Use of Weapons (Culture, #3)

Posted on 16 September 2017 by Iain M. Banks

Cheradenine is an ex special circumstance agent who had been raised to eminence by a woman named Diziet Skaffen Amtiskaw, the drone, had saved her life and it believes Cheradenine to be a burnt out case But not even its machine intelligence can see the horrors in his past. Download Use of Weapons (Culture, #3) author Iain M. Banks – kino-fada.fr PrologueStars were barely visible through the tiny oval The reader looked up from his novel, blinked Checked his watch still hours to go His wife sat slumped next to him, still asleep Some people could sleep on planes Some people couldn t What are you reading asked the man on the reader s left.The reader checked himself before the sigh escaped him He hated it when people talked to him on planes Especially when he was trying to read Especially when he was reading a book with a space PrologueStars were barely visible through the tiny oval The reader looked up from his novel, blinked Checked his watch still hours to go His wife sat slumped next to him, still asleep Some people could sleep on planes Some people couldn t What...This is an absolute masterpiece I don t think I really have anything else to add that others haven t already said Read it.WATCH OUT, SPOILERS but I will try to keep things vague.the name of the game is Influence you re a good progressive super society, you don t want to interfere too much, just enough, in the small but important ways that will put this little not so super society onto the right path on the path towards respect for life and individual liberty, on a path away from domination and plutocracy you want to work from the outside of it all, subtly, whispering in this ear, supporting that action, slowly WATCH OUT, SPOILERS but I will try to keep things vague.the name of the game is Influence you re a good progressive super society, you don t want to interfere too much, just enough, in the small but important ways that will put this little not so super society onto the right pat...This is a rather surprising novel I mean, on the one hand, it is filled with glorious ultraviolence, satisfying all atavistic tendencies, but on the other hand, it s almost poetry, devoted to all the ideals that the Culture is known for Peace, objectivism, minimalistic good, and respect Where does war really fit Well, in the end, there s always a niche for everything, and, indeed, everyone So what was so damn surprising I can t, I won t, tell you sigh It s a long story, full of daring do, This is a rather surprising novel I mean, on the one hand, it is filled with glorious ultraviolence, satisfying all atavistic tendencies, but on the other hand, it s almost poetry, devoted to all the ideals that the Culture is known for Peace, objectivism, minimalistic good, and respect Where does war really fit Well, in the end, there s always a niche for everything, and, indeed, everyone So what was so damn surprising I can t, I won t, tell you sigh It s a long story, full of daring do, future feeling, peace striving effort.It s also a story told backward, a reflection of now told one scene in the past going further and further back, fleshing out and building the character of the One Who Uses Weapons, eventually ending the book where he began sigh I m sorry This was and exhausting tale, thrilling and surprising I...I d prefer to sit on the floor, thanks No, really I ll feelcomfortable that way.I m sorry Oh, just something I read It doesn t matter To be honest, I d rather not talk about it.Probably Bank s best science fiction novel and one of his best works generally Cheradinine Zakalwe, Diziet Sma and Skaffen Amiskaw are, together, his most interesting group of characters The structure of this novel makes it worthy of note on its own Written in interwoven chapters, it is made up of two alternating narrative streams one indicated by Arabic numerals and the other by Roman ones One moves forward chronologically,...June 9, 2013It s a sad day for me I won t speak for anyone else on the passing of Iain M Banks I will only speak for myself, and for myself this is a sad, sad day I came to Banks circuitously A close friend of mine was teaching Wasp Factory in a class he d designed about serial killer literature, and of all the books on his syllabus he told me to read Wasp Factory, so I did, and I loved every page And then I drifted away from Banks for a good long while until my sister moved to Scotland June 9, 2013It s a sad day for me I won t speak for anyone else on the passing of Iain M Banks I will only speak for myself, and for myself this is a sad, sad day I came to Banks circuitously A close friend of mine was teaching Wasp Factory...Ian Banks is one of the most overrated authors in science fiction.Allow me to qualify that He is not a bad writer This book is just about interesting enough to complete It s very sad that he is currently dying of cancer I guess it s good that he attracts fans of the literary genre to read sci fi But the god like reverence with which he is praised is entirely unjustified.I had read Consider Phlebas years ago and dismissed B...ode to zakalwewhen all life is violencerooted, bound, inescapableeverything is a weapon.this cannot be overstated.memory, worship, flesh, loveinhibition, action, demand, careshoelace, knife, gun, nukeblood, shame, slinkythe gas chamber killsthanthe good books killthanthe chemical weapons killthanthe pamphlet k...There are two stories, but you know most of one of them I ll tell them at the same time see if you can tell which is which The hyper advanced civilization that calls itself The Culture views itself as thoroughly utopian post scarcity, anarchistic yet pacifist, honest and easy going, giving equal respect to all, whether mortal or machine Out of beneficence or boredom the Culture has set itself the task of bringing a little of its enlightenment to the surrounding civilizations but of co There are two stories, but you know most of one of them I ll tell them at the same time see if you can tell which is which The hyper advanced civilization that calls itself The Culture views itself as thoroughly utopian post scarcity, anarchistic yet pacifist, honest and easy going, giving equal respect to all, whether mortal or machine Out of beneficence or boredom the Culture has set itself the task of bringing a little of its enlightenment to the surrounding civilizations but of course the altruism is entirely unadulterated by imperialism.The Culture is far too noble to interfere directly, of course Instead, it keeps its hands clean by using external agents agents like Cheradine Zakalwe as its weapons A little influence applied to the current leaders, an assassination or two, a touch of deception, a military strategist who decides the outcomeit s all for the greater good, of course As a member of the Culture s so called S.C branch exp...

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16 September 2017

Iain M. Banks