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Any Iain M Banks fans out there with some recommendations on where to start on reading his books? Rather a lot to go on.
Me too!Doctor_Paul said:Excession - I've read it twice and am still not sure what happened!
Doctor_Paul said:I find that Iain Banks seems to exclusively write characters that I find irritating, or who I just don't understand. How this sits with the fact that he's by far my favourite author is a mystery, but I love almost everything he's done.
Dr Rick said:See, I like Zakalwe. I like Sharrow (and most of the others on her side). They're the sort of bright, irritating, troubled smart-asses that I find easy to identify with . I like Diziet Sma, and I like the Changer whose name I've forgotten. But I'll admit to not liking many of the meat-based intelligences in Excession (probably my favourite), though I do like the central guy.
One thing I enjoy about Banks us that he understand what unappealing creatures humans can be!