[ExI] Usages of the term libertarianism

[Damien Broderick]

On 5/20/2011 1:05 AM, Kelly Anderson wrote:
>> That would be Iain Banks's Culture, with a bit of luck. Post-scarcity
>> >  anarcho-communism, with Minds to watch the wolves.

> Any particular book that would be a good place to start? He's written
> quite a few.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Culture

Consider Phlebas (1987)

         The first Culture novel. Its protagonist is working for the 
religious Idiran Empire against the Culture. A rich, although basically 
linear story about rescuing one of the artificial sentiences of the 
Culture, it takes place against the backdrop of the galaxy-spanning 
Idiran War.

Use of Weapons (1990)

         A non-linear story about a Culture mercenary called Zakalwe. 
Chapters describing his adventures for Special Circumstances are 
intercut with stories from his past, where the reader slowly discovers 
why this man is so troubled.

The State of the Art (1991)

         A short story collection, mostly not connected with the 
Culture, but including two short stories and the eponymous title 
novella, set within this universe. The novella deals with a Culture 
mission to Earth during the 1970s.

["State of the Art" could be the place to start; Use of Weapons is 
brilliant; Consider Phlebas is the earliest published, but not 
especially well organized]