• Aussiemandeus@aussie.zone
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      26 days ago

      I could so see them chopping up a person, spreading their entrails in the hope to grow into a tree.

      Oh wait you mean the controlling the simulation thing, my bad

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        26 days ago

        That only works after the war is over and you have time to reflect on your role in genocide.

        Man that series went off the rails fast

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          25 days ago

          Yeah such a strong start then just crazy. Still I really enjoyed the books but it certainly felt unrelated.

          Kinda reminds me of the Alastair Reynolds books. Very interesting but only vaguely connected

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            25 days ago

            I really enjoyed the 2nd one, but 3 and 4 were so insane I can barely remember them. IIRC one was about the planet of people with genetically engineered OCD they’d turned into a religion, and the other one I can’t recall right now. I don’t think I hated them at the time but just felt like a different series, like you said. The Bean novels didn’t go quite so far astray.

            Alastair Reynolds

            Looks like I missed this guy’s stuff, but he sounds interesting.