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I'm currently reading The Annihilation Score by Charles Stross and it mentions some other book, anyone know? "As I climb the steps and present my ID to the policemen on duty, all I can think of is a silly book that Bob told me he was reading a couple of years ago, by some dead famous author...

I approached this book with some trepidation; I am always a little wary of academic book critics, tending to find them a little pretentious. A gross generalisation, of course, but one that usually holds true for me and, for me at least, this was filled with all those esoteric and obscure words...

Exciting news, but I'm going to take a wait and see approach. Amazon Developing ‘Consider Phlebas’ as Fantasy Drama Series

Karin Kross is spearheading a reread of the Culture books over at Tor.com. Any fans of Banks and his work could do worse than following along. The Culture Reread | Series | Tor.com

I'm testing a theory. A few main questions: If you've read any Banks, have you read The Player of Games? Did you like it? (For bonus points, have you read Consider Phlebas and did you like it?) Are you a Banks fan, generally? Examples of other related questions: Whatever you feel about CP/PoG...

Some books are fun to read, interesting, engaging,with likeable characters. This isnt one of them, which is odd because I enjoyed Consider Phlebas. That earlier book was fun, exciting and very accesible. This book however is like reading a book in a foreign language when you only know a few...

Dead Air is the story of an aggressively political shock jock set in the aftermath of September 11th, and the rather strange love affair that he inadvertently slides into. In between making his political diatribes on air, Ken Nott lives the fast life of a minor celebrity full of parties, booze...

Hi Hoping someone can help. My 9 year old is avid SF fan, he's just picked up Consider Phlebas, which I've not read. Is it ok for someone of his age? Ive read Iain Banks books and know some are definitely not appropriate. He's already loving it. Thank in advance!

hi I'm a big fan of the Culture stuff and yes I'm aware they're all standalone but just for fun shall we try and construct a timeline among ourselves. I think Consider Phlebas is first isn't it - 1300s State of the Art is 1970s right? Surface Detail is at the very end if I remember right. I'm...

So I read Consider Phlebas the other year and brilliant. I then got the Hydrogen Sonata at the book shop, after determining it might be the next one that was written based on its listed position inside the cover of another copy of Consider Phlebas that I looked at in the book shop. But I just...

I think that Banks was incredibly talented for creating funny, even poetic ship names in his novel. What's your favorite in the Culture series? (sorry for my english...)

I have read several of Iain M. Banks books over the years. Can anyone tell me the title of the book whose main character is a shapeshifter?

I think they would make great films or better yet , they make great tv shows. Wy hasn't Hollywood tried to do them? :unsure:

Hello I was wandering if people could post some of the word counts for the Culture novels? I don't have copy's of them any more but would like to get some idea as to how long they were, and some people must have them on kindle. I'm specifically looking for the Player of Games and Excession...

Matter Iain M. Banks Orbit, Mar 2008, $25.99 ISBN 9780316005364 Far from the affluent technologically advanced Culture buried deep underneath the surface of the artificial “Shellworld” Sursamen lays the backwater Kingdom of the Sarl ruled by King Hausk who has three offspring. His heir is...

Transition Iain M. Banks Orbit, Sep 2009, $25.99 ISBN: 9780316071987 The Concern oversees the behavior of leaders on what appears to be an infinite number of parallel worlds. When they feel a person may cause worldwide harm, they send their Transitionary agents to assassinate that individual...

Surface Detail Iain M, Banks Orbit, Oct 28 2010, $25.99 ISBN 9780316123402 The Culture employs special technology throughout the galaxy that enables humans and aliens to select who they want to be. On the planet Sichult, powerful Veppers assisted by two of his employees, rapes and murders sex...

If you like The Culture series, definitely give this a read. http://strangehorizons.com/2014/20141103/1banks-a.shtml

I was a little disappointed by The Crow Road not because it wasn’t a good well written story – it was – but because it wasn’t as challenging a read as I have come to expect and love with Banks’ non science fiction work. This is a coming of age story though not a typical teenage one but it is...

A tour de force; this was certainly the best SF book I’ve read for at least a year, probably longer. I hesitate to say it’s the best Culture book I’ve read only because it’s at least 4 years since I last read one (it was before I started keeping accurate records) which is in itself a bit...