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the business

WhiteWashMan · 2000-10-10 12:41:00

read the business by ian banks the other day. wasnt impressed in the slightest. heard so much about him as an author but that was just muck. is this a once off or a bad read? does he have better?

10-10-2000 12:41pm

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WhiteWashMan

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read the business by ian banks the other day.
wasnt impressed in the slightest.
heard so much about him as an author but that was just muck.
is this a once off or a bad read? does he have better?

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#2 10-10-2000 1:14pm

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Try reading some of his stuff written as Iain M Banks as opposed to Iain Banks; his science fiction is a lot better than his "normal" fiction, imo.

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#3 10-10-2000 1:30pm

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it isnt good.
all his other suff is.
try his Wasp Factory novel.

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#4 10-10-2000 1:58pm

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Wasp factory was ****ed up... good, but very weird.

Definitely I prefer his Sci-fi to his normal fiction, consider Phlebas, State of the Art, Excession and in particular Player of Games.

The Bridge is another non-sci-fi one, as well as song of stone.

Haven't read the factory so I don't know if it's just a bad read, or you just don't like his style of writing...

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#5 11-10-2000 9:10am

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Player of Games does nasty things to your head, especially towards the end. Banks has some, uhh, interesting imagery going on there.

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