The State of the Art

The State of the Art

148 pages
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ISBN: 9780929480060

Format: Hardcover

Language: English

Publisher: Willimantic: Ziesing

Publication date: 1 May 1989

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This novella chronicles a Culture mission to Earth in the late Seventies, and also serves as a prequel of sorts to Use of Weapons by featuring one of that novel's characters, Diziet Sma. Here, Sma argues for contact with Earth, to try to fix the mess the human species has made of it. Another Culture citizen, Linter, goes native while Li, who is a Star Trek fan, argues that the whole "incontestably neurotic and clinically insane species" should be eradicated with a micro black hole. The ship Arbitrary has ideas, and a sense of humour, of its own.This trade first edition only includes the novella and no extra collections.