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Best of a Decent Bunch Advantages: An entertaining read Disadvantages: A weak ending I approached "Homefall", the fourth and final part of Chris Bunch's "The Last Legion" series with a slight feeling of trepidation. Over the previous three books, the Legion has been in the kind of action you would expect an army defending a remote planet vulnerable to attack to be in. In all cases, the books have been thoroughly enjoyable fast paced action novels. However, the end of "Stormforce", the third in the trilogy, didn't exactly build "Homefall" ... ...thinking that they would be veering away from war and into the political side of the galaxy. I wasn't really looking forward to this, as when Bunch dipped a toe into the waters of Musth politics in "Firemask", it took the edge and the pace off the novel. I was worried that the same thing would happen here, but I was swiftly proved wrong. For a long time, the Cumbre system has been isolated from the Confederation, supposedly the centre of the galaxy ... Soho_Black 13.04.2008 · Read full review Ciao members have rated this review on average: very helpful Review of Homefall (Last Legion 4) - Chris Bunch	Would you read it again? Story Characters Readability How does it compare to ...
fank u god 4 makin mr banks so gud Advantages: everything in the whole world Disadvantages: none Bank's kicks ass, this book blew me away, absolutely and incredibly to another planet ... earth in the future. Banks is absolutely the most imaginative man on earth, never before has a book taken me to an alien future so messed up and so creative as this one. Starting with a birth from nowhere, a naked lady waking up for the first time and assimilating her surroundings, her capacity to think, to see, to talk and understand. Baskill the teller, a ... ...(though difficuult at first) dialect of english and who has a pet ant as a friend, who can also interact with the matrix which is physically implanted in the walls, floors and ceilings of all that is around him in the physical world, count sessine, reborn nine times on a voyage into the matrix to find the truth .... this is just incredible stuff.... I'll never forget the bit with Asura in the fairytale tower, the prince who came to take her away ... ianexcession 07.08.2008 · Read full review Ciao members have rated this review on average: helpful Review of Feersum Endjinn - Iain M. Banks	Would you read it again? Story Characters Readability How does it compare to ...
Inversions (Culture gone medieval) Advantages: Another fresh view of Culture Disadvantages: Not the book for somone starting Culture series Iain M Banks Inversions is another page-turner in the great Culture series. A general description of Culture is that an Utopian, post-scarcity (limitless resources) alien society, lead/controlled by powerful Als. The view of Culture is that less-advanced societies would benefit from their influence, thus the series describes the interaction between Culture and other civilizations. Inversions continues on that similar theme but in a complete different ... ...and packed full of complex, fallible characters. The two plotline follows Special Circumstances agents in their widely different missions. Unfortunately I can't make an unbiased opinion on whether this a good book to start on Iain M Banks' Culture series. I would recommend to start the series with The Player of Games or Consider Phlebas. Both would provide a good background to Culture in general and Special Circumstances in particular. ... blueonred 01.07.2008 · Read full review Ciao members have rated this review on average: helpful Review of Inversions - Iain M. Banks	Would you read it again? Story Characters Readability How does it compare to ...
Extraordinary Advantages: Mindblowing, fantastic Disadvantages: None Takes you into a whole new area of the Culture, where the AI minds discuss the problems that are occuring since the presence of an unidentified object. It is riddled with Banks' usual wit, imagination and depth. This gives many insights into areas of the Culture I'd not wondered about before. The is much intrigue with many twists along the way. This was book I'd heard many goods things said about it, and was not disappointed. You've heard books ... TheZigStar 15.12.2005 · Read full review Ciao members have rated this review on average: somewhat helpful Review of Excession - Iain M. Banks	Would you read it again? Story Characters Readability How does it compare to ...
One of his finest Advantages: A story of epic proportions Disadvantages: The book can sometimes get lost in its own complexity ...the universe of the 'Culture', Look to Windward is based around the encounters of a multitude of characters as they await a space-station mind's celebrations to mark the anniversary of a great genocide. Although the story starts slowly, the level of detail and pure pleasure associated with life on the space-station keep the reader interested. As the characters, a mix of diplomats, assassins and composers, begin to swing from system to system, the ... ...are literally unimaginable then sample Look to Windward. It is however an epic book, a space opera rather than what I like to call 'normal' stories (drama, crime, love etc.) set in space, therefore perhaps one to avoid for the casual sci-fi reader. I hope you enjoy a book which I have read again and again. ... tibejw 24.02.2007 · Read full review Ciao members have rated this review on average: somewhat helpful Review of Look to Windward - Iain M. Banks	Would you read it again? Story Characters Readability How does it compare to ...