Matter (Culture, #8)

Posted on 04 December 2018 by Iain M. Banks

In a world renowned within a galaxy full of wonders, a crime within a war For one brother it means a desperate flight, and a search for the one maybe two people who could clear his name For his brother it means a life lived under constant threat of treachery and murder And for their sister, it means returning to a place she d thought abandoned forever.Only the sister is not what she once was Djan Seriy Anaplian has become an agent of the Culture s Special Circumstances section, charged with high level interference in civilisations throughout the greater galaxy.Concealing her new identity and her particular set of abilities might be a dangerous strategy In the world to which Anaplian returns, nothing is quite as it seems and determining the appropriate level of interference in someone else s war is never a simple matter. New Download Matter (Culture, #8) author Iain M. Banks For Kindle ePUB or eBook – kino-fada.fr The eighth book in the culture series If you re reading this, you re familiar with the Culture, and you don t need yet another review telling you how fantastic this particular entry is All I ll say is that it s no exception, and stands right up there with all the others.Two quotes that really stood out for me from this fantastic book Behave honourably and wish for a good death He d always dismissed it as self serving bullshit, frankly most of the people he d been told were his betters were The eighth book in the culture series If you re reading this, you re familiar with the Culture, and you don t need yet another review telling you how fantastic this particular entry is All I ll say is that it s no exceptio...This is one of those horribly complicated books that is simultaneously strong and weak in the same exact areas at the same time groan I mean, it starts off strongly with fantasy type trials and tribulations in the empire, a king dying and his son being supplanted by the king s best friend, taking over the kingdom Pretty standard but ...This is a book I really wanted to like, and failed I like Iain M Banks style, I like his willingness to run risks, to give you the whole punch And in this book, he barely delivers.The book are 500 pages of set up, and forty pages of resolution, and not a very satisfying one.Too many characters doing not very interesting things in utmost detail, and then the interesting parts are just glossed over Add wooden and not very new in his books characters, when part of his magic is making great in This is a book I really wanted to like, and failed I like Iain M Banks style, I like his willingness to run risks, to give you the whole punch And in this book, he barely delivers.The book are 500 pages of set up, and forty pages of resolution, and not a very satisfying one.Too many characters doing not very interesting things in utmost detail, and then the interesting parts are just glossed over Add wooden and not very new in his books characters, when part of his magic is making great inhuman characters This time even the humans are flat.The only real interest are a few imaginary locations, which are well thought and well presented But that s it, nice locations, a quite straightforward plot advancing at a glacial pace during the set up.I want to emphasize the glossing over Here we lose the high ad...Swirling patterns Weird, vaguely familiar, futuristic music Is it the Doctor Who theme tune Slowly the camera pulls back to show the title Celebrity Death Match Special Blackadder versus The Culture and we realize it s an unusual setting of the Blackadder song.Dissolve to ROWAN ATKINSON and HUGH LAURIE, who looks rather unhappy ATKINSON Is everything alright, sir LAURIE Oh yes, rather, absolutely spiffing, top hole, couldn t be better Except for one little thing.The rest of this review isSwirling patterns Weird, vaguely familiar, futuristic music Is it the Doctor Who theme tune Slowly the camera pulls back to show the title Celebrity Death Match S...Matter starts out with some baroque steampunk fantasia with grim political dealings that reminds me of Jack Vance, George R.R Martin, and Mervyn Peake Than it switches to a wide screen galactic romp and winds ups as a apocalyptic high tech thriller withthan couple elements from Alastair Reynold s Revelation Space There is three pronged story moving through these stages involving three siblings The relation between Ferbin and his servant Holse is filled with odd couple comedy like Cerva Matter starts out with some baroque steampunk fantasia with grim political dealings that reminds me of Jack Vance, George R.R Martin, and Mervyn Peake Than it switches to a wide screen galactic romp and winds ups as a apocalyptic high tech thriller withthan couple elements from Alastair Reynold s Revelation Space There is three pronged story moving through these stages involving three siblings The relation between Ferbin and his servant Holse is filled with o...I d go as far as saying that this is the 3rd best novel in the series so far, after The Player of Games and Use of Weapons in that order I was blown away by the quality of the story, the interesting and well developed characters, and the sheer scale of the novel Four stars, highly recommended but if you haven t read Culture novels before, I recommend just starting at the beginning Consider Phlebas is still the weakest novel in the series, but it is the first one and sort of a rite of p I d go as far as saying that this is the 3rd best novel in the series so far, afte...The 8th book in The Culture series i.e Matter was a big let down for me, because it had pretty interesting ideas like Shell word and Nest world but Banks spends so much time exploring those ideas, and giving you info dumps regarding those ideas that the story of the book takes a back seat in the whole book Also he uses a lot of complex names for his characters which after some time becomes quite irritating as you do not have index on audio book to remember all the characters.Some of the strong The 8th book in The Culture series i.e Matter was a big let down for me, because it had pretty interesting ideas like Shell word and Nest world but Banks spends so much time exploring those ideas, and giving you info dumps regarding those ideas that the story of the book takes a back seat in the whole book Also he uses a lot of complex names for his characters which after some time becomes quite irritating as you do not have index on audio book to remember all the characters.Some of the strong points of the book are1 Shell world2 Different species involved.3 A decent plot.S...2 1 15 I really wanted to love this It began in a very fascinating way, a revenge story that I was really looking forward to By the end, it reminded me of Star Trek V, and unfortunately, not in a good way Still, even with the flaws, Matter is an incredible book with incredible ideas I ll write a full review at some point Wisdom is silence These Shellworlds are absolutely fascinating, especially their connection to the planets of the dead and Consider Phlebas Damn, am so happy to be rea 2 1 15 I really wanted to love this It began in a very fascinating way, a revenge story that...Where sprawling becomes a bad kind of sprawling, like, sprawling in the street after passing out from a night on the razz, only with less sodium lights anddragon type creatures floating around your mind, no wait, floating around your mind in a concentric kind of world within a world complete with medieval peasant types, futuristic warrior types and fey castle kingdoms, and flying dragon type things and WAR always WAR Yaargh but sprawling in that needy grasping way that only that som Where sprawling becomes a bad kind of sprawling, like, sprawling in the street after passing out from a night on the razz, only with less sodium lights anddragon type creatures floating around your mind, no wait, floating around your mind in a concentric kind of world within a world complete with medieval peasant types, futuristic warrior types and fey castle kingdoms, and flying dragon type things and WAR always WAR Yaargh but sprawling in that needy grasping way that only that some sprawlers supine and almost contrite with their imposition upon you can sprawl, like, suffocatinga hand grabbing your trouser cuff, an old friend you try and shake off because he s not who you knew, the whole affair leaving...This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers To view it, click here Got it, read it, loved it To be true Iain M Banks Culture novels had always already distinguished themselves by being remarkable for having a plot, a good plot, an intelligent good plot, that is not utterly unbelievable or alien ahem, apart from being set in the far future and in outer space etc On that score you will not be dissappointed here either Two, three andplot lines seemelessly intertwine, split, multiply and ultimately coalesce onceinto a grand finale Equally the lan Got it, read it, loved it To be true Iain M Banks Culture novels had always already distinguished themselves by being remarkable for having a plot, a good plot, an intelligent good plot, that is not utterly unbelievable or alien ahem, apart from being set in the far future and in outer space etc On that score you will not be dissappointed here either Two, three andplot lines seemelessly intertwine, split, multiply and ultimately coalesce onceinto a grand finale Equally the language and vocabul...

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04 December 2018

Iain M. Banks