No Gravitas Allowed -- The Iain [M.] Banks thread

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The Something Awful Forums > The Finer Arts > The Book Barn > No Gravitas Allowed -- The Iain [M.] Banks thread

Surprise Giraffe: Apr 30, 2007; 1 Lunar Road
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I reckon Excession was the best culture book by quite a long way. I mean Use of Weapons was good and all but the bits with Minds interacting in Excession were just loving awesome. Also the whole idea of something even more godlike than a Mind was very cool.

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Surprise Giraffe: Apr 30, 2007; 1 Lunar Road
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Pompous Rhombus posted:

I thought it was the weakest of them. The Minds were great and I liked the Affront, but the central idea was kinda cliche and it overall just didn't grab me that much. Didn't help that I read it right after UoW.

I don't want to start an argument, but if the idea behind Excession is a clich� I'm afraid I've no idea where else it's been done.

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