![]() ![]() Years, which symbolizes the undesirability of immortality and the need to accept our finitude. One of the things I love about the Culture is that, while CultureĬitizens could effectively live forever, most choose to die after 300-400 ![]() ![]() Meant the Sublime as a metaphor for death. Know, too, even if they may not tell the Gzilt.Īs I mentioned earlier, the idea of Subliming has obviousĮxplicitly with the afterlife in Surface Detail and there are heavenly aspects to the Sublime, but I think Banks Military commander Banstageyen, don’t want this potentially unsettling news to threatenĪnd of course once the Culture Minds hear about it, most of them want to On this question threatens to come to light some Gzilt people, notably the ![]() Mere weeks before the Subliming is set to take place, evidence bearing Sham perpetrated by the long-Sublimed Zihdren. There have been rumors, however, that the Book of Truth was actually a Which unlike most holy books, has managed to correctly predict many scientificįeel special about this the Gzilt declined to join the Culture 10,000 The Gzilt also pride themselves on their Book of Truth, Subliming earlier would progress so quickly as to be unable to relate to the The reasons for this are somewhat mysterious,Īs are all things relating to the Sublime, but they involve the idea that those Something that the majority of a civilization must do at the same time. Civilization almost as advanced as the Culture, has decided to Sublime, ![]()
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