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Iain M Banks - 'Culture series' • Page 14
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elstoof 26,654 posts
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Technoishmatt 4,891 posts
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Registered 7 years agoThat's gonna be tough! Hope they manage it. -
mal 29,326 posts
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Registered 19 years agoCan we make a TV topic thread for this then? Not having you streaming TV turds in my lovely book thread. -
evild_edd 4,289 posts
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Interesting news. Hope they do it justice. -
figgis 7,721 posts
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Registered 15 years agoDennis Kelly is the guy who wrote Utopia, that was good (and pretty Dark). -
Plant 356 posts
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Registered 14 years agoThat's ace news.
I've just finished re-reading it a few weeks ago. I just hope the series is well received enough that they make Player of Games and Look to Windward. -
The12thMonkey 569 posts
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Registered 16 years agoIt is great news, and makes for an interesting development for a studio - aside from a couple of characters, the only recurring part is the universe.
Player of Games would be brilliant if they get to it, but Use of Weapons was always my favourite... but how does that translate to screen? -
elstoof 26,654 posts
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Registered 15 years agoIt doesn’t really, unless they completely changed it beyond recognition -
mudskipp 152 posts
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Registered 5 years agoI don't know how well a tv series could convey the feeling of massiveness and distance in the books, but would definitely be interested to see the finger licking islanders section.. That bit really went through me -
StixxUK 8,535 posts
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Registered 18 years agoAnyone got any similar authors and where would you recommend I start
I've got Alastair Reynolds and Peter F. Hamilton on the list so far.
Although weirdly, the first Hamilton book, Pandora's Star is not available in physical format anywhere, the only way I seem to be able to find it is digital. -
RyanDS 13,695 posts
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Registered 12 years agoThe gap cycle by Stephen Donaldson is stinking and has a dark side like Banks works. -
cov 2,425 posts
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Registered 17 years agoGap series is brilliant.. Richard Morgan and Neil Asher are in the same vein in different ways
Banks said he write consider phlebeas in particular with the screen in mind... it's ideal -
cov 2,425 posts
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Registered 17 years agoMichael Marshall smith too -
elstoof 26,654 posts
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Registered 15 years agoPeople have talked about Anne Leckie’s debut series being in the same vein but I couldn’t get into it. Dropped the first one about a 1/4 of the way through but YMMV -
cov 2,425 posts
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Registered 17 years agoMe too... couldn't finish first
Same with Jeff thingy annihilation stuff ... read first but left me cold -
elstoof 26,654 posts
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Registered 15 years agoJust so dry, wasn’t it -
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