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Iain M. Banks - Transition
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(Review)
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I only picked this book up by chance, having thought that I had read all books by Iain M. Banks (the SF writer incarnation of the late writer) – until I saw this copy of Transition. I have meanwhile learned ...
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Created on 26 February 2016
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Iain M Banks – Against a Dark Background
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(Review)
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For once an Iain M Banks (note the middle initial – this is the SF writer persona at work here) book which is not part of his Culture universe; Against a Dark Background is a stand-alone novel. Instead ...
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Created on 15 May 2013
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3.
Iain M. Banks – Consider Phlebas
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(Review)
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This is a repost of an old review, originally published on the now-defunct Diversebooks site. I’ve decided to have a go at my pile of “Culture” novels by Iain M. Banks, and decided to start with the first ...
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Created on 15 March 2013
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Iain Banks – Canal Dreams
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(Review)
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Review Re-post (original publication on the now-defunct Diversebooks review site):
Canal Dreams by Iain Banks (no middle initial here, we're dealing with the mainstream writer) is a book which had me ...
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Created on 16 January 2013
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5.
Iain M. Banks – The Algebraist
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(Review)
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Review: The Algebraist by Iain M Banks
The Story: The Algebraist tracks the progress of Fassin Taak, a Slow Seer (a kind of sect that studies the so called Dwellers), in his assigned quest to find some ...
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Created on 12 August 2012
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Iain M Banks - Surface Detail
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(Review)
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... the smaller bits a bit; on the other hand it is enjoyable chaff, and that counts for a lot in my book. Maybe not an absolutely essential must read, but definitely strongly recommended. More Iain M ...
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Created on 20 September 2011
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Iain M. Banks - Inversions
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(Review)
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Inversions is the 6th book in Iain M. Banks' (note the middle initial – this is by the SF writer. Apparently...) Culture series. And, of all the Culture books I've read (I'm one short of the full cycle as ...
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Created on 20 June 2011
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Iain M Banks - The Player of Games
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(Review)
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Here's a review of another classic – this time it’s The Player of Games by Iain M Banks, a book from the Culture series, centred around a game which defines a galactic empire, or, rather, which IS said ...
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Created on 27 November 2010
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Iain M. Banks - Matter
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(Review)
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Matter is Iain M. Banks' 8th book in the – loosely connected - Culture series; a 9th book (Surface Detail) is due out in October 2010. The book follows the fortunes (for want of a better word) of the children ...
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Created on 18 August 2010
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Iain M Banks - Excession
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(Review)
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Excession is the 5th book in Iain M Bank's Culture series (if you count State of the Art, the short story collection) - this is a story focussing on Ships, Ship Minds, and the groupings, games, and politics ...
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Created on 22 July 2010
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Iain M Banks - Use of Weapons
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(Review)
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"The bomb lives only as it's falling" (Slias Engin) Use of Weapons is the 4th instalment in the loosely connected series of books in the Culture universe by Iain M Banks. This is a story, as the title indicates, ...
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Created on 26 May 2010
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Iain M. Banks - The State of The Art
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(Review)
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A brief review of The State of The Art by Iain M Banks, a collection of short stories plus the novella giving it the title, all written between 1987 and 1989.
There are a number of Culture stories here, ...
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Created on 17 December 2009
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13.
Peter Watts - Behemoth
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(Review)
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... things from Iain M. Banks, and even Robert J. Sawyer before (and no, I didn't like them there, either). The book, for me at least, seemed to mainly focus on the topic of responsibility, for one's action ...
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Created on 15 January 2013
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14.
Charles Stross - Saturn’s Children
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(Review)
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... the Heinlein brain-fart about nipples going 'spung' (from The Number of the Beast – no, don't bother). For me this will forever carry the memory of a slightly alcohol-fuelled Eastercon panel, with Iain M ...
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Created on 14 November 2011
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15.
Neal Asher - The Skinner
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(Review)
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... environment. I found it ‘unputdownable’, as nu-English has it, and not as gory as I might make it sound above (it’s just Neal Asher, not Iain M. Banks, after all…). It’s a classic adventure story with ...
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Created on 21 February 2011
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Neal Asher - Prador Moon
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(Review)
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... Asher ‘splatter and gore’ moments (plenty thereof), and the odd torture scene (nothing bad, this is NOT Iain M Banks!). Time line wise this fits in a good time before The Skinner, showing how the Prador ...
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Created on 07 February 2011
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