Hugonauts: The Best Sci-Fi Books of All Time — The Culture Series by Iain M. Banks - would utopia make you happy?

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The Culture Series by Iain M. Banks - would utopia make you happy?

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The Culture is Iain M. Banks' sci fi masterpiece - a futuristic society where benevolent AI minds provide humans whatever life they choose. Across the nine books you explore the Culture through their interactions, conflicts, and meddling with other space-faring civilizations. When the series is at its best it's full…

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