Evan Mayerle posted a comment on Sunday 6th January 2008 6:00pm

I have to admit that I love your ship names. Somehow, I don't think Sheds Blame Like Water would work for one, though I will suggest it. *chuckle* How about It's Not -My- Planet as another name. Now, if you've got an explorer ship, I could see To Go Boldly But Not Stupidly as a name.

I like this story so far and I do wonder what Albus, or whoever delivered the letter, thought about the environment around Harry? Or if said deliverer had any idea -just- how far they'd traveled? The report they made would make interesting reading.

It should prove quite interesting to watch the interaction of a rather conservative Wizarding Britain and a citizen of the Culture. I rather suspect the misunderstandings and complications will be "fascinating".

James Barber posted a comment on Sunday 6th January 2008 5:05pm

Hey this is a rather interesting ideal. And while it looks like you are using characters from another book for the culture, I'm not familiar with that author or stories, but it dont really seem to matter cause you give us the revelant data of the story so we can follow along. I am definitely going to be looking foward to further updates.

And oh yeah, I liked the communications between the I guess leaders of differnet what ships or stations? but being a guy I can definitely say that Harry would definitely enjoy practicing with girls and women. in fact I think his guardian sma should take him by the hand and they can practice together cause he definitely finds her attractive. But you might want to wait a little bit cause I was age 12 before girls went from my mortal enemies to absolutely fascinating!

steveh11 posted a comment on Sunday 6th January 2008 4:56pm

Oh, WOW! I *love* the Culture novels, and the idea of a crossover... I'm hooked and you've only just started! :=)

Steve.

Christopher Gilmore posted a comment on Sunday 6th January 2008 4:44pm

This is an interesting story, even though I've never read (or heard of, prior to Chapter One) the Culture books. I'll have to look into tracking them down.

As for ship names, with one being It's Not My Fault, other obvious names are I've Got A Bad Feeling About This and Never Tell Me The Odds.

Jon Cottrell posted a comment on Sunday 6th January 2008 4:13pm

as with you other works, very good

Tim Sullivan posted a comment on Sunday 6th January 2008 4:11pm

The GCU Where Shall We Have Lunch and the GCU Dancing in the Rain.

Cuey posted a comment on Sunday 6th January 2008 3:27pm

Great chapter. I think I am starting to pick up the Culture 'verse, but it seems complicated. Is there a website that you can recommend that has a good overview?

Matthew Sands posted a comment on Sunday 6th January 2008 3:23pm

Ah, curse belated thoughts anyway.

So, how permanently drained of magic are Dumbledore and his pawns? Please say that he managed to get Snape, Fudge, and Umbridge somehow

Musings of Apathy posted a comment on Sunday 6th January 2008 3:17pm

Excellent story. Just reading this chapter, in particular, makes me want to read the originating stories. I'll go look the books up now.

Thank you for writing.

Mike (MoA)

Matthew Sands posted a comment on Sunday 6th January 2008 3:13pm

Looking good.

A thought for one of the ship names:

Sufficiently Advanced Technology

Particle_Accelerator posted a comment on Sunday 6th January 2008 2:33pm

You know, I could have used an AI like the Minds when I was a teenager... conspiring to get me a girl, or several as the case may be! :D

The whole thing Oedipus Complex thing is a tad bit creepy though.

Loving the story so far, keep up the great work!

TomokiG posted a comment on Sunday 6th January 2008 1:49pm

Wow... that is a heck of an original plot. It's freshening that there are authors who can think something completely new and humorous.
I'm looking forward to read further chapters.

°TomokiG °

amulder posted a comment on Sunday 6th January 2008 1:28pm

Fun premise. thanks for writing.

Now I have a new author to pursue. I've never read any of Banks' work, but from what you've written here, it seems to be worth checking out.

The "It's not my fault" name is presumably a subtle homage to star wars? In which case, perhaps a name/homage out of Star Trek would suit for one of the other ships. Perhaps the "Fool me twice, shame on me", or maybe the "can't change the laws of Physics".

Or maybe the "By his bootstraps", if you want to give an homage to the grand master Heinlein?

Curious about having him show up around Nov 2 -- if this follows the original timeline, will he show up in the middle of Hermione's funeral? Not only that, with the amount of intelligence being shown here, just how quickly might Harry skip into an older class? I can see him associating with folks more of Woods or Percy's year in terms of maturity, even if he is stuck in first year for the schoolwork.

And I am very curious to see just how all this technology will function in proximity to Hogwarts. It does seem established in canon, after all, that magic seems to inhibit electricity and other technologies.

Thanks again, it's a fun read!

forbin posted a comment on Sunday 6th January 2008 1:17pm

Man.. I haven't read Banks in a long time. I've always found the naming convention of the Culture for it's ships highly amusing too, so I really like this chapter. Please keep up the good work, it's good to see you writing again!

n4zhg posted a comment on Saturday 5th January 2008 8:59pm

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

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

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

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

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Adrian R Brown posted a comment on Thursday 3rd January 2008 10:30am

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.