Matter - Iain M Banks

So. I was going to write a review on Matter...

Well. I wrote it, played with it, rephrased bits of it and then went out into the Interweb to see what other people thought and if I agreed.

Chris the Book Swede thought this.
SF Signal thought this.
io9 thought this and published an interview with Iain M Banks here.

After all those other words (which I pretty much agreed with), I felt a bit redundant so decided not post my review after all. I might video his reading/Q&A session that I have a ticket for on Thursday and in which case I shall edit that and link to it here. Depends how vigilant the Waterstones staff are!

Iain M Banks - Matter

Oribit have posted online the prologue from Iain M. Banks' new book Matter which is published in February. This is the first Culture novel since Look to Windward in 2000 and I Just Can't Wait! I'd been hoping to win an advance copy in a competition that The Book Swede alerted me to however suspect I'll need to place my pre-order with amazon instead and hope that they accidentally deliver it early... Link: Iain M. Banks - Matter

One of my most treasured possessions is my signed copy of The Algebraist that I queued faithfully to buy at full price after hearing Iain M. do a lovely reading and then speak at my local Ottakars (maytheyrestinpeace) on the 6th October 2004 at 7pm. Yes... I still have the ticket on my notice board! :D

















Link to: Iain M. Banks - Matter