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'''''The Hydrogen Sonata''''' is [[Iain M. Banks]]' ninth novel in the ''Culture'' series, and, due to his passing, also the last. |
'''''The Hydrogen Sonata''''' is [[Iain M. Banks]]' ninth novel in the ''Culture'' series, and, due to his passing, also the last. |
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+ | |I was lying on a sort of bubble-bed wotsit at the side of a large swimming pool, in the sunlight at a spa complex called Archena, in southern Spain, in October 2011, thinking about an edition of QI I’d seen a week or two earlier, in which Stephen Fry had mentioned something called The Great Disappointment. Bang; the plot of The Hydrogen Sonata just unfolded in my head. |
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+ | |Iain M. Banks |
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+ | |Orbit Books 25th Anniversary Interview<ref>https://www.orbitbooks.net/interview/iain-m-banks-on-the-25th-anniversary-of-the-culture/</ref> |
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==Synopsis== |
==Synopsis== |
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== Artefacts etc. == |
== Artefacts etc. == |
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* [[Antagonistic Undecagonstring]], an eleven stringed musical instrument, designed to be played by a humanoid musician with four arms |
* [[Antagonistic Undecagonstring]], an eleven stringed musical instrument, designed to be played by a humanoid musician with four arms |
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+ | * [[Aphore]], an animal a human can ride, analogous to a horse |
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* [[Apranipryla]], a giant raft, on [[Perytch IV]], capable of storing a body, in a usable state, for decades |
* [[Apranipryla]], a giant raft, on [[Perytch IV]], capable of storing a body, in a usable state, for decades |
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* [[Book of Truth]], aka [[BoT]], Gzilt holy book |
* [[Book of Truth]], aka [[BoT]], Gzilt holy book |
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* [[Emergency Helmet Collar]], a Gzilt safety device, worn like a thick necklace, creates a helmet shaped protective area when needed |
* [[Emergency Helmet Collar]], a Gzilt safety device, worn like a thick necklace, creates a helmet shaped protective area when needed |
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* [[Hydrogen Sonata]], a piece of music, clashing and atonal, written for the Antagonistic Undecagonstring by [[T'ikrin Vilabier]], as "a joke", according to [[QiRia]] |
* [[Hydrogen Sonata]], a piece of music, clashing and atonal, written for the Antagonistic Undecagonstring by [[T'ikrin Vilabier]], as "a joke", according to [[QiRia]] |
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+ | * [[Interesting Times Gang]], aka ITG, mentioned |
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* [[Raspulescent]], adj, Of a simulated scenario: becoming ripe with political intrigue, Presumed to be coined after the Russian historical figure, Grigori Rasputin. |
* [[Raspulescent]], adj, Of a simulated scenario: becoming ripe with political intrigue, Presumed to be coined after the Russian historical figure, Grigori Rasputin. |
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== Civilisations & Factions == |
== Civilisations & Factions == |
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+ | * [[Dolstre]] |
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* [[Gzilt]] |
* [[Gzilt]] |
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* [[Issialiayns]], of [[Perytch IV]], a water world |
* [[Issialiayns]], of [[Perytch IV]], a water world |
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* [[Liseiden]] |
* [[Liseiden]] |
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+ | * [[Oglari]] |
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* [[Ronte]] |
* [[Ronte]] |
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* [[The Culture]] |
* [[The Culture]] |
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+ | * [[Uwanui]], of [[Cethyd]] |
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* [[Werpesh]], builders of the [[Girdle City]] on [[Xown]], also the sculptors of [[Eshri]] |
* [[Werpesh]], builders of the [[Girdle City]] on [[Xown]], also the sculptors of [[Eshri]] |
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* [[Zihdren-Remnanter]], the portion of the Zihdren that are in contact with the Gzilt |
* [[Zihdren-Remnanter]], the portion of the Zihdren that are in contact with the Gzilt |
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==Characters== |
==Characters== |
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− | * [[Berdle]], avatar of [[Mistake Not |
+ | * [[Berdle]], avatar of [[Mistake Not...]] |
* [[Boyuter]], Gzilt Marshal |
* [[Boyuter]], Gzilt Marshal |
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* [[Briper Drodj]], a Gzilt scribe, a disgraced, ruined trader from a fallen aristocratic family with classical military connections, writer of the [[Book of Truth]] |
* [[Briper Drodj]], a Gzilt scribe, a disgraced, ruined trader from a fallen aristocratic family with classical military connections, writer of the [[Book of Truth]] |
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* [[Chekwri]], a Gzilt Marshal |
