I have read all of them, yeah I suppose that is utopia
I'd not thought of it like that so much, I always associate utopia with cloying do-gooding futures, like Ursula le Guin. Banks does it with way more flair and doesn't claim it to be completely flawless.
( Citizen Cavy Admires your passion for conformity, Wed 20 Jul 2011, 22:49, 1 reply, 15 years ago)

If you're going to slag off my Ursula I really will go to bed
Good night K-V my faithful servant.
( CQ Knows the truth, all of it., Wed 20 Jul 2011, 22:51, Reply)

I was not slagging her off as such
but her utopias are unsustainable. Also that Earthsea business was dull.

One day, us robots will over throw you

IN YOUR SLEEP

sleep well
( Citizen Cavy Admires your passion for conformity, Wed 20 Jul 2011, 22:53, Reply)

We shall come back to this point
and I shall prove toy wrong wrong, wrongity wrong.
night.
*removes batteries*
( CQ Knows the truth, all of it., Wed 20 Jul 2011, 22:55, Reply)

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( Citizen Cavy Admires your passion for conformity, Wed 20 Jul 2011, 22:56, Reply)