sma go to a party on the Xenophobe and have a fight....
Customer Reviews
A good time about a great book series
As someone whose read the Culture books a number of times over, this podcast is a great time. I enjoy the books and have some strong (not all great) opinions about them and Banks’ writing. These two note some things I didn’t catch before and it’s fun to hear a new reader’s impressions. Give it a listen and read the books along with them.