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Re:Human Brain Project: $1.61 billion to achieve human brain... by JabavuAdams on Thursday May 19, 2011 @05:45PM (#2565481)
Yup, I should have mentioned that.

I thought I arrived at this idea independently, and then was surprised to see that it featured in the book.

OTOH, considering I've read every Iain M. Banks book, it's a bit silly to talk about arriving at a conclusion independently (rather than having followed the same path).

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Re:Human Brain Project: $1.61 billion to achieve human brain... by arethuza on Thursday May 19, 2011 @05:54PM (#2565510)
In "A Colder War" by Charlie Stross, Cthulhu runs the souls it eats:

http://www.infinityplus.co.uk/stories/colderwar.htm

Edit: this is a rather splendid wee story where "weakly godlike agencies" are treated like any other strategic cold-war weapon, leading to an even scarier version of the Cold War.

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