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Welcome to the club, rucilam. Have also a look at BanksBooks, another Yahoo Club about Iain Banks. Kasom...
kasom1
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Dec 3, 2001
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Hi all<br><br>Well, it was on the cards a while ago but Y! have officially announced the end of the clubs as we know them. Don't know how it'll affect our ...
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Dec 6, 2001
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Hmmmm<br><br>Do we have to form a group? Or will this be done for us...?...
tim9a
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Dec 7, 2001
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Well Nick, why is CP my favourite novel? As a matter of fact, I like all the books of Iain Banks very much, there are only slight differences. Maybee it is ...
kasom1
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Dec 7, 2001
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&gt;&gt;Do we have to form a group? Or will this be done for us...? <br><br>I think that Yahoo will do all the setting up for us but we're going to have to get...
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Dec 12, 2001
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Hi Kasom<br><br>Yes, CP was a pretty good start, but for me Mr Banks built on this initial foundation in subsequent books. Have you read Look to Windward? ...
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Dec 12, 2001
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&gt;&gt;Do we have to form a group? Or will this be &gt;&gt;done for us...? <br><br>&gt;I think that Yahoo will do all the setting up &gt;for us but we're ...
tim9a
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Dec 12, 2001
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sigh...still waiting for that next book. i'm running out of stuff to read...just finished 'Revelation Space' and 'Chasm City' by Alastair Reynolds..okay, i ...
nicksoutham
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Jan 29, 2002
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something to read...<br><br>Harry Potter (no I'm serious)<br><br>Tim...
tim9a
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Jan 30, 2002
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some suggestions:<br><br>our illustrious moderator suggested to me "star fraction" by ken macleod. i rather liked it.<br><br>i might also suggest "reality ...
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Jan 30, 2002
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ah, i've already nailed all of Mr Macleod and Mrs Rowling's books. The sheer size of 'reality Disfunction' put me off reading it, as lugging it home from the ...
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Jan 30, 2002
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How about the Philip Pullman ones, been in the press recently and widely considered to be better even than JK Rowling (its the 'his dark materials' trilogy,...
tim9a
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Jan 31, 2002
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Hmm, I must concur...the Philip Pullman works are on my reading list...and how about the Unfortunate Events series by Lemony Snicket. I haven't reveiwed these...
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he he he....way ahead of you. there was a copy of 'northern lights' getting passed around the place i used to work in London (" me: but...it's a childrens ...
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Jan 31, 2002
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Can I recommend Stephen Donaldsons Gap series, an excellent read, though as with any long series its a bit of a pain aquiring all the books.<br><br>Also Jeff ...
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Jan 31, 2002
10:44 pm
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i know you are all looking for good reads in the sf area. but seeing as how imb/ib is just all about satire and social, economic, political commentary (if in a...
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Feb 1, 2002
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It's very interesting seeing the alternatives that are being chucked into the ring. I used to read a reasonable amount of SF - Asimov, Arthur C Clarke, etc.,...
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Feb 11, 2002
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sorry, drifting a little off-topic here...still, if that mr. Banks fella publishes anything soon we could talk about that...hint...hint...ah ...
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Feb 13, 2002
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It been awhile since I read Feesum Endjin and while it was a non-culture novel I sem to remember that it had several themes and ideas common to some of his...
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Feb 17, 2002
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Gadzooks We are now a group and not a club. We need to look into this a bit more and um and ah about it I think. And welcome to treebeard01, our latest new...
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Mar 15, 2002
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Hi everyone, I am quite new to reading Iain Banks novels but am thoroughly enjoying them, so far having read Wasp factory, Walking on glass, Espedair street,...
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Mar 26, 2002
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... Not really, like many SF authors IMB has his own 'universe' within which events are described more or less consistently. This is just another story set in...
tim9a
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Mar 27, 2002
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Will try player of Games first then..........As for going through the things that baffled me in LTWW Ha Ha how long have you got Tim!! Thanks for the help chat...
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Mar 27, 2002
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Ooh, you could always read em in the order they were written... Consider Phlebas was the first & Look to Windward is rumoured to be his last "Culture" novel....
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Mar 28, 2002
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Folks, A member in a local group I'm in posted an interesting blurb about Yahoo profiles & marketing. It seems that Yahoo has finally caught on to the true...
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Apr 1, 2002
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Hi BB If you want a good guide to the Culture novels plus Iain Banks's other stuff, go to: ...
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Apr 1, 2002
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Hi Jason Interesting info. As usual, all ads coming via Yahoo are US-biased and usually only apply in the US even if we wanted to take them up on the offers!...
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Apr 1, 2002
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- Thanks for all your help guys, am going to try that link now, sorry if i can't reply for a while, am having computer problems! chat soon (hopefully) BB xx ...
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Apr 3, 2002
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Apparently, the rumour is that the next Iain Banks gem will be entitled "Dead Air". Don't know what genre it's going to be & can't remember when it's due out. ...
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May 22, 2002
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Pretty good news indeed. I became modest, one new novel per year is better than nothing, nevermind the genre. Do you know when it will be purchased at the...
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