I was seduced by Man games, a form of war and the use of arms, the first three titles in the series on Culture. But there, the vein is exhausted. No or little action, chopped episodes, endless descriptions. We do not believe at any time. Hundreds of SF books I've read, it's one of the few that I dropped in the middle so I was bored. The 5th episode Inversions is a little better, endearing, but when it was finished, we say blah, I lost my time.
