This week's reading

[andrewducker]

Just finished the new Iain M Banks (Surface Detail), which I thoroughly enjoyed. I'd been worrying about it a bit, as I've given up on the mainstream Iain Banks novels a while back, but it hung together incredibly well, and I found the book incredibly hard to put down. Recommended (although I'm not sure how well someone who hasn't read some of the previous Culture novels would get on with it.)

Now I've started The Quantum Thief, which was recommended by a couple of people who got advance reading copies. Only about 10 pages in so far, but it's ticking all the right buttons (the opening scenes are set within a virtual prison based around The Prisoner's Dilemma). Oh, and the back cover has a recommendation by someone called "Charles Stross", who also seemed to like it.

Comments

[heron61.livejournal.com]

Wow, The Quantum Thief looks like exactly my sort of book - damn you for reading books only avaiable in the UK :)

[andrewhickey.livejournal.com]

Will have to check out The Quantum Thief - looks exactly my kind of thing.
(Though I'll have to get through the collected works of Mr Stross first - after years of seeing him comment on your LJ, finally bought one of his books three weeks ago. And another two weeks ago. And another last week...)

[communicator.livejournal.com]

I have just started Surface Detail on audio, and now I am keen to devour it

[dalglir.livejournal.com]

I'd seen that Banks had Surface Detail out and popped into Waterstones with dalglivk (as we were passing) so she could pre-emptively get a copy as my birthday is coming up soon.

Then I also spotted The City and the City AND Kraken by China Mieville (sadly neither of which appear to be Bas Lag novels) AND The Evolutionary Void by Hamilton (part 3 of a trilogy of which I have read the first 2).

So I came away with a haul of 4 books, none of I get to read until the end of November. Quite looking forward to the Banks book. Was a bit disappointed with The Algebraist. I need more Excession type writing :)

[d-c-m.livejournal.com]

One of my colleagues gave me a Culture novel to read. Very good. I am trying to read another one. They are very detailed and I feel like I am an archeologist sifting through sand to find the pottery shard and when I do, wow it is worth it!

[snarlish.livejournal.com]

I've read no iain m banks books, and didn't really plan too, but i recently finished iain banks' transition and enjoyed it quite a bit. Since I did, any M banks I should dip into?