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The plot of of the novel has several similarities with Hard to Be a God by Strugatsky brothers; but right now I'm having trouble finding a non-OR source (better than Amazon reviews etc.) for this. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 193.229.159.15 ( talk) 17:28, 19 August 2008 (UTC)
The new section on whether or not this is a Culture novel is a bit long I think. It's practically dominating the article for what is, essentially, a fairly minor point (that's not in dispute). The text that was there before connecting the novel to the Culture universe was plenty. My POV of course, but I think the new text is unnecessary article bloat. Care to discuss? -- Plumbago 15:47, 11 July 2006 (UTC)
Thanks for the kind remarks. Reading the phrase "Some have debated whether Inversions was a Culture novel", I thought maybe there was some dispute regarding this point, and probably went a little overboard trying to defend a view that doesn't need defending. My general feeling is that if a section on the question "Is Inversions a Culture novel?" is required at all, it may as well be reasonably comprehensive, however. Mujokan 05:55, 12 July 2006 (UTC)
I thought about adding a sentence mentioning that the torturers were killed in a manner strongly reminiscent of the knife-missile attack described in Use of Weapons, as that was what alerted me to the possibility of this being a Culture novel in disguise. I wasn't sure if it would just get deleted though. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 80.41.36.71 ( talk • contribs) 22:13, 9 April 2007
Perhaps it's worth noting, I showed this book to a friend once who had never read a culture novel, and she didn't realize it was a science fiction book at all. Her best guess was that the woman was a witch who accomplished what she did through magic. So while the book is instantly recognizable as a Culture book to those familiar with the Culture, others can have a wildly different viewpoint. Maybe it's worth the extra detail. BobThePirate ( talk) 19:48, 22 January 2009 (UTC)
This article could really do with a "Reception" section or something. Geez what an embarrasing installment to an otherwise flawless series. Pez00 ( talk) 00:57, 21 January 2009 (UTC)
Seems rather clumsy. -- 76.253.6.158 ( talk) 15:27, 7 July 2009 (UTC)
I wonder if it's just unintentional similarity... 195.228.53.101 ( talk) 09:41, 14 October 2010 (UTC)
'but privately a spy for an individual identified only as "Master"'
As the Master is later identified as Adlain, this should maybe read:
'but privately a spy for an individual initially identified only as "Master"' TristramBrelstaff ( talk) 22:30, 8 February 2012 (UTC)
I am looking at the paperback Orbit edition, which does, indeed, have the quoted "Note on the Text". It is not correct to say, as the article currently does, that this appears only in the hardback edition. Metamagician3000 ( talk) 11:24, 11 June 2017 (UTC)
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The paperback copy of Inversions I read definitely does not capitalize "special circumstances" in Vosill's farewell note. I can't say for sure that it's not different in other editions, but I'm tempted to say the emphasis on the fact that it's capitalized ought to be removed, if not changing the capitaliztion in the quoted text as well. RobertM525 ( talk) 18:42, 12 October 2019 (UTC)
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The plot of of the novel has several similarities with Hard to Be a God by Strugatsky brothers; but right now I'm having trouble finding a non-OR source (better than Amazon reviews etc.) for this. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 193.229.159.15 ( talk) 17:28, 19 August 2008 (UTC)
The new section on whether or not this is a Culture novel is a bit long I think. It's practically dominating the article for what is, essentially, a fairly minor point (that's not in dispute). The text that was there before connecting the novel to the Culture universe was plenty. My POV of course, but I think the new text is unnecessary article bloat. Care to discuss? -- Plumbago 15:47, 11 July 2006 (UTC)
Thanks for the kind remarks. Reading the phrase "Some have debated whether Inversions was a Culture novel", I thought maybe there was some dispute regarding this point, and probably went a little overboard trying to defend a view that doesn't need defending. My general feeling is that if a section on the question "Is Inversions a Culture novel?" is required at all, it may as well be reasonably comprehensive, however. Mujokan 05:55, 12 July 2006 (UTC)
I thought about adding a sentence mentioning that the torturers were killed in a manner strongly reminiscent of the knife-missile attack described in Use of Weapons, as that was what alerted me to the possibility of this being a Culture novel in disguise. I wasn't sure if it would just get deleted though. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 80.41.36.71 ( talk • contribs) 22:13, 9 April 2007
Perhaps it's worth noting, I showed this book to a friend once who had never read a culture novel, and she didn't realize it was a science fiction book at all. Her best guess was that the woman was a witch who accomplished what she did through magic. So while the book is instantly recognizable as a Culture book to those familiar with the Culture, others can have a wildly different viewpoint. Maybe it's worth the extra detail. BobThePirate ( talk) 19:48, 22 January 2009 (UTC)
This article could really do with a "Reception" section or something. Geez what an embarrasing installment to an otherwise flawless series. Pez00 ( talk) 00:57, 21 January 2009 (UTC)
Seems rather clumsy. -- 76.253.6.158 ( talk) 15:27, 7 July 2009 (UTC)
I wonder if it's just unintentional similarity... 195.228.53.101 ( talk) 09:41, 14 October 2010 (UTC)
'but privately a spy for an individual identified only as "Master"'
As the Master is later identified as Adlain, this should maybe read:
'but privately a spy for an individual initially identified only as "Master"' TristramBrelstaff ( talk) 22:30, 8 February 2012 (UTC)
I am looking at the paperback Orbit edition, which does, indeed, have the quoted "Note on the Text". It is not correct to say, as the article currently does, that this appears only in the hardback edition. Metamagician3000 ( talk) 11:24, 11 June 2017 (UTC)
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The paperback copy of Inversions I read definitely does not capitalize "special circumstances" in Vosill's farewell note. I can't say for sure that it's not different in other editions, but I'm tempted to say the emphasis on the fact that it's capitalized ought to be removed, if not changing the capitaliztion in the quoted text as well. RobertM525 ( talk) 18:42, 12 October 2019 (UTC)