{"text":"It seemed perverse to some, but for all their apparent militarism the Gzilt had remained peaceful over many millenia; it was the avowedly peaceful Culture that had , within living memory, taken part in an all-out galactic war against another civilisation.","author":"Iain M. Banks","tags":["culture","cynical-humor"],"id":669,"author_id":"Iain+M.+Banks"}