>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
>>
>> 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.
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>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 inappropriate by the rest of society (my interpretation).
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>Claire Bickell
What, then, does the rest of the Culture think that Special
Circumstancse should have done with Azad?
Brad DeLong
