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 ...
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 ...
>>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...
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? ...
>>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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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,...
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...
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 ...
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 ...
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...
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.,...
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...
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...
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,...
... 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...
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...
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....
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...
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!...
- 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 ...
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. ...
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...