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I don't want to read this now because I'm currently in the middle of Use of Weapons. I am enjoying the series so far, even if I find Banks to be quite ruthless
by globular-toast 3y ago
I don't want to read this now because I'm currently in the middle of Use of Weapons. I am enjoying the series so far, even if I find Banks to be quite ruthless and some of the descriptions of pain and suffering hard to read. I usually read hard science fiction and do sometimes wonder if I've accidentally slipped into The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy. But it's masterful writing and an incredible imagination.
- rsynnott 3y agoUse of Weapons is probably the most extreme example of that in the Culture series, for what it's worth (Surface Detail _may_ be worse, at least in implication).
- globular-toast 3y agoWere you referring to the Hitchhiker's Guide bit, or the rest?
- rsynnott 3y agoThe pain and suffering bit. Most of the rest are less graphic.
- globular-toast 3y agoHmm.. Not sure if I'm already becoming hardened to the violence and stuff, but upon finishing the book I actually found it less difficult than both Consider Phlebas and The Player of Games in that respect. I found the Eaters chapter in Consider one of the most disturbing things I've ever read...