Comments on: Iain M. Banks: The Player of Games http://dfan.org/blog/2009/06/05/iain-m-banks-the-player-of-games/ Thu, 02 Feb 2012 18:13:26 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: David Carlton http://dfan.org/blog/2009/06/05/iain-m-banks-the-player-of-games/comment-page-1/#comment-2988 David Carlton Sat, 06 Jun 2009 06:22:47 +0000 http://dfan.org/blog/?p=711#comment-2988 I'm actually in the middle of reading Banks's Matter right now, and surprised / pleased at how much I'm enjoying it. I'm probably most fond of Player of Games out of all of his novels - I won't claim that it's his best, but it pushes various buttons of mine exceedingly well. I’m actually in the middle of reading Banks’s Matter right now, and surprised / pleased at how much I’m enjoying it. I’m probably most fond of Player of Games out of all of his novels – I won’t claim that it’s his best, but it pushes various buttons of mine exceedingly well.

]]> By: Alan Moore http://dfan.org/blog/2009/06/05/iain-m-banks-the-player-of-games/comment-page-1/#comment-2986 Alan Moore Sat, 06 Jun 2009 02:40:42 +0000 http://dfan.org/blog/?p=711#comment-2986 I think I enjoyed Excession most of his Culture novels - glad you're working through them! Adding the AI viewpoint in addition to the human made Excession compelling for me. I think I enjoyed Excession most of his Culture novels – glad you’re working through them! Adding the AI viewpoint in addition to the human made Excession compelling for me.

]]> By: Stephen Granade http://dfan.org/blog/2009/06/05/iain-m-banks-the-player-of-games/comment-page-1/#comment-2984 Stephen Granade Sat, 06 Jun 2009 02:14:54 +0000 http://dfan.org/blog/?p=711#comment-2984 <i>its complexity dwarfs the most complicated game you know, whether that is chess, go, or Advanced Squad Leader</i> Ha! I agree that <i>Use of Weapons</i> is one of Banks's best books. I only read it a few months ago and was captivated by it. its complexity dwarfs the most complicated game you know, whether that is chess, go, or Advanced Squad Leader

Ha!

I agree that Use of Weapons is one of Banks’s best books. I only read it a few months ago and was captivated by it.

]]> By: Ceej http://dfan.org/blog/2009/06/05/iain-m-banks-the-player-of-games/comment-page-1/#comment-2983 Ceej Sat, 06 Jun 2009 02:09:26 +0000 http://dfan.org/blog/?p=711#comment-2983 <i>Use of Weapons</i> is indeed one of his finest. The title has a number of meanings relevant to the plot, and there's a twist that had me shouting at the book, saying he couldn't possibly have set that up. But he did, and it stands up on re-reads. After a while I've grown weary of the defeats Banks so often subjects his characters to; I joked that nearly every Banks SF novel ends with "really amazingly cool alien-tech rocks fall, everyone dies." But <i>Player</i>, <i>Use of Weapons</i>, and <I>Against a Dark Background</i> are on my keeper lists. Use of Weapons is indeed one of his finest. The title has a number of meanings relevant to the plot, and there’s a twist that had me shouting at the book, saying he couldn’t possibly have set that up. But he did, and it stands up on re-reads. After a while I’ve grown weary of the defeats Banks so often subjects his characters to; I joked that nearly every Banks SF novel ends with “really amazingly cool alien-tech rocks fall, everyone dies.” But Player, Use of Weapons, and Against a Dark Background are on my keeper lists.

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