tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7670543499274741427.post5436689334853573429..comments2024-03-26T17:54:54.592+01:00Comments on Speculiction...: Review of "Inversions" by Iain M. BanksUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7670543499274741427.post-25836208295599060692022-01-14T15:57:15.603+01:002022-01-14T15:57:15.603+01:00The doctor's name was Vosill, not Vollis.The doctor's name was Vosill, not Vollis.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13175802614226565849noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7670543499274741427.post-11592946286302169402016-04-27T11:52:49.600+02:002016-04-27T11:52:49.600+02:00As a life-long lover of science fiction - perhaps ...As a life-long lover of science fiction - perhaps because my career was on the cutting edge of spacecraft technology - I must start by saying that I consider Iain M Banks to be The Master: I have all of his Culture and non-Culture scfi novels and read and reread them constantly. I'd like to make the point that if the reader has no knowledge of the Culture, then "Inversions" will certainly leave him or her wondering about both the plot and some of the incidents that occur. OTOH, if the reader does know his Culture, all will become clear after (lets say) the second or third re-reading. Where to set this novel in Bank's universe ? I suspect it's on the edge of that featured in the "Algebraist" (my favourite, due to the wit and humour of the AI Travel Captain twins) and that universe in turn is on the fringes of the Culture, which isn't mentioned but cannot be far off.<br /><br />RIP Iain M Banks: superb writing, wonderful plots, believable characters, and books that require to the reader to THINK.OFSOhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07184989013791478113noreply@blogger.com