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  1. 13-06-2014 08:32 PM #1
    FearfulSymmetry
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    Default My hero: Iain Banks by Ian Rankin

    http://www.theguardian.com/books/201...nks-ian-rankin

    Couple of nice anecdotes... and yeah I played Kashmir after reading it
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    Nice link, thanks for posting it
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    I don't think I consider Banks to be a hero (I'm too old and cynical to hold people up as heroes anymore), but there is no author I respect as highly, no one whose work moves me as much, no one I consider a singular genius for his contributions, particularly SF, as Banks.
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