[geeks] books for fun?

[Will Mc Donald]

From: "Kurt Mosiejczuk" <kurt at csh.rit.edu>
> On Sat, 22 Jun 2002, David Cantrell wrote:
>
> > Right now, I'm reading Iain M. Banks "Inversions" and Robert Sobel "For
> > Want of a Nail".  And in non-computer non-fiction, I'm reading Gibbon.
>
> Iain M. Banks is an author a buddy of mine put me on to.  VERY good
> stuff.  Although some of it is VERY dark.  Really.  Said friend lent
> me "Against a Dark Background" with the warning of "It's very dark."
> Heck, at halfway through, I thought that.  It got worse.
>
> Don't get me wrong though, as bleak as it is, it's one of the best
> books I've read.  Very worth picking up.  And, he's getting more
> exposure on this side of the pond now.  When my friend started reading
> Banks, he shopped amazon.co.uk quite a lot.

If you like Banks try to get a hold of some John Brunner too. Stand on
Zanzibar and the Sheep Look Up are the most widely available. Stand on
Zanzibar is one of my all-time favourite books.

I think my favourite Iain M Banks is Excession, I just love all the banter and
piss-taking between the Minds and the space battles are superb.

Will.