* [[Chekwri]], a Gzilt Marshal |
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* [[Chuje]], a child |
* [[Chuje]], a child |
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+ | * [[Docent Luzuge]] |
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* [[Eglyle Parinherm]], aka Unit Y988, a Gzilt android |
* [[Eglyle Parinherm]], aka Unit Y988, a Gzilt android |
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* [[Folrison]] |
* [[Folrison]] |
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* [[Gazan'tyo]], Gzilt General |
* [[Gazan'tyo]], Gzilt General |
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* [[Geljemyn]], the [[Gzilt]] president. |
* [[Geljemyn]], the [[Gzilt]] president. |
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+ | * [[Hassipura Plyn-Frie]], Culture drone, retired. The size and shape of a large grey suitcase. A rather battered and dusty large grey suitcase. |
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* [[Jevan]] |
* [[Jevan]] |
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+ | * [[Jelwilin Keril]], the Iwenick Cultural Mission Director |
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+ | * [[Jonsker Ap-Candrechenat]], Drone, Culture representative from the [[Beats Working]], to the [[Ronte]] |
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* [[Mierbuenes]], an [[Iwenick]], a [[Liseiden]] Ambassador to the [[Gzilt]] |
* [[Mierbuenes]], an [[Iwenick]], a [[Liseiden]] Ambassador to the [[Gzilt]] |
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* [[Ngaroe QiRia]], aka [[Isseren]], aka Tursensa Ngaroe Hgan QiRia dam Yutton, aka Yutten Turse, an ancient Culture citizen, supposed to have taken part in the setup of the Culture |
* [[Ngaroe QiRia]], aka [[Isseren]], aka Tursensa Ngaroe Hgan QiRia dam Yutton, aka Yutten Turse, an ancient Culture citizen, supposed to have taken part in the setup of the Culture |
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* [[T.C. Vilabier]], aka Vilabier The Younger |
* [[T.C. Vilabier]], aka Vilabier The Younger |
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* [[Uhtryn]], combat arbite, companion to Cagad Agansu |
* [[Uhtryn]], combat arbite, companion to Cagad Agansu |
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− | * [[Vyr Cossont]] |
+ | * [[Vyr Cossont]], a musician, the protagonist |
* [[Warib]], Cossont's mother |
* [[Warib]], Cossont's mother |
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+ | * [[Ximenyr]], The Master of the Revels, Girdlecity |
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* [[Yegres]], [[Quavarond]] and [[Int'yom]] - Gzilt [[trimes]] |
* [[Yegres]], [[Quavarond]] and [[Int'yom]] - Gzilt [[trimes]] |
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* [[Yenilve]], Gzilt |
* [[Yenilve]], Gzilt |
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+ | * [[Yoawin]], an [[aphore]], hired by [[Tefwe]]. |
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* [[Yueweag Etalde]], commissar colonel |
* [[Yueweag Etalde]], commissar colonel |
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* [[Ziborlun]], an avatar of [[Passing By And Thought I'd Drop In]] |
* [[Ziborlun]], an avatar of [[Passing By And Thought I'd Drop In]] |
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* [[5*Gelish-Oplule]], Gzilt regimental cruiser |
* [[5*Gelish-Oplule]], Gzilt regimental cruiser |
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* [[7*Uagren]], Gzilt |
* [[7*Uagren]], Gzilt |
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+ | * [[A Fine Disregard For Awkward Facts]], GSV |
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* [[Anything Legal Considered]], GCU |
* [[Anything Legal Considered]], GCU |
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* [[Beats Working]], [[Culture]], [[Contact Unit|Limited Contact Unit]], [[Scree-class Contact Unit|Scree Class]], 5 crew |
* [[Beats Working]], [[Culture]], [[Contact Unit|Limited Contact Unit]], [[Scree-class Contact Unit|Scree Class]], 5 crew |
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* [[Empiricist]], GSV |
* [[Empiricist]], GSV |
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* [[Eshri]], a Gzilt sculpt planet |
* [[Eshri]], a Gzilt sculpt planet |
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+ | * [[Equatorial 353]], vacuum dirigible, the last airship travelling through the [[Girdlecity]] |
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* [[Exultation-Parsimony III]] |
* [[Exultation-Parsimony III]] |
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* [[Fzan-Juym]], sub-summit-orbit satellite of [[Eshri]] |
* [[Fzan-Juym]], sub-summit-orbit satellite of [[Eshri]] |
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+ | * [[Gellemtyan-Asool-Anafawaya]], [[Liseiden]] flagship, Collective Purposes vessel, named for a Liseiden hero |
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− | * [[Gelemtyan-Asool-Anafawaya]] |
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* [[Headcrash]], [[GOU]], [[Delinquent-class Offensive Unit]] |
* [[Headcrash]], [[GOU]], [[Delinquent-class Offensive Unit]] |
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+ | * [[Iberre]], [[Jelwilin Keril]]'s private yacht. |
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* [[IR-FWS 8*Churkun]] |
