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I'm still disappointed that Subterranean Press only published Use of Weapons. It's a fantastic publication, fwiw. https://subterraneanpress.com/use-of-weapons
by iamacyborg 4y ago
I'm still disappointed that Subterranean Press only published Use of Weapons.
It's a fantastic publication, fwiw.
https://subterraneanpress.com/use-of-weapons/ https://subterraneanpress.com/use-of-weapons/
- buserror 4y agoPossibly my favourite. My dog-eared copy is signed... twice... too. He used to come and read in Windsor, UK on occasion...
- dekhn 4y agomy least favorite. The Player of Games, Excession and the Hydrogen Sonata for me.
- taylorius 4y agoI'd agree with that - the out of order story line always put me off in Use of Weapons. Seemed unnecessary. As for his best, I'd add Look to Windward to your list. That's a beautiful, moving book.
- qikInNdOutReply 4y agoYes, it is. The couple going into the sunsets.
- dekhn 4y agoa remarkable number of books I've read recently are basically: a present day chapter, then a flashback chapter, eventually leading up to a tense moment in the present day that only makes sense once you have the flashback context. Gets boring quickly!
- r00fus 4y agoSurface Detail for me after Player of Games, though I've read all of his Culture series. The Mind of picket ship has got to be one of my favorite characters in the series. All by audiobook, which honestly is a completely different experience than a physical read - perhaps I should check out one of his books and re-experience via text?
- dekhn 4y agoThe ship AIs in the culture are clearly the most interesting characters. The exchanges between the AIs in Excession (the Interesting Times Gang) are absolutely hilarious.
- arglebargle123 4y agoMy favourite plot twist in the entire series is our friend wih a need for speed in Excession. That book is one of my all time favourite reads.
- mr_toad 4y agoThose are like a pleasant stroll in the park. Use of weapons is more like being chased through the park after dark by a madman.
- qikInNdOutReply 4y agoHave a chair. No, sit. We must talk about the Player of Games and your lack of gravitas.
- NikolaNovak 4y agoWhat was special / good about that publication? It's signed by somebody I can best understand as "Not Ian M. Banks", and the description doesn't really tell me anything about "hardware", nor do they have a photo of the product :-/
- Veen 4y agoYeah, I mean, Ken McLeod is a decent enough writer, but he's not in the same league as Banks. Can't imagine why I'd want to pay that much for a copy of a Banks book signed by him.
- Apocryphon 4y agoI wouldn't mind an edition of H.P. Lovecraft writings signed by August Derleth, or a Tolkien book signed by C.S. Lewis (or vice versa), and so on. A Discworld novel signed by Neil Gaiman.
- iamacyborg 4y agoIf you like Gaiman there are some very nice copies of his works from some smaller fine press publishers. https://www.arete-editions.com/artists-edition https://www.arete-editions.com/artists-edition https://www.lyrasbooks.com/shop/coraline/coraline-lettered-edition/ https://www.lyrasbooks.com/shop/coraline/coraline-lettered-e...
- iamacyborg 4y agoSubPress make very good, high quality books. Sometimes it's just quite nice to own a nicely made physical object for something you deeply enjoy.
- arglebargle123 4y agoI do most of my reading on a high end eink device these days and I still get excited when I can buy sub press epubs. Even their digital releases are great quality.
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- AndyMcConachie 4y agoOne of my favorite books of all time.
- jonathanlydall 4y agoUse of Weapons horrific big moment made it particularly memorable to me and definitely not unusual for Ian M Banks. Feersum Endjinn differently horrifying with its core premise of an actual hell and heaven existence for beings. And finally The Wasp Factory is all about a very disturbed individual.
- Snoken 4y agoUse of Weapons is my favorite book, and this edition may be well made, but I could not get past its cover - a Soviet submarine from the fifties, why? What does this have to do with the story? This seems like the publisher just did not care. Or is there some explanation in the foreword?