Extraordinary that I have read the book before and enjoy it so much but remembered nothing from the first reading. I cannot complain because it allowed me to appreciate fully the twist in the tail for a second time. Brilliantly constructed with a narrative thread woven with pieces of the past life o...
I can't stop thinking about this book. I don't even know of I have the words to describe what this has done to my mind before bed. Just read it. Do it now.
My second Culture book. Iain M. Banks is probably the most popular author of space opera still working today, and I love [b:Consider Phlebas|8935689|Consider Phlebas (Culture, #1)|Iain M. Banks|http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51TrnvvDCLL._SL75_.jpg|14366], I found it gripping from beginning to...
i BUT 7 So, in the end – not ‘the end’ but about 150 pages in, since that is my designated end, and why not in a book that starts where it does? – what is it about this writing ‘technique’? I still think it is true that having more than one story gadding about in different directions is a way of get...
It is by far my favorite Culture book. Iain Banks managed to make the story hilarious and horrifying at the same time, even though I, and probably many other readers, could guess the final plot twist before it happens.
PrologueStars were barely visible through the tiny oval. The reader looked up from his novel, blinked. Checked his watch -- still hours to go. His wife sat slumped next to him, still asleep. Some people could sleep on planes. Some people couldn't."What are you reading?" asked the man on the reader's...
A good book but plodded a little, it just seemed a little too drawn out. Some very good moments and an unexpected twist at the end.The thing about most of Bank's SF novels is they seem at first almost designed to confuse the reader. He endeavours to weave a disarray of strands and then draw them all...
Iain Banks is really a great writer. Like much of his other work, Use of Weapons is exciting and violent, intense and philosophical. It is the story of a man called Zakalwe, a mercenary agent for the benevolent managers of interstellar civilization, The Culture. Sent to various primitive planets to ...
I'd prefer to sit on the floor, thanks. No, really! I'll feel more comfortable that way.I'm sorry? Oh, just something I read. It doesn't matter. To be honest, I'd rather not talk about it.
Damn. It's hard to know how to describe this book....Cheradenine Zakalawe....a most complex character.The culture agents who are 'handling' him, but really aren't....Spinning out...anything can be a weapon really, it's all in how you look at it. A white chair can be the most horrific thing in the ...
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