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He wrote masterpieces like "The Wasp Factory", "Complicity" and "The Player of Games" Anyone else here a fan? |
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Yeah, I've read Consider Phlebas and Use of Weapons, both were great, the culture is awesome. |
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I wish the human race was more like the Culture! I've also read Consider Phlebas. I found it his least enjoyable work due to the episodic structure, but it was still better than a lot of shit I read. |
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I started off on Consider Phlebas and really enjoyed it, I guess at that age (16) it was really quite awesome. Use of Weapons was also really quite good, but I read it on and off, so had a bit of trouble following its weird structure. |
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i own all his books, i just absolutely love this guys writing, i prefer the sci fi novels as it allows his imagination to go anywhere but i love the fiction novels too. i re-read them fairly often, i'm not sure but i think use of weapons is possibly my favourite, although i just finished re-reading feersum enjinn again and it's a fantastic book. i get something new i hadn't realised before everytime i re-read one of his books, he's just an awesome author, i'm a real 'fanboy'. the latest one he did, 'the algebraist' was good too though not one of his best i thought. |
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I have been meaning to read feersum endjinn for a week or two |
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feersum endjinn is drivel. his worst book imo. i didn't even finish it. try the player of games, or excession for good banks sci fi. for more down to earth stuff... whit.. complicity.. the wasp factory three of my favourutes. i personally find a lot of his sci fi stuff quite weak... greg bear does it better. |
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don't like him |
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I think Walking On Glass is another excellent novel. I loved the energetic writing of Complicity, but it was a very bleak experience. |
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OMG I agree with you except Consider Phlebas is a work of unparalleled genius. Player of Games is teh awesome though. The only one I didn't like I can't recall the name of .... it's like a mix of medieval and Culture, but not a Culture book. Did anyone see a similarity between the secomnd half of "28 Days Later" and "A Song of Stone" (obviously minus the zombies)? |
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I might give Consider Phlebas another go. I must admit it was the first book of his that I read, and I found it a bit daunting. Is his newish one, "The Business", any good? |
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I thought it was quite good, though I think the reviews were lukewarm. It's kind of typical Bank's in that he manages to wedge into the story line some of his grand ideas, and there's a great bit where she ruins a Ferrari... it's nothing you haven't read by him before but if you enjoy a stay in Banks-World then it's worth the read. |
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According to an interview he actually wrote Consider Phlebas before The Wasp Factory. I found that very surprising considering the evolution I thought I saw between the two. |
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reading Player of Games at the moment, good so far... |
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I thought The Wasp Factory was pretty weak and wouldn't label it a masterpeice by any means. |
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I wouldn't either any more. That post was a couple of years old. But it does have a certain something. |
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oh yes. i wasn't paying attention |
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RIP Iain (M) Banks I've never read any of his non-sci-fi books, but the sci-fi ones are pretty damn IDM |
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Ah, hadn't realised he had died. RIP Iain. :( Great novelist. The Business is exactly what Big Business is really like on the inside and probably my favourite of his books. I also really liked the one (I forget the name) with the two old people in a nursing home playing board games. He was good on Derren Brown, too. |
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I've read all his sci-fi (it's all stunning) but not a single one of his "normal" books - I was looking to start off with The Business actually. Any other good'uns? |
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I can recommend The Crow Road, it's very funny in places. I'm going to make an effort to read more of his stuff, I've had like ten books of his lying around here for ages. |
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