Charlie Bell wrote:
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> ----- > >> 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
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> 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.
But there's the comment in Excession about not wanting a rerun of the
Azadian debacal. This suggests that either it didn't go to plan, or the
plan was considered inapproriate by the rest of society (my interpretation).
Claire Bickell
