There's a new culture book out... I know this because I was in Waterstones on Picadilly yesterday, so I now have a signed copy :) (copy was on the shelf...
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cdavis999uk
Mar 15, 2008 4:54 pm
Good grief! Did the joy of your new discovery cause your brain to fall out? What'sit CALLED? ... CD...
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tim9a
Mar 17, 2008 10:36 am
... Its called "Matter"... but a quick google search could have told you that... :) Tim...
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tim9a
Mar 17, 2008 10:39 am
Seems there's a website for IMB, well IB and IMB manitained by his publisher: http://www.iain-banks.net/ I've e-mailed the webguy suggesting he adds a link to...
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tim9a
Mar 17, 2008 4:16 pm
... Sorted... We're listed under Resources on the Extras page. Tim...
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monwar1982
Mar 24, 2008 3:06 am
Hello all, New member here: Monwar, 25, from Dhaka, Bangladesh. I work as an Organizational Development executive in a telecom firm here. Enjoyed Banks'...
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kurvanas
Mar 25, 2008 9:41 pm
Very Important Matter http://thomasfortenberry.net/?p=1923 I suppose you all know that Banks' next Culture book has arrived: Mattter. Cannot wait to read this....
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tim9a
Apr 5, 2008 7:16 am
... which ... I dont think they are particulalry related, so it doesnt matter... ... Mine is Feersum Endjinn, but it isnt a Culture novel. Tim...
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phoenicks_uk
Jun 3, 2008 11:18 pm
Tim Have you finished it yet? I'm currently in the closing 100 odd pages (got it as a 40th birthday pressie in April - most surprised as I hadn't spotted it...
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trevor5653
Oct 5, 2008 6:29 pm
I have heard that Walking on Glass is about an old peoples home and have just read that The Bridge is about a man in a coma. Is there a definitive list of...
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tim9a
Oct 6, 2008 8:58 am
... being ... Well I could say that this part of your post is off-topic, but that'd be churlish... But then I might also say, "at last a post that isnt spam" ...
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tim9a
Oct 6, 2008 9:05 am
... belated reply... havent started it yet. In fact I've just finished The Algebraist, which I had been a little reluctant to start as I'd seen a mediocre...
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phoenicks_uk
Sep 20, 2009 2:35 pm
Heh, almost a year since you replied. This is a very slow-time conversation... Yep, I enjoyed the Algebraist a lot too. Matter, the last book, was also a top...
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monwar1982
Sep 24, 2009 3:37 am
I am going through the Algebraist right now. The story is great, but I can't seem to continue with it at a stretch. A bit too... umm... 'intangible' at some...
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tim9a
Sep 26, 2009 10:37 am
... Just starting Matter now... In fact I'd forgotten I had it on the shelf!! Tim...
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tim9a
Sep 26, 2009 10:38 am
... Definitely worth sticking with... one of the better ones in my opinion Tim...
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monwar1982
Sep 27, 2009 1:27 am
I intend to, except Dawn of War 2 and all those Warhammer 40k books are eating up my time like anything. Makes a perfect complement to Banks... Dan Abnett......
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tim9a
Sep 27, 2009 11:15 am
... Oohh!!! Fighting talk...! Excession one of my least favourites... For me Feersum Endjinn stands out; after that maybe Look to Windward... Tim...
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monwar1982
Sep 29, 2009 1:41 am
Tastes vary... :) Was going through the last part of Eisenhorn yesterday... would suggest some Dan Abnett to everyone in this group... GOOD! :) ...
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amerelium
Oct 24, 2009 7:40 pm
Love Excession......
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phoenicks_uk
Dec 8, 2009 10:51 pm
Funnily enough I recently re-read Excession as I was struggling to remember exactly what it was about. Well, yes, an engineered civil war crops up but there's...
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trevor5653
Dec 11, 2009 11:12 am
Not knowing who else to read I have recently re-read my Banks collection and decided that before I do the same with Asimov I should try to find someone a...
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phoenicks_uk
Feb 23, 2010 10:57 pm
Thanks for the recommendation Trevor, I'll keep an eye out for Reynolds at the library. Transition - a very interesting book. Comes without the "M" initial so...
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monwar1982
Feb 24, 2010 3:40 am
I have recently found John C. Wright to be pretty interesting. Discovered him through the New Space Opera anthologies by Dozois and Strahan. From:...
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Danube
artizan0k
Jun 29, 2010 7:55 pm
I find that re-reading books and stories, in particular 'Culture' stories, that I find more detail than on my first reading. Perhaps because I am reading to...
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Danube
artizan0k
Jun 29, 2010 8:06 pm
Well by the most direct way of them all! I met the man himself in John Smiths Bookshop in Glasgow some years ago... Now let me count the years... It was I...
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Danube
artizan0k
Jun 30, 2010 3:50 pm
One book I should Re-read is, 'Against A Dark Background' about the search for the 'Lazy Gun'. I really enjoyed that and the descriptive images have stayed...
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phoenicks_uk
Aug 2, 2010 11:51 pm
Funnily enough I'm just re-reading the entire Hitchhiker's series back to back. I thought I was pretty familiar with them (starting from when I was about 14 in...
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tim9a
Aug 13, 2010 10:08 am
I'm now reading Transition Strictly speaking it isnt SF, as its an IB book, not IMB. Having said that, any objective assessement would describe it precisely as...
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Danube
artizan0k
Aug 13, 2010 10:33 am
I have read both types of fiction and find there are of course very similar patterns of written text and spoken conversation in both styles. He certainly knows...