* [[IR-FWS 8*Churkun]] |
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* [[Kakistocrat]], Home GSV to Caconym |
* [[Kakistocrat]], Home GSV to Caconym |
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* [[Melancholia Enshrines All Triumph]], Ronte Flagship |
* [[Melancholia Enshrines All Triumph]], Ronte Flagship |
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− | * [[Mistake Not...]], Erratic Eccentric |
+ | * [[Mistake Not...]], Culture, Erratic Eccentric |
* [[Outloaded]], Culture |
* [[Outloaded]], Culture |
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+ | * [[Outstanding Contribution To The Historical Process]], VFP |
* [[Passing By And Thought I'd Drop In]], GSV |
* [[Passing By And Thought I'd Drop In]], GSV |
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* [[Pressure Drop]] |
* [[Pressure Drop]] |
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* [[Refreshingly Unconcerned With The Vulgar Exigencies Of Veracity]], [[Very Fast Picket]] |
* [[Refreshingly Unconcerned With The Vulgar Exigencies Of Veracity]], [[Very Fast Picket]] |
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− | * [[Smile Tolerantly]], GCU |
+ | * [[Smile Tolerantly]], Once a GCU, now a Culture-Zihdren-Remnanter hybrid |
+ | * [[Teething Problems]], GSV |
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* [[The Washing Instructions Chip In Life's Rich Tapestry]], GSV |
* [[The Washing Instructions Chip In Life's Rich Tapestry]], GSV |
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* [[Uagren]], [[Gzilt]] Battle Cruiser |
* [[Uagren]], [[Gzilt]] Battle Cruiser |
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+ | * [[Unreliable Witness]], GSV, The [[Smile Tolerantly]]'s old home GSV |
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* [[Value Judgement]], Very Fast Picket |
* [[Value Judgement]], Very Fast Picket |
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* [[Warm, Considering]], GCU, Delta class |
* [[Warm, Considering]], GCU, Delta class |
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* [[Ablate]] |
* [[Ablate]] |
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* [[Barlbanim]], Gzilt world |
* [[Barlbanim]], Gzilt world |
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+ | * [[Cethyd]], a planet in the [[Heluduz]] system |
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+ | * [[Chyan’tya]], a location on the [[Honn]] plate of the [[Dibaldipen]] Orbital |
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* [[Dibaldipen]], Culture Orbital |
* [[Dibaldipen]], Culture Orbital |
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* [[Eshri]] a [[Gzilt]] world in the [[Izenion]] system, a [[Werpesh]] Sculpt planet, home of [[Fourteenth Regiment]] HQ |
* [[Eshri]] a [[Gzilt]] world in the [[Izenion]] system, a [[Werpesh]] Sculpt planet, home of [[Fourteenth Regiment]] HQ |
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* [[Girdlecity]], a large city on Xown |
* [[Girdlecity]], a large city on Xown |
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+ | * [[Heluduz]], a star system |
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+ | * [[Honn]], a plate on the [[Dibaldipen]] Orbital |
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* [[Hzu Sea]], a sea on Zyse |
* [[Hzu Sea]], a sea on Zyse |
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* [[Izenion]], Gzilt world, home of [[Fourteenth Regiment]] |
* [[Izenion]], Gzilt world, home of [[Fourteenth Regiment]] |
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* [[Loliscombana]], ?? |
* [[Loliscombana]], ?? |
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* [[M'yon]] |
* [[M'yon]] |
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+ | * [[Neressi]] fictitious location, claimed by [[Yutten Turse]], another alias but spelt backwards |
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* [[Ocean]], an ocean on Zyse |
* [[Ocean]], an ocean on Zyse |
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* [[Ospin]], a [[Bokri]], microrobital, in a red giant system |
* [[Ospin]], a [[Bokri]], microrobital, in a red giant system |
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* [[Perytch IV]], a water world, home of the [[Issialiayns]] |
* [[Perytch IV]], a water world, home of the [[Issialiayns]] |
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* [[Sapanatcheon]], a star |
* [[Sapanatcheon]], a star |
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+ | * [[The Mountains of the Sound]], on [[Cethyd]], in the [[Heluduz]] system |
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* [[Taushe]], Gzilt world |
* [[Taushe]], Gzilt world |
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* [[Xown]], a Gzilt world in the [[Mureite]] system. |
* [[Xown]], a Gzilt world in the [[Mureite]] system. |
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==References== |
==References== |
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Latest revision as of 05:57, 1 December 2020
The Hydrogen Sonata | |||
Author | Iain M. Banks | ||
Publisher | Orbit Books | ||
Publication Date | 4 October 2012 (UK) 9 October 2012 (USA) | ||
Page Count | 528 | ||
ISBN | 978-0356501505 | ||
[Source] |
The Hydrogen Sonata is Iain M. Banks' ninth novel in the Culture series, and, due to his passing, also the last.
