From: Rick Rutherford <rickr@s...>
Date: Fri, 19 May 2000 15:09:08 -0400
Subject: RE: [OT] Suggested Sci-Fi [CLEAN STAMP]
Hi all, I haven't had any problems finding Iain Banks' sci-fi novels here in the USA -- "Player of Games" is excellent (and would be appropriate for any of the members of this list -- heh heh heh...) and "Use of Weapons" is horrific and fascinating.
From: Allan Goodall <agoodall@a...>
Date: Sat, 20 May 2000 00:42:51 -0400
Subject: Re: [OT] Suggested Sci-Fi [CLEAN STAMP]
On Fri, 19 May 2000 15:09:08 -0400, "Rick Rutherford" <Rick@esr.com> wrote: > I haven't had any problems finding Iain Banks' sci-fi novels here No problem here in Canada, either. I haven't read a lot of his, but I enjoyed "Player of Games". His first Culture novel wasn't bad, but this was better. His non-sci-fi books are pretty good, but I'd imagine some on the list would take offence by a couple of them. *S* "The Crow Road" (essentially magic realism) was made into a pretty good British mini-series. Looks like it's time for me to peruse Amazon.uk again...
From: Michael Llaneza <maserati@e...>
Date: Fri, 19 May 2000 23:43:12 -0700
Subject: Re: [OT] Suggested Sci-Fi [CLEAN STAMP]
> At 12:42 AM -0400 5/20/00, Allan Goodall wrote: wrote: > I haven't had any problems finding Iain Banks' sci-fi novels here The Wasp Factory can best be considered as a more extreme "Catrher in the Rye". It's a terrific psych piece about a warped youth, but oh my. Maybe a little like South Park, but not done as a comedy...