Cultured Swine

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Johnny and GSV discuss Ian M. Banks' "The Culture" series, and later the Hitchhiker's Guide series. We suggest you listen from the beginning of either series if you're just starting, as we're covering the whole thing with some semblance of order. culturedswine.substack.com

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State of The Art [Short Stories] 24.05.2020 2:14:57

Featuring State of The Art from the beginning of The Road of Skulls till the end of Piece. Maniacal mobsters strongarm sadsack shooters! Perfunctory plants pluck probing people! Feckless factories facilitate freaky facts! And Ian M. Banks writes about religion for a while. Find out more on today's episode! Link to Meditations on Moloch: https://slatestarcodex.com/2014/07/30/meditations-on-moloch/...

Use of Weapons [5 of 5] 10.05.2020 2:36:49

Covering Numeral 2 through the conclusion of Use of Weapons frazoj = [ "Souls do exist. " , "Souls do not exist. "] firstbook = '' secondbook = '' i = 0 while i < 140000 : firstbook = firstbook + frazoj[ i % 2 ] secondbook = secondbook + frazoj[ ( i + 1 ) % 2 ] i = i + 1 print(firstbook) print(secondbook) https://www.smbc-comics.com/comics/20130129.gif Link to our Discord: https://...

Use of Weapons [4 of 5] 26.04.2020 2:17:05

Covering the beginning of part 3 up till chapter 12 https://slatestarcodex.com/2018/01/30/the-invention-of-moral-narrative/ Come chat with us on our discord ( https://discord.gg/5RweN4Z ) This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit culturedswine.substack.com

Use of Weapons [3 of 5] 12.04.2020 1:28:46

Covering chapters word-five to numeral-seven. Come chat with us on our discord ( https://discord.gg/5RweN4Z ) This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit culturedswine.substack.com

Use of Weapons [2 of 5] 29.03.2020 1:42:42

Covering the beginning of part two up to the end of chapter word-seven. Come chat with us on our discord ( https://discord.gg/5RweN4Z ) This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit culturedswine.substack.com

Use of Weapons [1 of 5] 13.03.2020 2:15:13

Covering the start of the book up to the beginning of part 2 Warlords topple from on high onto orgies of decadence as The evidently omnibenevolent Culture clashes once more with the forces of primitive aristocracy! Central to the machinations of the Minds on high is a death-obsessed soldier named Zakalwe, and a skilled diplomat named Diziet Sma. Johnny and GSV can't wait to unpack this! Also we me...

Player of Games [3 of 3] 03.03.2020 1:24:23

The thrilling conclusion of Player of Games! Divine Debates! Belittled Battles! Foul pornography! Everything you crave! Feel free to come chat with us on our discord This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit culturedswine.substack.com

Player of Games [2 of 3] 16.02.2020 1:26:19

Gurgay learns to interact with the Empire without getting killed- it only takes him two gunfights to do it. Johnny however still can't learn to call the little flying robots "drones". Ah well, as long as GSV remains unarmed we should all make it episode three. Feel free to come chat with us on our discord This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get acc...

Player of Games [1 of 3] 31.01.2020 1:18:55

GSV and Johnny introduce themselves then get straight to what's important: Calling our protagonist mean names and diving deep into questions that we can't answer. Feel free to come chat with us on our discord This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit culturedswine.substack.com