Culture Shock
Special Circumstances
By Ruskbyte
Reviews
Andrius posted a comment on Sunday 25th January 2009 8:47am for Special Circumstances
Wow! Very original setting, love it!
TxA_GunFighter posted a comment on Sunday 12th October 2008 9:35pm for Special Circumstances
Very good start.
gunny
bonzi posted a comment on Sunday 25th May 2008 2:30pm for Special Circumstances
Somebody has already linked several relevant Wikipedia entries considering Culture. Here are some more for the uninitiated:
Culture FAQ
Banksie's own 'A Few Notes on the Culture'
There is a Culture mailing list, relatively low-traffic and mostly off-topic except at the times of new book releases, Banks' tours, fan conventions (called CrowCons, see about the novel and the mini TV-series). These two sites have slightly different instructions for subscribing:
culturelist.org
theculture.org
Enjoy!
jalva200 posted a comment on Thursday 10th January 2008 7:38pm for Special Circumstances
Sounds ok, don't know much about the metro prime world but sounds like it will be quite a bit of fun. Keep up the grea work i really loving it so far, HA HOPE DUMBLES DIES A HORRIBLE PAINFUL DEATH FOR HIS STUPID ASS!!
Anyway update soon this could be a good story!
Terdwilicker posted a comment on Monday 7th January 2008 9:11pm for Special Circumstances
Amused. I am greatly amused. As a fan of the Culture series for more than 10 years, its nice to see them used in a xover. I sincerely hope that you allow Harry a drone and a terminal for his personal used while at hogwarts. And possibly a module which he ends up installing a small culture factory in the Chamber of Secrets. I could easily see him constructing his own tower of modern alloys and allowing a few other drones access to the students and staff, perhaps a cultural anthropologist drone to give interviews. With a GCU in the Oort Cloud it would be amusing for Harry to have the duties of an ambassador, and determine after interaction with the Malfoys etc that the Wizarding culture must be reformed to culture standards as it runs on oppressive bigotry and sexism and that's just not the culture way of doing things. A visit from our intrepid general might be a good idea too. He's appeared in a number of Banks' novels as a bit player.
steveh11 posted a comment on Sunday 6th January 2008 4:56pm for Special Circumstances
Oh, WOW! I *love* the Culture novels, and the idea of a crossover... I'm hooked and you've only just started! :=)
Steve.
n4zhg posted a comment on Saturday 5th January 2008 8:59pm for Special Circumstances
For those of you going Whiskey-Tango-Foxtrot, here are a few links.
Wikipedia entry on The Culture
Wikipedia entry on Ian Banks, the Author
The Author's Website
FrequencyQueen posted a comment on Saturday 5th January 2008 7:27pm for Special Circumstances
Interesting start. Not familiar with the crossover though, so I hope you include enough explanation of the backstory for this to make sense.
GinnyLover posted a comment on Saturday 5th January 2008 5:08pm for Special Circumstances
Very nice! Welcome back to writing! :)
Cant wait to read more! I havent read the author before i think i'll check it out. Sounds interesting!
Robert Black posted a comment on Friday 4th January 2008 1:27am for Special Circumstances
This has promise, it's very rare to read any crossover with Culture since the tech and science in it is so advance. I hope that your muse will return to help you continue your other stories. I enjoyed them alot.
Robert
best333 posted a comment on Thursday 3rd January 2008 10:39pm for Special Circumstances
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Adrian R Brown posted a comment on Thursday 3rd January 2008 10:30am for Special Circumstances
Nice to see you writing again! Good start here; definitely something new. I can't wait to see more of what could certainly be another unique piece from you.
Particle_Accelerator posted a comment on Wednesday 2nd January 2008 10:33pm for Special Circumstances
I like it!
I honestly have no idea what the crossover series is, but the sci-fi aspect really grabs my attention (that was one of the major points of appeal for Backwards Compatible. BTW, saw your note about BC, and while I'm disappointed that there will not be any updates soon, I understand about the "blockage." Good luck figuring that out!) In the meantime, hopefully you'll be able to let us all in on what happens next in THIS story rather soon. Welcome back and happy writing!
Wolfric posted a comment on Wednesday 2nd January 2008 9:56pm for Special Circumstances
Well it's good to hear from you again. This look like it has possibilities. I'm interested to see where it goes. Thanks for writing. W.
Renzo7 posted a comment on Wednesday 2nd January 2008 9:29pm for Special Circumstances
An entertaining read so far... it's got potential, hopefully you'll update soon...
Fernir posted a comment on Wednesday 2nd January 2008 5:52pm for Special Circumstances
Glad to see you are still writing Ruskbyte. Interesting beginning, with what looks to be a story well worth reading. Going to pick up The I. M. Banks book to talk a look at - thanks for the tip.
Memory King posted a comment on Wednesday 2nd January 2008 4:41pm for Special Circumstances
BRILLIANT! It's good to know that you're still alive and writing. Looking forward to more, and happy new year!
theform posted a comment on Wednesday 2nd January 2008 4:40pm for Special Circumstances
I really like the start that you've provided here. Can't really comment on much, since this seems to be more of a prologue than an actual chapter. Regardless, I await future chapters in this crossover world that you've created. One other thing. It is good to see you posting your writing again.
Meteoricshipyards posted a comment on Wednesday 2nd January 2008 1:36pm for Special Circumstances
I'm not familiar with the Culture, but this could be a very interesting story. Any ammount of intelligence should blow away the Wizarding world.
Looking forward to more. Thanks for returning to writing!
Tom A.
Banner posted a comment on Friday 9th April 2010 8:24pm for Special Circumstances