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Originally Posted by JSWolf
it's not representative of a good book as well. The problem is that when the first book of a series is as bad as that, there's no reason to read any more.
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Obviously, tastes differ, but I would like to point out that unlike most series, Bank's Culture series basically have no characters in common between novels, and the main thing they have in common is a post-scarcity galactic civilization with multiple alien races, the civilization is basically run by a bunch of AIs with quirky names, and that often the AIs call on human-like characters to interact with alien races which are not part of their civilization. While Consider Phlebas, the first Culture novel published appears not to be up for any awards, most of the rest of the series were either award finalist or winners, and there is no compelling reason, other than first published to read it first, or at all.
Personally, I hated Seveneves. I felt it was bloated with infodumps, I hated most of the characters that survived the destruction of Earth's surface, and I didn't care that much for the societies that emerged in the final segment of the book. I thought the chained links and whips were cool though, and I'd love to see NASA experiment with that on the ISS, if they haven't already done so.