“ | I was lying on a sort of bubble-bed wotsit at the side of a large swimming pool, in the sunlight at a spa complex called Archena, in southern Spain, in October 2011, thinking about an edition of QI I’d seen a week or two earlier, in which Stephen Fry had mentioned something called The Great Disappointment. Bang; the plot of The Hydrogen Sonata just unfolded in my head. | ” |
–Iain M. Banks , Orbit Books 25th Anniversary Interview[1] |
Synopsis
The Hydrogen Sonata is about the Gzilt, a civilisation that almost joined the Culture 10,000 years before the novel, that have decided to Sublime, leaving behind “the Real” to take up residence in higher dimensions. The Zihdren-Remnant, what is left of an older species that Sublimed before the Culture was formed, send an envoy to confess a long-kept secret before the Gzilt depart but a Gzilt warship intercepts and destroys their ship several weeks before the Sublimation is due to take place in order to preserve that secret.
The story follows a group of Culture Minds that are trying to find out the secret and what to do after they find it. The search centers around a truly ancient Culture citizen (Ngaroe QiRia) who is supposed to have taken part in the setup of the Culture some 10.000 years ago.
Artefacts etc.
- Antagonistic Undecagonstring, an eleven stringed musical instrument, designed to be played by a humanoid musician with four arms
- Aphore, an animal a human can ride, analogous to a horse
- Apranipryla, a giant raft, on Perytch IV, capable of storing a body, in a usable state, for decades
- Book of Truth, aka BoT, Gzilt holy book
- Emergency Helmet Collar, a Gzilt safety device, worn like a thick necklace, creates a helmet shaped protective area when needed
- Hydrogen Sonata, a piece of music, clashing and atonal, written for the Antagonistic Undecagonstring by T'ikrin Vilabier, as "a joke", according to QiRia
- Interesting Times Gang, aka ITG, mentioned
- Raspulescent, adj, Of a simulated scenario: becoming ripe with political intrigue, Presumed to be coined after the Russian historical figure, Grigori Rasputin.
Civilisations & Factions
- Dolstre
- Gzilt
- Issialiayns, of Perytch IV, a water world
- Liseiden
- Oglari
- Ronte
- The Culture
- Uwanui, of Cethyd
- Werpesh, builders of the Girdle City on Xown, also the sculptors of Eshri
- Zihdren-Remnanter, the portion of the Zihdren that are in contact with the Gzilt
- Zihdren, a sublimed race
Characters
- Berdle, avatar of Mistake Not...
- Boyuter, Gzilt Marshal
- Briper Drodj, a Gzilt scribe, a disgraced, ruined trader from a fallen aristocratic family with classical military connections, writer of the Book of Truth
- Cagad Agansu, Gzilt
- Chekwri, a Gzilt Marshal
- Chuje, a child
- Docent Luzuge
- Eglyle Parinherm, aka Unit Y988, a Gzilt android
- Folrison
- Frix, Gzilt
- Gaed, Gzilt, Tech Commander
- Gazan'tyo, Gzilt General
- Geljemyn, the Gzilt president.
- Hassipura Plyn-Frie, Culture drone, retired. The size and shape of a large grey suitcase. A rather battered and dusty large grey suitcase.
