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* [[Anachronic Order]]: ''Use of Weapons'' alternates between two storylines, one running normal, the other back to front. ''Look To Windward'' is about 1/4 flashbacks. It's even a [[Memory Gambit|plot point]]. |
* [[Anachronic Order]]: ''Use of Weapons'' alternates between two storylines, one running normal, the other back to front. ''Look To Windward'' is about 1/4 flashbacks. It's even a [[Memory Gambit|plot point]]. |
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** Also ''Excession''. |
** Also ''Excession''. |
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* [[Apocalypse How]]: The epilogue of ''Consider Phlebas'' gives the final tally of casualties of the Idiran-Culture-War in terms of sentient beings lost, destruction of ships, infrastructure, stars, etc. Spheres are Dyson Spheres, Orbitals are miniature (3 million kilometres wide) [[ |
* [[Apocalypse How]]: The epilogue of ''Consider Phlebas'' gives the final tally of casualties of the Idiran-Culture-War in terms of sentient beings lost, destruction of ships, infrastructure, stars, etc. Spheres are Dyson Spheres, Orbitals are miniature (3 million kilometres wide) [[Ringworld|ringworlds]] and Rings are full-size [[Ringworld|ringworlds]]. |
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{{quote| ''Statistics. Length of war: forty-eight years, one month. Total casualties, including machines (reckoned on logarithmic sentience scale), medjel and non-combatants: 851.4 billion (± .3%). Losses: ships (all classes above interplanetary) - 91,215,660 (± 200); Orbitals - 14,334; planets and major moons - 53; Rings - 1; Spheres - 3; stars (undergoing significant induced mass-loss or sequence-position alteration) - 6.''}} |
{{quote| ''Statistics. Length of war: forty-eight years, one month. Total casualties, including machines (reckoned on logarithmic sentience scale), medjel and non-combatants: 851.4 billion (± .3%). Losses: ships (all classes above interplanetary) - 91,215,660 (± 200); Orbitals - 14,334; planets and major moons - 53; Rings - 1; Spheres - 3; stars (undergoing significant induced mass-loss or sequence-position alteration) - 6.''}} |
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* [[Artificial Gravity]]: Standard on ships in the series. But also averted by the orbitals, since they spin around to create centrifugal forces and do not have real gravity. That is why the standard antigrav units in armorsuits don't work there, as a unlucky mercenary finds out. |
* [[Artificial Gravity]]: Standard on ships in the series. But also averted by the orbitals, since they spin around to create centrifugal forces and do not have real gravity. That is why the standard antigrav units in armorsuits don't work there, as a unlucky mercenary finds out. |
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* [[A Long Time Ago in a Galaxy Far Far Away]]: Earth is only mentioned in the short story ''The State of the Art'' where a Culture ship and its crew visit our planet (in 1977). Humanity is totally oblivious to their presence. The mainline novels occur in the timeframe between AD 1300 and AD 2100. <ref>''[[The Culture/Use of Weapons|Use of Weapons]]'' very briefly implies one of the characters has been to Earth; it's Diziet Sma, whose recounts her time on Earth in ''The State of the Art''.</ref> The epilogue of ''[[The Culture/Consider Phlebas|Consider Phlebas]]'' describes the Culture-Idiran War of the book's setting as part of a translation once Earth is contacted. The war's date is fixed between the 13th and 14th Century AD. |
* [[A Long Time Ago in a Galaxy Far Far Away]]: Earth is only mentioned in the short story ''The State of the Art'' where a Culture ship and its crew visit our planet (in 1977). Humanity is totally oblivious to their presence. The mainline novels occur in the timeframe between AD 1300 and AD 2100. <ref>''[[The Culture/Use of Weapons|Use of Weapons]]'' very briefly implies one of the characters has been to Earth; it's Diziet Sma, whose recounts her time on Earth in ''The State of the Art''.</ref> The epilogue of ''[[The Culture/Consider Phlebas|Consider Phlebas]]'' describes the Culture-Idiran War of the book's setting as part of a translation once Earth is contacted. The war's date is fixed between the 13th and 14th Century AD. |
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* [[Malignant Plot Tumor]]: ''Matter'' |
* [[Malignant Plot Tumor]]: ''Matter'' |
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* [[Meaningful Name]]: The ships names reflect their Mind's personality or function. [[The Other Wiki]] provides a [[wikipedia:List of ships |
* [[Meaningful Name]]: The ships names reflect their Mind's personality or function. [[The Other Wiki]] provides a [[wikipedia:List of ships (The Culture)|full list]]. |
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* [[Mechanical Lifeforms]] |
* [[Mechanical Lifeforms]] |
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* [[Memory Gambit]]: The Chelgrians' scheme in ''Look to Windward'' involves one. |
* [[Memory Gambit]]: The Chelgrians' scheme in ''Look to Windward'' involves one. |
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