tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7670543499274741427.post6511782173850142442..comments2024-03-26T17:54:54.592+01:00Comments on Speculiction...: Review of "Excession" by Iain M. BanksUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7670543499274741427.post-18954549466019908962023-07-01T17:05:27.450+02:002023-07-01T17:05:27.450+02:00BrilliantBrilliantAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7670543499274741427.post-48880809737159456342020-01-13T01:22:35.731+01:002020-01-13T01:22:35.731+01:00I have now read all of his Sci fi works twice now....I have now read all of his Sci fi works twice now. The Culture novels in particular are truly stunning. And the dialogue he writes for the ship Minds is wonderfully dark, funny, disturbing, jargon filled, awesomeness. I live around 10 miles from where Iain Banks made his home and was lucky enough to meet him a couple of years before he passed in Kirkcaldy library at an event. Thoroughly lovely chap with a great sense of humour. Billnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7670543499274741427.post-2976219384807197612019-05-14T18:38:33.665+02:002019-05-14T18:38:33.665+02:00The best Sci fi author, this is one of his best. The best Sci fi author, this is one of his best. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7670543499274741427.post-64634131031077771382014-01-13T15:04:54.376+01:002014-01-13T15:04:54.376+01:00Fully agree, up there with Banks' best such as...Fully agree, up there with Banks' best such as Consider Phlebas and The AlgebraistAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16263773431726493545noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7670543499274741427.post-6245084695394054442012-05-17T12:04:19.085+02:002012-05-17T12:04:19.085+02:00Thanks for link. When I get a moment I'll che...Thanks for link. When I get a moment I'll check out the essay as I am curious to see the Culture's connections to our real world.Jessehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07796098208589965362noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7670543499274741427.post-18306322566042627622012-05-15T17:58:27.178+02:002012-05-15T17:58:27.178+02:00Regarding the role of artificial intelligences in ...Regarding the role of artificial intelligences in the Culture, see:<br />Yannick Rumpala, Artificial intelligences and political organization: an exploration based on the science fiction work of Iain M. Banks, Technology in Society, volume 34, Issue 1, 2012, http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0160791X11000728<br />(Free older version available at: http://www.inter-disciplinary.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/rumpalaepaper.pdf )Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com