Slow this bird down
(Appropriately enough, Boards of Canada again.)
Several months ago, andrewducker and oletheros pointed me in the direction of this.
I am forced to admit that it is very good indeed. Bus stop missing good, in fact. Ok, the Whovian bits are somewhat ho-hum[1], but speaking as a Culture fanboy, the rest is spot on.
Of course there's Culture fanfic and of course I'm not going to look until in a robust mood and the far side of a couple of several bottles of good Belgian beer.
[1] I think because (for random example) the Culture, the Fall Revolution or the Laundry are cohesive and internally consistent things lacking in traditional skiffy tropes. Or rather, the stuff's there, but it's been cheerfully subverted by people who fully understand what they're subverting and why. Whereas the Who bits make the right noises, but seems like someone's just scrabbling around in a cardboard box of skiffy-decorations and lobbing 'Arcturan Laser Tinsel' at the plot. Perhaps because, given that universe, there's far too much you can do.
Perhaps. More reading required.
Several months ago, andrewducker and oletheros pointed me in the direction of this.
I am forced to admit that it is very good indeed. Bus stop missing good, in fact. Ok, the Whovian bits are somewhat ho-hum[1], but speaking as a Culture fanboy, the rest is spot on.
Of course there's Culture fanfic and of course I'm not going to look until in a robust mood and the far side of a couple of several bottles of good Belgian beer.
[1] I think because (for random example) the Culture, the Fall Revolution or the Laundry are cohesive and internally consistent things lacking in traditional skiffy tropes. Or rather, the stuff's there, but it's been cheerfully subverted by people who fully understand what they're subverting and why. Whereas the Who bits make the right noises, but seems like someone's just scrabbling around in a cardboard box of skiffy-decorations and lobbing 'Arcturan Laser Tinsel' at the plot. Perhaps because, given that universe, there's far too much you can do.
Perhaps. More reading required.