By Ruskbyte
Reviews
PRK13 posted a comment on Wednesday 6th February 2008 6:27pm
Great story, some of the thing you mentioned in the authors notes, especially the idea of the society not indulging in marital relationships and actually going as far as to consider them barbaric, was very reminiscent of the book "A Brave New World" by Aldous Huxley. The idea of everyone being extraordinarily fit and good looking is also mentioned very interesting. You're society strongly reminds me of a more functional, and all around better version of the utopia described by Huxley. This is in no way a bad thing, this story is very interesting, and i mean no offense. And on a different note, if you've ever played the new Half-Life 2 games, the minds you describe in this story have very similar powers to the controllers in Half-Life 2 Episode 2. Again not criticizing, just thought you might be interested in seeing other areas where such ideas have been used. Again, great story. Oh and P.S. i haven't read any Banks novels, but after this i think I'll pick one up. Thanks, PRK13
Patches posted a comment on Wednesday 6th February 2008 4:54pm
Wow, 3 months space travel to Earth! That is quite a distance! Poor Dumbledore is going to get a rude awakening when he finally meets "Harry" and his guardian. How much of the "Culture" are he and Sma going to relate to Dumbledore? Are they going to tell them where Harry has been for the last 10 years? I look forward to the rest of this story. pms
Elfwyn posted a comment on Wednesday 6th February 2008 4:52pm
Awesome...lmao over the Star Trek vs Star Wars part. Can't wait for more...to see Harry's reaction to candle power and no machines what so ever! Parchment and quills, ha. Best Harry not raised by the Dursley ever. At least so far. Can't wait to see what the cat and owl do to Hogwarts/ Snape?
Nosferatum posted a comment on Wednesday 6th February 2008 12:02pm
Well, good story, and quite readable even though I haven't read Culture series.
I'm waiting impatiently for the Harry's interactions with the Snape. Given that Harry will yhink that Snape is somethink insignificant and not deserving much thought (as is my understanding of his character and attitude) it would be very fun to watch...
hi_abhishek19 posted a comment on Wednesday 6th February 2008 9:00am
very nice introduction to the wizards.
I wonder how will harry deal with dumbles plans for him.
Chris26 posted a comment on Wednesday 6th February 2008 4:14am
Nice one Ruskbyte. This story captured mine attention from the begining.
I think that the best moment in this chapter was when Petunia answered the doorbell.
So ... if I'm not mistaken Harry looks like James Potter dosen't he ...
I wonder what Doumbledore's reaction will be ::grins:: after he has seen Harry.
Update soon!!!
dogfoot75 posted a comment on Wednesday 6th February 2008 2:53am
Dammit. This:
Dumbledore, following in Snape’s footsteps, abandoned his breakfast, such as it was, and excused himself from the staff table. As he left, he said, "I do not ask you to like the man. But I do expect for you to tolerate him."
- is so damn familiar, and I can't place it! I'll kick myself if it's HP, but I'm thinking Jurassic Park or BttF? I can hear it my head. Going to drive me insane.
James Barber posted a comment on Wednesday 6th February 2008 12:05am
Well he's on earth now, now all he needs to do is slew his way thru the hogwarts female population instead of all those little stupid test dumbydork wants him to do!
kb0 posted a comment on Tuesday 5th February 2008 11:14pm
A nice setup for the part I really wanted to read. :-) Oh well, I guess it will be next time when we'll see "advanced tech" -v- magic. Not having ever read any of the Culture novels, this is pretty interesting so far. Nice work.
Frank Hacklander posted a comment on Tuesday 5th February 2008 10:19pm
very nicely done...,issues? why the enormous and completely undesirable cliffy at the end? gods man, have you no standards? aarrrggghhhh. may you llive in interesting times!!!! how's that for a curse. it being chinese new year (or close enough).
Alex Mcpherson posted a comment on Tuesday 5th February 2008 8:59pm
awe... you cant end it there! grrr.
good chapter.
are you going to have tonks appear, at all?
you know, for how she naturally changes, were as culture humans need that gland thingymajiggy to do the change...?
Mongo posted a comment on Tuesday 5th February 2008 6:59pm
Depending on whom you asked, Harry Potter had forgone attending Hogwarts in favour of Durmstrang, Beauxbatons and even the Salem Institute. Then there was the claim that he was already at Hogwarts, but under an impenetrable disguise. He had been sorted into either Gryffindor, Slytherin or the previously undiscovered house of Merlin.
Nice nod to various popular fanfic tropes.
"At least you didn’t send Lord Dark Helmet to fetch me," retorted Harry.
It's time to go to... Ludicrous Speed!
Love this crossover.
tmp059237 posted a comment on Tuesday 5th February 2008 3:12pm
Thanks for this. Now that they have finally met, I can't wait to read the rest! Well... I can, and I will :-)
Bedrup posted a comment on Tuesday 5th February 2008 2:43pm
Liking it. Really eager to see what happens at first contact.
Wonderbee31 posted a comment on Tuesday 5th February 2008 11:29am
Wow, this just rocked, and loved the idea of Trekkies vs Warsies out there in space. Looking forward to how things go, whether Dumbldorer, or Snape, if he's there, will mess things up or not, and if things will start more positively from there, or go completely south. Glad to see that the other teachers are getting fed up with Snape's attitude as well, and should be fun to see how thngs go with the rest of the students once he arrives there, and looking forward to what house he gets sorted into.
mmb posted a comment on Tuesday 5th February 2008 11:21am
Another interesting chapter.
As a person who has not read the Banks' novels, I'm thankful that you've included little explanations along the way for portions that might otherwise seem confusing or distasteful. I'll have to pick up this series and give it a whack.
Terdwilicker posted a comment on Tuesday 5th February 2008 10:12am
Good resolution for his protective drones. Liked the canon GCU crew enthusiasm. First it was colds. This time, SWxST. Don't forget that Harry needs a wand. He's going to need a trip to Diagon Alley, though it looks like he'll be escorted by OoTP bodyguards (and Sma). Looking forward to Sma's interrogation by Dumbles, and what they'll accuse each other of: child endangerment vs kidnapping, and how Sma excuses their absence/cover for the instrument readings. All of this needs to happen quickly, that day, so that Harry can deal with the Troll and meet Hermione that evening. This will be tricky to accomplish. There's also the sorting and which house he ends up in. I wonder what the Hat will make of his Neural Lace? Will the Hat access the lace and talk to a Mind directly? Will the lace attack the Hat? Or will the hat and the lace agree on a course of action and keep it secret? This does lend itself to a technomancy enclave since the Fae aren't known to possess these things. Of course, Wizards aren't logical.
I wonder how Crookshanks will react to Sylvester? A kneazle should be able to tell that its NOT a cat and react accordingly.
Looking forward to seeing more.
Amamama posted a comment on Tuesday 5th February 2008 10:08am
Ahhh, I love this. This is such fun, so different from any other ff story I've read and the ending was just brilliant. Looking forward to the next instalment, to se how a Culture raised Harry reacts to the challenges that pop up. Your notes on the Culture are very interesting, I must remember to check my local bookstore (or amazon). A place where the concepts of aggression and violence are totally foreign sounds mighty good.
Cheers!
noahshonor posted a comment on Tuesday 5th February 2008 9:58am
More pudding please, Sir! And More, And More.
Damn! Now I'm going to have to start reading another book series. But first Meagan Fox in the Transformers movie.!
Cuey posted a comment on Wednesday 6th February 2008 7:32pm