And then she almost dies, and returns to Phage Rock, filled with a renewed fondness for her home. She's duped into believing she's been recruited for SC, feels sorry for herself when her appearance is changed, conducts a disastrously ineffective kidnapping of Genar-Hofoen, gets spooked by the Grey Area's interpretation of the neural lace as a torture device, and then suddenly and inexplicably becomes an emotionally intelligent confidante to Dajeil, helping her to move past her anger and fear and finally meet with Genar-Hofoen. Now, of course, she's a unusually privileged member of The Culture, and so it shouldn't be at all surprising that she's a narcissistic hedonist, but what really bugs me is that she has such a pointless journey within the book. Banks goes to all the effort of introducing us, at great length, to this spoiled, entitled ingenue, fleshing out details of her interests (self-interest, mostly), while not bothering to give her any meaningful motivation beyond attaining status and having great sex. Ulver Seich is a dreadfully poorly developed character. Before I do, I'll caveat it by saying it doesn't stop me from loving the book, but it is a gripe that I picked up when I re-read it last week. In the spirit of expanding this discussion, I'm going to offer a possibly unpopular opinion. The Culture fanfiction - A comprehensive list and reviews by /u/tomockingbird./r/TheCultureFanFic - A sub dedicated to writing Culture related fiction./r/infinitefunspace - Culture RP and Fan-fiction./r/Marain - The Language of the Culture.Learn more about the CultureĪ Few Notes On The Culture - article on the Culture by Iain M. Use the markdown text in the body of your submission or comment to hide spoilers: >!Text that is spoiler!<īe aware that all discussions are likely to have spoilers for the book series and they may not always be tagged appropriately. This will trigger reddit's new spoiler tagging system. Please include the word(s) 'spoiler' or 'spoilers' in the title of your post. Spoiler Policy All spoilers for the book series must be marked as such. Rulesġ: Please be courteous and respectful to everyone.Ģ: Please do not encourage or facilitate copyright infringement via this subreddit.ģ: Try to practice reddiquette whenever possible. Banks in the Culture novels and short stories. This subreddit is dedicated to the fictional world created by Iain M.
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