Utopia, a poll (with other completely unconnected question)

[andrewducker]

"The Culture" in this case refers to the space-faring civilisation in Iain Banks' awesome series of novels.

[Poll #1792224]

Comments

[bart-calendar.livejournal.com]

Oops!

With "The Culture" I thought you meant the current culture we are living in today.

[andrewhickey.livejournal.com]

For The Culture, I do know what you're talking about, but have not yet got round to any of Banks' M books, though I probably should (they've always struck me as a little space-opera-y for my tastes).

[momentsmusicaux.livejournal.com]

I once had a conversation with someone who though the Culture was a dystopia. It seemed a rather baffling point of view.

[nmg.livejournal.com]

I'd just like to note that I wish I'd thought of drplokta's answer to 'favourite utopian novel'.

[nancylebov.livejournal.com]

I'm not a fan of Banks for no obvious reason-- he strikes me as a competent commercial author, but I just don't get interested.

However, I can see being dubious about being a pet-- look at some of the things people do to pets. The culture might be modifying people in ways too subtle for people to see, just as dogs and cats presumably don't know know anything about the development of pure breds, something which isn't actually good for a lot of animals.

I'd still choose the Culture over a lot of sfnal world-- I like comfort.

My favorite Utopia isn't a novel, it's "And then There Were None--" by Eric Frank Russell. _To Marry Medusa_ by Sturgeon shows some promise in theory, but I wonder about the gender dynamics.

[princealbert.livejournal.com]

Iain Banks has never published a Culture story.

[dalglir.livejournal.com]

Interesting answers. May have to re-read Look to Windward.