Iain M Banks
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- detritus0
I read Snow Crash years ago and thought it excellent. Actually, whilst reading it I wasn't magnificently impressed - but then it took on another form in my head and has stayed with me ever since. I'm increasingly tempted to reference it with the emergence of nChan and LOLcatism - maybe we haven't got viruses that can kill just yet, but I'm sure some of these memes can lobotomise.
I'ma gonna check out your recommendations, see if they've got them down at my new hangout.
Incidentally, have you read the Hyperion Omnibus by Dan Simmons? Pretty good read (though, a slightly flat pay off) - but I found it remarkable how in tune it is with Banks' work - and I think Simmons' work foreruns (can I use that word like that?) Banks by a couple of years. It's the whole space opera schtick - gotta love a deeply-thought out universe.
- I've heard of him I think but not read any. I'll check him out, takelpie