- Jevan
- Jelwilin Keril, the Iwenick Cultural Mission Director
- Jonsker Ap-Candrechenat, Drone, Culture representative from the Beats Working, to the Ronte
- Mierbuenes, an Iwenick, a Liseiden Ambassador to the Gzilt
- Ngaroe QiRia, aka Isseren, aka Tursensa Ngaroe Hgan QiRia dam Yutton, aka Yutten Turse, an ancient Culture citizen, supposed to have taken part in the setup of the Culture
- Ny-Xandabo-Tyun
- Nyomulde
- Oceanic-Dissonance, oZihdren-Remnanter Adjunct Entity
- Orpe, aka Virisse
- Ossebri 17 Haldesib, Ronte, Swarm Prince, Sub Swarm Divisional Head, Fleet Officer in Charge,
- Pyan, Cossont's familiar
- Quvarond
- Reikl, Gzilt General, Marshal elect
- Scoaliera Tefwe, a friend and a lover of Ngaroe QiRia, when he was already a very old man and she had been of conventional middle age – a little under two hundred
- Septame Banstegeyne
- Sklom, avatar of Warm, Considering
- Solbli
- T.C. Vilabier, aka Vilabier The Younger
- Uhtryn, combat arbite, companion to Cagad Agansu
- Vyr Cossont, a musician, the protagonist
- Warib, Cossont's mother
- Ximenyr, The Master of the Revels, Girdlecity
- Yegres, Quavarond and Int'yom - Gzilt trimes
- Yenilve, Gzilt
- Yoawin, an aphore, hired by Tefwe.
- Yueweag Etalde, commissar colonel
- Ziborlun, an avatar of Passing By And Thought I'd Drop In
Ships
- 5*Gelish-Oplule, Gzilt regimental cruiser
- 7*Uagren, Gzilt
- A Fine Disregard For Awkward Facts, GSV
- Anything Legal Considered, GCU
- Beats Working, Culture, Limited Contact Unit, Scree Class, 5 crew
- Caconym
- Contents May Differ, GSV
- Displacement Activity, Contact Unit (GCU)
- Empiricist, GSV
- Eshri, a Gzilt sculpt planet
- Equatorial 353, vacuum dirigible, the last airship travelling through the Girdlecity
- Exultation-Parsimony III
- Fzan-Juym, sub-summit-orbit satellite of Eshri
- Gellemtyan-Asool-Anafawaya, Liseiden flagship, Collective Purposes vessel, named for a Liseiden hero
- Headcrash, GOU, Delinquent-class Offensive Unit
- Iberre, Jelwilin Keril's private yacht.
- IR-FWS 8*Churkun
- Kakistocrat, Home GSV to Caconym
- Melancholia Enshrines All Triumph, Ronte Flagship
- Mistake Not..., Culture, Erratic Eccentric
- Outloaded, Culture
- Outstanding Contribution To The Historical Process, VFP
- Passing By And Thought I'd Drop In, GSV
- Pressure Drop
- Refreshingly Unconcerned With The Vulgar Exigencies Of Veracity, Very Fast Picket
- Smile Tolerantly, Once a GCU, now a Culture-Zihdren-Remnanter hybrid
- Teething Problems, GSV
- The Washing Instructions Chip In Life's Rich Tapestry, GSV
- Uagren, Gzilt Battle Cruiser
- Unreliable Witness, GSV, The Smile Tolerantly's old home GSV
- Value Judgement, Very Fast Picket
- Warm, Considering, GCU, Delta class
- Xenocrat, GOU, Delinquent-class Offensive Unit
- You Call This Clean?, LSV
- Zoologist, Superlifter, Boulder class
Locations
- Ablate
- Barlbanim, Gzilt world
- Cethyd, a planet in the Heluduz system
- Chyan’tya, a location on the Honn plate of the Dibaldipen Orbital
- Dibaldipen, Culture Orbital
- Eshri a Gzilt world in the Izenion system, a Werpesh Sculpt planet, home of Fourteenth Regiment HQ
- Girdlecity, a large city on Xown
- Heluduz, a star system
- Honn, a plate on the Dibaldipen Orbital
- Hzu Sea, a sea on Zyse
- Izenion, Gzilt world, home of Fourteenth Regiment
- Kwaalon
- Land, the landmass in the Pinicoln Sea, on Zyse
- Launch Falls, in Girdlecity
- Loliscombana, ??
- M'yon
- Neressi fictitious location, claimed by Yutten Turse, another alias but spelt backwards
- Ocean, an ocean on Zyse
- Ospin, a Bokri, microrobital, in a red giant system
- Perytch IV, a water world, home of the Issialiayns
- Sapanatcheon, a star
- The Mountains of the Sound, on Cethyd, in the Heluduz system
- Taushe, Gzilt world
- Xown, a Gzilt world in the Mureite system.
- Zyse, a Gzilt world
Bibliography
To be Added