08-16-2020, 04:16 AM
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If you want to ease in to the series, I suggest you start with the following in this order:
The Player of Games (most accessible culture novel tbh and a good intro)
Excession (focuses a lot on the Culture minds and their interaction with each other)
Use of Weapons (one of my personal favorites)
Anything else - if you have read the above you will have a good feel for how much you like the Culture universe.
Whilst none of the novels require that you have read a previous Culture novel, the more recent (Surface Detail, Hydrogen Sonata) sort of have a background assumption that you at least have a passing familiarity with the Culture.
I would avoid Inversions altogether (not a culture novel imo) and The State of the Art is short stories, only 2 of which are Culture stories IIRC, so only read it if you are a Culture completionist.
If you want to ease in to the series, I suggest you start with the following in this order:
The Player of Games (most accessible culture novel tbh and a good intro)
Excession (focuses a lot on the Culture minds and their interaction with each other)
Use of Weapons (one of my personal favorites)
Anything else - if you have read the above you will have a good feel for how much you like the Culture universe.
Whilst none of the novels require that you have read a previous Culture novel, the more recent (Surface Detail, Hydrogen Sonata) sort of have a background assumption that you at least have a passing familiarity with the Culture.
I would avoid Inversions altogether (not a culture novel imo) and The State of the Art is short stories, only 2 of which are Culture stories IIRC, so only read it if you are a Culture completionist.
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