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I’m reading the first three Culture novels in reverse order - I jumped to Use of Weapons (3rd book) as my intro to the series, and am now reading the 2nd book. These are the only Culture books I own - bought a boxed set years ago - and my strange tactics when it comes to order are based on (a) hearing I can reading them in any order, (b) hearing Book 3 was terrific, (c) hearing Phlebas is not like later books.