Thursday, May 31, 2007

Bank On It.

Iain M Banks is an amazing author of grand science fiction told within a coherent overarching setting, yet each book can be read independent of the others. Banks also has some of the best space ship names ever committed to paper. (I won't spoil anything by telling you some but Banks is imaginative.) Banks is also good at setting the scene of his stories, and the reader is quickly swept up in the vistas he describes.
A Banks novel is always going to include complex, but not confusing, storyline with politics and war all playing a part in driving the plot forward. When reading it is easy to sit back and let the words flow over you like a river that sweeps you along.
If you don't like the sound of Banks' science fiction, you could try his general fiction published under the name of Iain Banks. These too are well worth reading, with their supernatural twists and family dramas.
In other news Star Wars turned 30 this month. (I can't believe I'm only a few months older than Star Wars.) So Happy Birthday and hopefully people will continue to enjoy watching this landmark film.

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