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... I would feel better if it was a swap of some sort: I need to get books *out* of the house, not into it!)
Based on Use of Weapons, I would recommend his stuff. It's not the heaviest sci-fi I've ever read (I'd include some of the trippy mathematics in Diaspora by Greg Egan as some of ... I managed to squeeze in one more finished book into September: Use of Weapons grabbed my attention and would not let go. crimson-tide, it shall be in the mail to you in a few days! (Yay!)
Killer of an ending which Mr TQD - having read the book at some stage while it was in our house - loathed ... ... of bookrings (a little bump on the side of Mt TBR (1001 Books)). It's not my usual choice of a "fluffy" bedtime book, but Use of Weapons is still taking a while, and I really must get the bookring situation under control... ... stashed all over the house so I can grab one without the kids noticing (if they see me move, they demand stuff).
Finding Use of Weapons a trickier read than I was hoping. Some sentences just don't seem to scan, so there's a bit of re-reading of paragraphs (and staring out the window of the ... ... so it comes with an Adult Content warning from me. :) And a great story, well told.
And then jumped straight into Use of Weapons, which after a slow start (I think the change from Victorian lesbians to sci-fi was possibly a bit much) caught my attention.
Meanwhile, I almost burst ... ... (they had rearranged the art & design section!!!) there are always some books whispering my name... ;-)
This time it was The use of weapons and After Dark.
I noted that since last visit to this particular shop they have installed reading zones, with easy chairs and tables.
Nice. That ... ... up with the moderators (?) of BookObsessed.
I do have the occasional outstanding book (those damned Sue Graftons!), but Weapons of Use is the really (REALLY!) embarrassingly outstanding one. I don't mind how long it takes you send Use of Weapons wookiebender. It's not as if I haven't enough books to read . . . and another two big baggies of books just landed in my post box today. What fun. One from a generous bookcrosser, and one is a stack I bought on OZtion recently. I don't ... ... as my trashy night-time read as I owe it to JennyMidget on the relays.
(And crimson-tide, I am still aware of owing you Use of Weapons from the relays from many (MANY!) months ago! I was all set to finally get it back from TuesdayNext this week, but she had to cancel because of sick kids. And ... ... of Man -Robert Silverberg
20)At the Mountains of Madness-HP Lovecraft
21)A Case of Conscience- James Blish
22)Use of Weapons-Iain M Banks
23)The Paradox Men -Charles Harness
24)Hyperion Cantos-Hyperion/Fall of Hyperion -Dan Simmons
25)Stations of the Tide -Michael Swanwic ... ... (1980 - 1983)
Brian Aldiss - Helliconia trilogy (1982 - 1985)
C.J. Cherryh - Cyteen (1988)
Iain M. Banks - Use Of Weapons (1990)
Vernor Vinge - A Fire Upon The Deep (1992)
Kim Stanley Robinson - Mars Trilogy (1992 - 1996)
Paul McAuley - Fairyland (1995)
Tim ... ... ter
2 Dune, Frank Herbert
3 Take Back Plenty, Colin Greenland
4 Red Mars, Kim Stanley Robinson
5 Use of Weapons, Iain Banks
6 Life During Wartime, Lucius Shepard
7 The Time Ships, Stephen Baxter
8 Life, Gwyneth Jones
9 Somewhere East of Life ... Black Man, Richard K. Morgan
Take Back Plenty, Colin Greenland
Red Mars, Kim Stanley Robinson
Use of Weapons, Iain Banks
Life During Wartime, Lucius Shepard
The Time Ships, Stephen Baxter
The Second Angel, Philip Kerr
Life*, Gwyneth Jones
Somewh ... Use of Weapons is a good example, but Banks' first novel (not marketed as SF) The Wasp Factory might be even better.
By the way I find it interesting that the original poster says not interested in clichéd fairy story style realisations of destiny, right after mentioning the Amber series (m ... I'm not sure if Use of Weapons fits the bill. ... ;)
The World of Null-A is about this as well, but I'm not terribly fond of that book.
I suppose one could put Use of Weapons in this category as well.
Not SF, but a real good noir one of this type of story is Buddwing by Evan Hunter.
Made into a film with James Garner:
G ... ... a book and what you liked or disliked about it without talking about plot specifics.
The best example I can think of is Use of Weapons by Iain Banks. There's a major, book-changing plot revelation partway through; I don't remember if it's past your 2/3 cutoff or not, but it's clearly ...
Check out Iain M Banks' Use of Weapons. I think you'll be pleasantly surprised.
I could also recommend Thomas Disch's Camp Concentration. That's an SF novel with a literary aspect.
Also, you could check out Dan Simmons' Hyperion series : Hyperion and Fall of the Hyperion which ... The Use of Weapons by Iain Banks ... The Dark is Rising and decided to re-read the series.
Ian Banks
- Look to Windward
- Excession - reviewed
- Use of Weapons - reviewed
- The Bridge - reviewed
I got inspired to read and re-read a bunch of Ian Banks's books when I was cataloging, and even added a couple more to ... C j Cherryh's Morgaine Saga covers it pretty well.
Timeline for more of a thriller take.
Use of Weapons sort of time travel.
Douglas Adams pick it up in some of the hitchhiker's and Dirk Gently books.... weirdly as always.
or you could try the tag
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