Talk:Excession

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[edit] Not Sure?

Template:Spoiler I'm not sure that the Excession can really be called a Big Dumb Object. After all, it takes a number of very obvious actions in response to its environment, is eventually revealed to be at least sentient, and indeed has a brief role as narrator. In that short interlude its place in a much broader picture is exposed in a deliberately tantalising manner.

Let's not also forget that the Excession communicates with some of the surrounding Minds; they mention exchanging greetings with it at least once.

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well it's fairly dumb, since it doesn't know about capital letters and punctuation according to the epilogue. How about a "Big semi-literate object"? ehh.. seriously I agree, my addition contradicts the Big Dumb Object idea. Uther Dhoul 20:25, 14 July 2006 (UTC)

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to call the most powerful technological entity in the Culture Universa a 'Big Dumb Object', is, well, dumb! 80.229.162.156 11:17, 4 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Spoiler tag

I added a spoiler tag above the Plot Summary and moved Plot Summary close to the then of the article, because the Plot Summary leaves no real surprises in the 2 main plot threads (conspiracy to frame Affront; Dajiel and G-H). Why was the spoiler tag removed?Philcha 16:38, 6 September 2007 (UTC)

Because spoiler tags aren't used on Wikipedia to mark plot sections. It's like putting a warning "Note: technical details" on a section entitled technical details. Readers should expect that a plot section in an encyclopedia will include all major facets of the plot, including the ending. — Carl (CBM · talk) 17:09, 6 September 2007 (UTC)

[edit] OCP

Outside Context Problem is a neologism coined by Banks for this novel. I've merged the usable content of the article Outside Context Problem with this one. --Anticipation of a New Lover's Arrival, The 18:29, 1 March 2008 (UTC)

That merge has been challenged, so I've made a formal proposal. Please carry out all discussion for or against the proposal at Outside Context Problem#Merge_proposal. --Anticipation of a New Lover's Arrival, The 11:12, 2 March 2008 (UTC)