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Btw: If this is your first intro to Banks I recommend starting with The Business, absolutely fantastic book! He's generally a great author. Wasp Factory is his
by neom 4y ago
Btw: If this is your first intro to Banks I recommend starting with The Business, absolutely fantastic book! He's generally a great author. Wasp Factory is his most famous book I guess, but The Business is by far my favorite.
- vmilner 4y agoBBC Radio did a great dramatisation of Espedair Street (80s Scottish Rock band story)
- specproc 4y agoFor my part, The Bridge, Complicity, and Use of Weapons.
- specproc 4y agoAlthough if we're talking AI, Excession.
- mst 4y agoI tend to start people on either Use of Weapons or Player of Games depending on the person. Excession is IMO a lot easier to appreciate when you've already got your head around the Culture, Minds etc.
- johngossman 4y agoMe too. Especially "Player of Games." I re-read Weapons just before Algebraist...it's long and very introspective, whereas Player is easier to just follow along with the plot. If people don't like Player, they're not going to like Weapons, but I'm not sure the reverse is true.
- scotty79 4y agoI think virtualizing consciousnesses is most thoroughly investigated in Surface Detail.
- bartislartfast 4y agoI loved The Bridge! The first three Culture novels are exceptional: Consider Phlebas, The Player of Games and Use of Weapons. Highly recommend all three. The rest are probably great too but I haven't read them yet. I also recommend The Crow Road.