EccentricsWe all know someone who's a little bit strange - Mum's UFO abduction secret, or the mad Uncle who isn't allowed within 400 yards of Noel Edmonds.
Tell us about your family eccentrics, or just those you've met but don't think you're related to.
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chthonic, Thu 30 Oct 2008, 19:08)
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The Culturenovels by Iain M Banks include a class of ships called "Eccentrics" that are nominally part of The Culture as a whole but sort of bumble around and do their own thing
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Culture
and
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_ships_(The_Culture)
(, Fri 31 Oct 2008, 15:13, 1 reply)
Ahhhh...I keep meaning to give that series a go...
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Enzyme is powered by sunlight, Fri 31 Oct 2008, 15:21,
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Do it !but start off with the Player of Games. Then Consider Phlebas.
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I_Was_Mordred, Sat 1 Nov 2008, 11:07,
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