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See, I found Banks via his SF side and read most of those Cultured works, and have only more recently started reading his "regular" fiction. I think all of his...
kurvanas
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Mar 30, 2007
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Why yes, it didn't take long for the group to be spammed...sigh... FPK3 __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam?...
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Apr 19, 2007
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Sorry about that. Spambots are the bane of the Culture. Thomas...
kurvanas
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Apr 20, 2007
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Iain M. Banks said, Of Use Of Weapons: I originally wrote it chronologically, but then Ken MacLeod said 'Why don't you put the climax at the end of the ...
kurvanas
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Apr 20, 2007
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Holy smoke! Two more spambots just joined and I had to neutralize them. What the heck is going on? It's a spambot onslaught! Cheers, Thomas...
kurvanas
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Apr 30, 2007
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Ex Libris Archive on Iain M. Banks http://www.wjduquette.com/authors/imbanks.html...
kurvanas
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Jun 3, 2007
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Richmond Review Interview with Banks http://www.richmondreview.co.uk/features/banksint.html...
kurvanas
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Call for comedy or murder/mystery themed short stories ( less then 6000 words but more the 2000 Words ). This call for writers is being put out by American...
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Sep 6, 2007
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older Banks interview, but still chock full of insight http://tadhg.com/wp/1997/02/28/iain-m-banks-interview/...
kurvanas
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Sep 24, 2007
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Goodness! A posting about Banks on the Banks list! (As opposed to the batches of spam that seem to haunt these groups!) ;) PS ...
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Sep 25, 2007
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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...
tim9a
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Mar 14, 2008
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Good grief! Did the joy of your new discovery cause your brain to fall out? What'sit CALLED? ... CD...
Chris Davis
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Mar 15, 2008
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... Its called "Matter"... but a quick google search could have told you that... :) Tim...
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Mar 17, 2008
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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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Mar 17, 2008
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... Sorted... We're listed under Resources on the Extras page. Tim...
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Hello all, New member here: Monwar, 25, from Dhaka, Bangladesh. I work as an Organizational Development executive in a telecom firm here. Enjoyed Banks'...
Monwar Hussain Devel...
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Mar 24, 2008
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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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Mar 25, 2008
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... 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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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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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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Oct 5, 2008
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... 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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... 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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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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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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monwar1982
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Sep 24, 2009
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... Just starting Matter now... In fact I'd forgotten I had it on the shelf!! Tim...
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Sep 26, 2009
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... Definitely worth sticking with... one of the better ones in my opinion Tim...
tim9a
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Sep 26, 2009
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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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monwar1982
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Sep 27, 2009
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... 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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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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Sep 29, 2009
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Love Excession......
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