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On 26 Jan 2008, at 09:18, Tom Potts wrote: > On Friday 25 January 2008 22:58, Brad Rogers wrote: >> On Fri, 25 Jan 2008 22:47:47 +0000 >> james kilty <james@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> >> Hello james, >> >>> I too was disappointed in spite of liking Brin and also Benford - >>> not >>> that I really understood some of his stuff. >> >> IKWYM, but the bloke that I /really/ have a hard time >> understanding is >> Iain M. Banks. "Consider Phlebas" is truly out there...... > Try his works as Iain Banks - they may give you a clue... > The Wasp Factory is an amazing first tome and his whisky road trip > Raw Spirit > is an excellent game played in the living room or in reality: > http://www.scotlandwhisky.com/355124/ > Some of the other books are just superb. > As Iain M he seems to play with socio-political ideas disguised as > SciFi. He's > almost as 'far left' as you can get and still speak without > spluttering with > rage at the current world. > His work may not appeal to women as much as juvenile minded blokes > like me but > I like em a lot! > Tom te tom te tom I think he's a powerful writer, particularly as Iain Banks. The wasp factory is a fantastic, even if some passages make me feel squeamish, bok. Clare -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/linux_adm/list-faq.html