#the culture

[prokopetz]

Iain M Banks: What is a weapon? What does it mean to use a weapon? Can a person be a weapon? Is there a difference between using a weapon and being a weapon? Is this difference meaningful? What kind of person would choose to be a weapon?

Also Iain M Banks: Here's a sapient starship with a scat fetish.

#media #literature #iain m banks #the culture #worldbuilding #unsanitary

[augustswife]

keke palmer.

#black beauty #melanin #pretty #black girl magic #black tumblr #black girl aesthetic #black girl moodboard #keke palmer #black hair #black girls are everything #black girls winning #the culture #black culture

[alexriesart]

An illustration of a young Idiran soldier from the Culture series; part of a private commission.

#ianmbanks #the culture #idiran #alien #creature design #my art

[grayrazor]

Hey guys, I found this weird geometric object floating in space. Should I touch it?

#2001 a space odyssey #oblivion #xeno series #mass effect #dead space #babylon 5 #the sphere #transformers #neon genesis evangelion #star trek #rendezvous with rama #xeelee sequence #the expanse #warhammer 40000 #rogue trader #eclipse phase #spelljammer #homeworld cataclysm #revelation space #the culture #excession #the dark forest #kirby #halo combat evolved #the dig #destiny

[noriahmoods]

who said we are satisfied?

the culture @galactamelanin

#quotes #the culture

[theseworldsareyours]

Early Culture Star Cruise Ship by James Fletcher

#James Fletcher #The Culture #Iain Banks #starliner #spaceship #spaceliner

[haveyoureadthisscifibook]

vote yes if you have finished the entire book.

vote no if you have not finished the entire book.

(faq · submit a book)

#scifi #books #Consider Phlebas #Iain M. Banks #The Culture #poll #result: no #l: English

[yourmelanatedhomegirl]

👅

#drip #black women #melanin #the culture #trendsetters #queens #black women are the blueprint

[flossytiptin]

Doechii at Tommy Hilfiger NYFW Brunch with Lakeyah, Yung Miami, Teezo Touchdown & Scar Lip

#doechii #tommy hilfiger #yung miami #the city girls #lakeyah #teezo touchdown #scar lip #my gifs #hip hop #music #my upload #nyfw2023 #nyfw23 #the culture #fashion

[probablyinsan3]

(spoiler free!) im currently reading the player of games by iain m banks and i love the way the main character is written so much. gergei hails from a post scarcity society, which means everyone gets whatever they want whenever they want it, and everyone has the absolute right to bodily autonomy and self determination. all needs are met, and there are no imposed prohibitions against anything. gergei happens to be an incredibly talented gamer, hes famous even for his ability to learn new games incredibly fast. the story is about him playing a game. his character is so compelling, and charismatic, and i am so cheesed to find a book this good. i need to get more 40 year old independent artist friends so i can get more book recommendations like this.

#the culture #iain m. banks #libby #seriously download libby rn

[mimi-0007]

Real hip hop!!

#black tumblr #black literature #old school rap #black culture #the culture #black excellence #black community #black girl magic #hip hop music #old hip hop #music

[siegesquirrel42]

Understand the Concept of Love would be a great name for a Culture starship

#posts that have no audience whatsoever #but it's worth a shot #hideki naganuma #jet set radio #the culture

[noriahmoods]

Dancing at Studio 54 Photographed by Waring Abbott (New York City, 1977)

#the culture #studio 54 #soft black women

[astrology-bf]

Not gonna lie, one of the funniest recurring things in Star Trek to me is showrunners complaining about replicators destroying plot tension.

Like I get that not everyone can be Iain Banks or Ursula Le Guin but there is something very gauche about just openly self-owning by admitting you're too unskilled/lazy to explore what tensions WOULD arise in a post-scarcity society.

#star trek #replicators #the culture

[theseworldsareyours]

The Culture: Contact meeting with the ambassadors by Sébastien Garnier

#Sebastien Garnier #The Culture #spaceship #sci-fi art #Iain Banks #orbit

[simplyashrub]

To quote myself in a meme format:

If I had a nickle for every time I play a farming game with romance options, fully intending to enter a qpr with the one non human asexual coded character, and then saw a pretty lady and instantly became her girlfriend I would have two nickles which isn't a lot but it's weird that it happened twice...

#i feel as tho this is a very eloquent restatement of my previous post #the culture #the refinement #the M E M E #it's almost too much! #*menacing cackling* #palia #stardew valley