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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.

Date: 2010-10-21 09:08 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] heron61.livejournal.com
Wow, The Quantum Thief looks like exactly my sort of book - damn you for reading books only avaiable in the UK :)

Date: 2010-10-21 10:04 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] coalescent.livejournal.com
US edition due from Tor next summer.

Date: 2010-10-21 10:41 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] heron61.livejournal.com
That's far too long away :) I suspect that paying for this booked to be shipped from the UK is in my very near future.

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