http://groups.yahoo.com/group/iainmbanks/ The science fiction novels of Iain Banks Sat, 24 Oct 2009 19:40:34 GMT amerelium http://groups.yahoo.com/group/iainmbanks/message/239 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/iainmbanks/message/239 Love Excession... Tue, 29 Sep 2009 01:41:51 GMT Monwar Hussain Development HR http://groups.yahoo.com/group/iainmbanks/message/238 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/iainmbanks/message/238 Tastes vary... :) Was going through the last part of Eisenhorn yesterday... would suggest some Dan Abnett to everyone in this group... GOOD! :) Sun, 27 Sep 2009 11:15:08 GMT tim9a http://groups.yahoo.com/group/iainmbanks/message/237 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/iainmbanks/message/237 ... Oohh!!! Fighting talk...! Excession one of my least favourites... For me Feersum Endjinn stands out; after that maybe Look to Windward... Tim Sun, 27 Sep 2009 01:27:22 GMT Monwar Hussain Development HR http://groups.yahoo.com/group/iainmbanks/message/236 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/iainmbanks/message/236 I intend to, except Dawn of War 2 and all those Warhammer 40k books are eating up my time like anything. Makes a perfect complement to Banks... Dan Abnett... Sat, 26 Sep 2009 10:38:47 GMT tim9a http://groups.yahoo.com/group/iainmbanks/message/235 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/iainmbanks/message/235 ... Definitely worth sticking with... one of the better ones in my opinion Tim Sat, 26 Sep 2009 10:37:56 GMT tim9a http://groups.yahoo.com/group/iainmbanks/message/234 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/iainmbanks/message/234 ... Just starting Matter now... In fact I'd forgotten I had it on the shelf!! Tim Thu, 24 Sep 2009 03:37:23 GMT Monwar Hussain Development HR http://groups.yahoo.com/group/iainmbanks/message/233 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/iainmbanks/message/233 I am going through the Algebraist right now. The story is great, but I can't seem to continue with it at a stretch. A bit too... umm... 'intangible' at some Sun, 20 Sep 2009 14:35:25 GMT phoenicks_uk http://groups.yahoo.com/group/iainmbanks/message/231 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/iainmbanks/message/231 Heh, almost a year since you replied. This is a very slow-time conversation... Yep, I enjoyed the Algebraist a lot too. Matter, the last book, was also a top Mon, 06 Oct 2008 09:05:38 GMT tim9a http://groups.yahoo.com/group/iainmbanks/message/223 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/iainmbanks/message/223 ... belated reply... havent started it yet. In fact I've just finished The Algebraist, which I had been a little reluctant to start as I'd seen a mediocre Mon, 06 Oct 2008 08:58:23 GMT tim9a http://groups.yahoo.com/group/iainmbanks/message/222 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/iainmbanks/message/222 ... being ... Well I could say that this part of your post is off-topic, but that'd be churlish... But then I might also say, "at last a post that isnt spam" Sun, 05 Oct 2008 18:29:00 GMT trevor5653 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/iainmbanks/message/221 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/iainmbanks/message/221 I have heard that Walking on Glass is about an old peoples home and have just read that The Bridge is about a man in a coma. Is there a definitive list of Tue, 03 Jun 2008 23:18:05 GMT phoenicks_uk http://groups.yahoo.com/group/iainmbanks/message/218 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/iainmbanks/message/218 Tim Have you finished it yet? I'm currently in the closing 100 odd pages (got it as a 40th birthday pressie in April - most surprised as I hadn't spotted it Sat, 05 Apr 2008 07:16:43 GMT tim9a http://groups.yahoo.com/group/iainmbanks/message/216 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/iainmbanks/message/216 ... which ... I dont think they are particulalry related, so it doesnt matter... ... Mine is Feersum Endjinn, but it isnt a Culture novel. Tim Tue, 25 Mar 2008 21:41:10 GMT kurvanas http://groups.yahoo.com/group/iainmbanks/message/214 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/iainmbanks/message/214 Very Important Matter http://thomasfortenberry.net/?p=1923 I suppose you all know that Banks' next Culture book has arrived: Mattter. Cannot wait to read this. Mon, 24 Mar 2008 03:06:59 GMT Monwar Hussain Development HR http://groups.yahoo.com/group/iainmbanks/message/212 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/iainmbanks/message/212 Hello all, New member here: Monwar, 25, from Dhaka, Bangladesh. I work as an Organizational Development executive in a telecom firm here. Enjoyed Banks'