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Does anyone else like this author, and in particular, his most famouse book, The Wasp Factory? It's great to read while listening to Confield...seriously! |
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like the author, haven't read The Wasp F though. |
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What's it about? |
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I've read a few Banks books - this was his first - it's quite good - I preferred Espedair Street at the time, although looking back I don't know why. |
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yeah, Banks is one of our best writers... .... I loved The Crow Road but Complicity is my personal fave....& of course, TWF.... not so sure about his sci-fi work (as Iain M banks...)... |
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I really liked Wasp Factory, but thought The Bridge was much better. Also liked Walking on Glass. His more recent stuff is a little bit too clever, and I thought he missed the ultimate opprtunity in Complicity when he could have had the Main Character kill the 2nd Person Narative Character; talk about conflicted reader sympathies, eh? I've also read some of his M. work. Really like Player of Games, and some of State of the Art, especially "Piece". Always willing to read more, definitely one of my all time favs! |
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I really like his stuff. The Business is my personal favourite. |
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great writer. his new book wasn't received very well, though... involved 9/11... his scifi is his best, imo. his imagination is just staggering. they revolve around a society he created, called the Culture. use of weapons is my fave of the M. novels. i like his fiction novel whit a lot, too |
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that book has forever been on my list..and I read a chapter once it reminded me of Nick Cave's And the Ass saw the Angel..is that a fair comparison? |
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I thought the Wasp Factory and Complicity were really clever but Espedair Street was lame and Walking on glass was crud. I think he's overated. He's OK for the masses, but not me. |
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(did we have this argument before? :D) -read his scifi- it's not so standard |
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I read the Player of Games but sci-fi ain't my bag. That said, I'm gonna give PKD a go and Ursula le Guin. What the fuck was Walking on Glass about??? |
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