Consider Phlebas

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• Consider Phlebas

  Consider Phlebas is the first of Iain M. Banks' Culture novels. It is space opera on the grand scale, set in the middle of an immense war between the Culture and the Idirans, but its plot revolves around a personal story. A Culture Mind has escaped a ... (read full critics)

  dannyreviews published on Fri, 27 Aug 2010

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  Overwhelming

  My first foray into Banks Culture (and SF) novels.. a whole new world, a whole new way to write imaginative, broad, novels against a dark (pardon, an SF) background.
  Thanks to SFX for reviewing it. Since then, SFX is my primary mean of discovering new authors and books in the SF/Fantasy genre. ... (continue)

  My first foray into Banks Culture (and SF) novels.. a whole new world, a whole new way to write imaginative, broad, novels against a dark (pardon, an SF) background.
  Thanks to SFX for reviewing it. Since then, SFX is my primary mean of discovering new authors and books in the SF/Fantasy genre.. and not only SFsince Banks has written many notable mainstream novels. Notably.. Dead Air and Canal Dreams.

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  zontar said on Nov 12, 2007 | Add your feedback

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  a blast!

  The first Culture novel I read, suggested by my colleague after a month in the new (at the time) job. It took me a while to get hooked to it, but once done, I devoured it.
  It's amazingly complex, narrated exquisitely, and leaves you craving for more. Recommended if you want to read some proper scien ... (continue)

  The first Culture novel I read, suggested by my colleague after a month in the new (at the time) job. It took me a while to get hooked to it, but once done, I devoured it.
  It's amazingly complex, narrated exquisitely, and leaves you craving for more. Recommended if you want to read some proper science fiction, with a lot of Scot humour.

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  Viollka said on May 26, 2010 | Add your feedback

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  Worst Culture book yet, Banks definitely puts the opera into space opera here. The whole story is pretty much linearly told from a single viewpoint, but what also doesn't help is that a lot of the plot is superfluous and boring.

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  alper said on Aug 11, 2009 | Add your feedback

• Unstoppable

  My first Culture novel, and what a ball it is!

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  OwnedLibrarian said on Jun 14, 2008 | Add your feedback

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  This was my first culture book, and my first Banks book as well, and I must say it has been the best culture book I've read so far. The images that Banks draws are amazing, the story telling breathtaking, and as usual the story line it self very well written and thought of.

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  Omar said on Apr 6, 2008 | Add your feedback

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  I cannot say enough how upset I am that this book has ended. I now am going to have to trawl around trying to find more Iain M Banks... this should not be hard!

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  Ella Williams said on Nov 13, 2007 | Add your feedback

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• English Books
• Paperback 544 Pages
• ISBN-10: 031600538X
• ISBN-13: 9780316005388
• Publisher: Orbit
• Pub date: Mar 26, 2008
• Also available as: Mass Market Paperback, Hardcover, Others and eBook
• In other languages: other languages Deutsche Bücher, Libri Italiani

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