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"Against a Dark Background" by Iain M. Banks

Rating: 3/5

Iain M. Banks, Against a Dark Background (London: Orbit, 1995).

Well I’m afraid this is it for me and Iain...

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  May11, 2012      0 minutes, 53 seconds
  Books>Fiction      3star, Iain M. Banks, scifi

"State of the Art" by Iain M. Banks

Rating: 3/5

 Iain M. Banks, The State of the Art (London: Orbit, 1991).

Well this book is more of a novella. It’s group...

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  April25, 2012      0 minutes, 33 seconds
  Books>Fiction      3star, Iain M. Banks, scifi, 3star, Iain M. Banks, scifi

"Use of Weapons" by Iain M. Banks

Rating: 4/5

Iain M. Banks, Use of Weapons (London: Orbit, 1992).

Well this was a huge step up from Player of Games. T...

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  April18, 2012      1 minute, 39 seconds
  Books>Fiction      4star, Iain M. Banks, scifi

"Consider Phlebas" by Iain M. Banks

Rating: 3/5

Iain M. Banks, Consider Phlebas (London: Orbit, 1988).

This is the first of what Banks calls his “Culture N...

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  March25, 2012      1 minute, 14 seconds
  Books>Fiction      3star, Iain M. Banks, scifi

"Player of Games" by Iain M. Banks

Rating: 2/5

Iain M. Banks, The Player of Games (London: Orbit, 1989).

Being a gamer myself, I had high hopes for this b...

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  March25, 2012      0 minutes, 52 seconds
  Books>Fiction      2star, Iain M. Banks, scifi
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    Long-running site where you can play abstract strategy board games
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    Eventual successor to Super Duper Games
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    List of empirical research on topics related to editing
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    Plugin for Word with some tools I regularly use
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    If you want to play Gnostica but not with Tarot
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