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What's you favorite?
I started with WHIT, was absolutely stunned by the breathtaking beauty of this maniacs prose, almost "scary good", so I thought I'd give his Science...
A recent exchange on the Surface Detail—Spoilers thread started me pondering the question of how Minds (and to a lesser degree, drones) think. ...
I recently read 'The State of the Art', and by far my favourite story was Odd Attachment. It was so elegant and finely crafted, but so funny and...
I think they are a great concept but you only really read about them in Excession, and they are not featured prominently. I'd like to read a novel...
Right, so the question I am asking here is, do you think Banks will deal with the Contact of Earth? This could possibly be the Contact itself, or...
Hello People, I've created a twitter feed celebrating the Techno Sci-Fi Nomenclature of Iain M Banks; http://twitter.com/#!/IainMBanksCult ...
When I went to Scarborough last weekend there was a naval battle going on in Peasholm Park http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D1dK14hfKGY I wonder if...
The Algebraist is an excellent read. Just the one thing that's bothering me. I'm struggling to understand the physicality of the Dwellers, their...
What can a sailing ship and a Culture ship possibly have in common? A sailing ship floats on water, is powered by the wind and reaches speeds up to...
I must say, I wasn't entirely enthused with Look to Windward. The same formula playing out, and nothing really grooving me. It was decent. ...
I have this hypothesis that Iain, and in particular The Culture, might generally appeal to males more than females. Of course, SF (versus scifi) does...
Some Surface Details spoilers below Hegemonizing swarms have been mentioned in a few of the Culture novels, but I think Surface Details is the...
I'm just going off the top of my head here, so please forgive me if I'm way out (Bob). The action in CP is set around 1300AD. SotA is in the...
news item. poll. Tend to agree; CP would give it a run for the money.
I knicked this one off the SFX forum I though it might be interesting to see if it ties up with the poll in this section of the froum From the...
Hi all, this is my first foray into the world of I(M)B online but I've been a big fan since the mid-90s and have read all of his books, both M and...
Ever since stumbling upon the Culture novels, I've been wondering about one thing in particular: the origins of humans in the cultureverse There...
I just finished re-re-reading CP and I was struck by one glaring loose end. The entire raison d'etre of the story is the Mind which managed a...
As a bit of an ice-breaker, your friendly, neighbourhood moderator edash suggested that we could post a quick poll to find out which of Iain's sf...
Right, so now we've all read Surface Detail and seen what can happen if you go for a digital afterlife.... If the tech were available, would you...
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