----- Original Message ----- From: "Miller, Jeffrey" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, July 22, 2002 12:18 PM Subject: RE: The Player of Games
> > > > -----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 Man, I cannot tell you how much I disliked UOW. But I loved Excession. xponent Against A Dark Startide Rising Maru rob
