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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 -- 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