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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: I have to admit that I find his non sci-fi work much easier to get on with. There's only one book I've ever put down as basically unreadable, but his sci-fi stuff occasionally comes close when I get to the point of thinking "Why am I having to work so hard at this because it's not really taking me anywhere?" OTOH I think I read The Wasp Factory in one hit and wasn't able to put it down and others have not been far behind (Complicity, perhaps?) James -- 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