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by jkestner 86 days ago
Let's start naming things after Iain Banks ships.
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I am in support. In general he was really good with names I thought, they always had an otherwordly flair while being clear to pronounce. Skaffen-Amtiskaw, Anaplian, Elethiomel...
Yes!

"Just Another Victim Of The Ambient Morality" is one of my favorites.

Elon Musk has already had a head start on that idea for over 10 years, unfortunately:

https://scifi.stackexchange.com/q/81164

Weird - Iain m Banks would’ve found Musk’s politics abhorrent