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Bjørnar (he/him)
@btuftin@social.coop  ·  activity timestamp 4 months ago

What is your favorite ship name from the Culture novels by Iain M. Banks?

Mine is the Offensive Unit named, in small print, "I Said, I've Got A Big Stick".

#books #bookstodon#scienceFiction#theCulture#IainMBanks

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Jon Sparks
@JonSparks@writing.exchange replied  ·  activity timestamp 4 months ago
@btuftin GCU ‘Lightly Seared On The Reality Grill’.
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Bryan Wright
@catselbow@fosstodon.org replied  ·  activity timestamp 4 months ago
@btuftin

"The Washing Instructions on Life's Rich Tapestry"

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Tanners
@TannersAndRodents@toot.community replied  ·  activity timestamp 4 months ago
@btuftin I'm a fan of "Just Read the Instructions" and "What Are the Civilian Applications?" but there are so many great ones
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Slothdude
@slothdude@mastodon.online replied  ·  activity timestamp 4 months ago
@btuftin Somewhat redundant since the ships themselves were so cool, but Falling Outside the Normal Moral Constraints and Mistake Not… are both up there.
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Tim Panton
@steely_glint@chaos.social replied  ·  activity timestamp 4 months ago
@btuftin Grey Area aka Meatfucker
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Andy 🌎
@asmaloney@fosstodon.org replied  ·  activity timestamp 4 months ago
@btuftin Hmmm... so many!

GSV "So Much For Subtlety"
GCU "A Series Of Unlikely Explanations"
GCU "Funny, It Worked Last Time..."
LCU "Anything Legal Considered"
GOU "Questionable Ethics"

(I admit, it's been long enough that I needed to hit the list: https://theculture.fandom.com/wiki/List_of_spacecraft )

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farhaven 🇪🇺
@farhaven@mastodon.cloud replied  ·  activity timestamp 4 months ago
@btuftin "Lightly seared on the reality grill" is up there for me.
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Enno Rehling
@enno@mastodon.gamedev.place replied  ·  activity timestamp 4 months ago
@btuftin For me, it's the GCU "Just Another Victim Of The Ambient Morality", although I'm also partial to the running "Gravitas" gag.
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