The Culture v's 40kverse

[Rogerd]

Ugh. Stupid Games Workshop ruining their own fluff....

Wardhammerhate is pretty prevalent.

Also, somewhat off topic, are the Culture books actually interesting? Every summary and review I've read makes them look like boring Mary Sues, but the books are popular among people I respect to I'm willing to give them a chance if they don't suck. Basically; a) Is the science good? b) Does the Culture ever lose? c) What is the appeal of the books to someone who isn't interested in their philosophy?

Think of the Culture as Star Trek without the pants-on-head retardness, willingness to use tech of the week, and not numano-centric. The main reason that 40k cannot win is the reaction times, by the time IoM, or anything in 40k reacts it is just toooooooooo.....slow and late - it's dead already. Battle times are in pic-seconds, and one outlier, or just a bit of Bank's maths that went a bit wonky means they can temporarily clock their drives at trillions of c. Like I say this was a maths retard moment for Bank's, but reaction times are pretty standard.