06-14-2002, 08:30 AM | #1 |
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Iain M Banks
Anyone read any of his sci-fi set in the Culture? Bold, magnificent, modern space opera...love it. For me "Use of Weapons" is best. Wonder if he might be running out of steam a little now though.
Also like the mainstream stuff he's written, apart from "Song of Stone", which was a chore to finish to be honest. But still, a great writer not scared to go places with his books. Strictly for grown-ups, mind!
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06-17-2002, 06:47 PM | #2 |
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I liked the Culture, but like you say, he's let it get out of hand; his later books are rather self-involved, whereas the earlier ones like Use of Weapons and Consider Phlebas are very much human stories with a sci-fi backdrop, which for me is proper sci-fi, not crap like Star Trek that is all about the sci- bit.
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06-18-2002, 12:04 PM | #3 |
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Yep I'd put Consider Phlebas, Player of Games and Use of Weapons as his best Culture books, and I agree that that's down to strong central characters who you care about. I think his more recent stuff has got too fascinated by the Minds and Ships.
Still, a below-par Culture novel is still better than the average read!
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