The series is produced by Amazon MGM Studios. "While war rages between the utopian Culture and the Idiran Empire, a Culture Ship AI ‘Mind’ takes refuge on a forbidden planet," says Amazon’s ...

"Consider Phlebas" by Iain M. Banks cover art: Orbit Books In Consider Phlebas, while war rages between the utopian Culture and the Idiran Empire, a newly-birthed infant Culture Ship AI "Mind ...

Banks wrote 10 Culture books in all before his death in 2013; Consider Phlebas originally came out in 1987. The premise is cool, and obviously relevant as the world grapples with increased use of ...

The first book, Consider Phlebas, is about the Culture’s war with the Idiran Empire — a conflict that many of the other books are concerned with as well. While the book is about the Culture ...

In Consider Phlebas, while war rages between the utopian Culture and the Idiran Empire, a Culture Ship AI “Mind” takes refuge on a forbidden planet. Both Horza, a shape-shifting mercenary ...

while war rages between the utopian Culture and the Idiran Empire, a Culture Ship AI “Mind” takes refuge on a forbidden planet. Both Horza, a shape-shifting mercenary working for the Idirans, and ...

Following devastating natural disasters in Pakistan, Sumaira Malik highlights how the country's creative and cultural industries play a crucial role in climate adaptation and promoting environmental ...

After news about MSNBC canceling Joy Reid's evening news show was leaked to the press, the outlet's new president, Rebecca Kutler, called a meeting with Reid's staff on February 23, 2025.

NEW YORK (AP) — Roberta Flack, the Grammy-winning singer and pianist whose intimate vocal and musical style made her one of the top recordings artists of the 1970s and an influential performer ...

For decades, the Republican Party has championed a culture war with Christianity at its center. Under President Donald Trump, that war is taking a sharp turn toward the secular. Banning gender ...

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