Review: Consider Phlebas by Iain M. Banks
The good A huge, fun new sci fi universe with lots of creative ideas (warning: minor spoilers ahead): Changers: a species that can change its appearance, ge...
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Review: The Player of Games by Iain M. Banks
The good Good writing. Interesting world building: (very minor spoilers ahead) the hyper-advanced Culture, with it’s crazy ships, robots, and b...
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Review: Use of Weapons by Iain M. Banks
The good Excellent writing. The main character is genuinely interesting and unpredictable. A few of the chapters feel like extremely high quality, self-co...
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Review: The State of the Art by Iain M. Banks
This is a collection of short stories by Iain M. Banks: Road of Skulls, A Gift from the Culture, and Descendant are all well-written, introduce interesting conce...