> -----Original Message-----
> From: Lalith Vipulananthan [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Monday, July 22, 2002 09:23 AM
> To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]'
> Subject: RE: The Player of Games
>
>
> >The Player of Games was an excellent read,
> >illustrating an interesting, lush universe, and featuring an
> >unpleasant but viscerally thrilling kick in the nether regions
> >at one point. A nifty plot, some cool characters, and a nice
> >framework.
>
> Yup. I love the whole Culture idea but for some reason or
> another, I didn't really enjoy TPoG as much as "Use of
> Weapons" and "Consider Phlebas". I need to re-read the early
> Culture books since I read "Use of Weapons" first and it
> affected my enjoyment of the other Culture novels (ie none of
> them really measured up to it!)
Ditto. I just finished TPoG, and while it was a good read, it pales next to the two
you mention above.
> >Overall I liked it a lot, and I will likely be looking at more
> >of his work.
>
> I'd go for "Use of Weapons", "Consider Phlebas" and "Feersum
> Endjinn" myself. I wasn't entirely convinced by "Excession"
> nor "Inversions". "Against a Dark Background" just seemed
> nihilistic to me.
Use of Weapons gets my vote, definately
-j-
