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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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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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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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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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...
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artizan0k
Aug 18, 2010 3:25 pm
Hello this is a new alternative cover for the last culture novel, interesting???...
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amerelium
Aug 19, 2010 4:07 pm
I'm really looking forward to this one......
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phoenicks_uk
Aug 19, 2010 11:14 pm
Yeah - I enjoyed it a lot. You will wonder how it is all going to come together when there is only about 20 pages to go but it's a good fast-paced ending. A...
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phoenicks_uk
Aug 19, 2010 11:24 pm
Very interesting. I think I may be adding it as the first item on my Christmas list (and it's only August). Love the tower pic - reminds me of Matter (which...
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artizan0k
Aug 20, 2010 5:33 am
I found the the artwork on a graphic art site. This is the info to find it on the net. (http://www.worth1000.com/contests/22831/matte-painting) The title of...
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artizan0k
Aug 20, 2010 6:12 am
I have now found a home website for John Malcolm, the scottish artist. This is the website. (http://johnmalcolm1970.co.uk/index.html) So you can link to this. ...
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phoenicks_uk
Aug 20, 2010 11:15 pm
He's very good isn't he? And with a cracking sense of humour. I love this one: http://johnmalcolm1970.co.uk/images/big/darth_bean.jpg If the towers pic is...
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artizan0k
Aug 21, 2010 10:41 pm
Yes the cover art is of the 'Shellworld' in 'Matter'. I think that a lot of the graphic images on the 'John Malcolm' website are very good, almost good enough...
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artizan0k
Aug 23, 2010 8:12 pm
Is there any reviews of the new Culture novel 'Surface Detail' anywhere? The book is due for publication in October 2010, this year and i was wondering if it...
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artizan0k
Oct 3, 2010 5:36 am
Hello there, Anyone heard or read any reviews yet about the new Surface Detail from Iain Banks ? Regards all...
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artizan0k
Oct 3, 2010 5:44 am
Hello there, I am really getting annoyed by the crazy woman who posts JUNK messages here and then adds a web site for 'Biker Chick' I mean really what's her...
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tim9a
Oct 3, 2010 8:58 am
I do delete the obvious SPAM posters... Every now and then to be true. Tim...
