----- > >> I still can't figure out whether _Consider Phlebas_ has a happy
> >> ending or not. In fact, I still can't figure out whether _A Player of
> >> Games_ has a happy ending or not...
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> > It's easy. NONE of his books has a happy ending.
> >That said, _A Player of Games_ doesn't have a sad ending.
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> Genocidal war in the Magellenic Clouds? I'm not sure what Special
> Circumstances expected Gurgeh to accomplish, but did he accomplish
> it? And what was the cost to Gurgeh?
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> Brad DeLong
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> GCU Categorical Imperative
Gurgeh turned out OK... shaken but not stirred. And the purpose was to break
the game, to cause the fall of the empire from within. Gurgeh did what
they'd hoped he could, but less than they expected, I think.
