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Amazon Teams Up With Plan B for Epic Sci-Fi Series Adaptation of 'Consider Phlebas'
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this post was submitted on 25 Feb 2025
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Banks has an approach to exposition that could best be described as "Kill it with fire." His goal is to only ever provide you with exactly as much information as you need to make it through the next paragraph, and nothing more. Very often he deliberately leaves you confused about critical aspects of the world building in order to intrigue you with questions that will be answered later. This can be jarring, especially if you're used to lore-dump heavy SF/fantasy.