At 02:15 PM 1/26/2003 -0500, you wrote:
Kevin Tarr wrote:Sorry, I really though someone else wrote that. That's what I get for reading e-mail after sleeping for ten hours. (Life without kids or girlfriends part one).
>Please Andy don't think Use of Weapons is a bad book*.
Andy, Jim, practically the same guy. ;-)
>As Rich says, it is most everyone's favorite.
Now, is that among true Banks fans? It certainly sounds like people without a predisposition to like Banks aren't so fond of it. Is there something about it that is that off-putting?
>I read Excession first and I thought it was a good book. Maybe a
>little long but I certainly liked some of the hard scifi stuff, like
>the ship that became a giant engine and how it moved through space,
>or in and out of space.
I'll add that to the list. If I ever finish writing the submission to Necromancer Games I'm working on, maybe I'll have time for pleasure reading again . . .
>I liked CP a lot more than TPoG but YMMV.
I'll let you know how it goes. :)
Jim
What is the necromancer games?
Kevin T.
Real people want to know.
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