What am I in for?

What am I in for?

Conisder Phlebas by Iain M. Banks.

it's a bit shaky in places, but it shapes up really well. the other Culture books paint a picture of a future that i would really like to live in, which is more than you can say for most SF today.

when you've finished this, go read Player of Games.

An adventure. Banks said he'd like to have seen it filmed, and wouldn't even mind if they messed the story up as long as they got the action scenes right.

Also there is a cannibalism scene so be ready for that.

that grotesque fat fuck with the filed teeth on that island? hahah, i'd forgotten about him.

His teeth weren't filed they were replaced with replaceable sets of metal ones that he could swap out for different jobs, Including a set that had little holes through them that could be used like wire strippers to strip the flesh off of your fingers.

Banks is great at writing this kind of shit.

it's been a while since my ex left and took all of my books with her, so i'd have to try to download an epub. but, yeah. Banks is great at writing that kind of shit.

>Letting your ex take all your books

I disliked it so much I stopped reading half way through. Just did nothing for me at all.

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I am reading it (have read 2/3 by now). It's really enjoyable and you don't feel it's length.
There are a few cool ideas in it, but few paragraphs of techno babble. So it goes down well.