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Von: Iain M. Banks
Gesprochen von: Peter Kenny
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The novels of Iain M. Banks have forever changed the face of modern science fiction. His Culture books combine breathtaking imagination with exceptional storytelling, and have secured his reputation as one of the most extraordinary and influential writers in the genre.

'Banks is a phenomenon' William Gibson

Two and a half millennia ago in a remote corner of space, beside a trillion-year-old dying sun from a different universe, the artifact appeared.

It was a perfect black-body sphere, and it did nothing. Then it disappeared.

Now it is back.

Diplomat Genar-Hofoen of Special Circumstances is sent to investigate but, sidetracked by an old flame and the spoiled-brat operative Ulver Seich, and faced with the systematic depravities of a race who call themselves the A­ffront, it's anyone's guess whether he'll succeed . . .

Praise for the Culture series:

'Epic in scope, ambitious in its ideas and absorbing in its execution' Independent on Sunday

'Banks has created one of the most enduring and endearing visions of the future' Guardian

'Jam-packed with extraordinary invention' Scotsman

'Compulsive reading' Sunday Telegraph

The Culture series:
Consider Phlebas
The Player of Games
Use of Weapons
Excession
Inversions
Look to Windward
Matter
Surface Detail
The Hydrogen Sonata
The State of the Art

Other books by Iain M. Banks:
Against a Dark Background
Feersum Endjinn
The Algebraist

Also now available:
The Culture: The Drawings - an extraordinary collection of original illustrations faithfully reproduced from sketchbooks Banks kept in the 1970s and 80s, depicting the ships, habitats, geography, weapons and language of Banks' Culture series of novels in incredible detail.©1996 Iain M. Banks Belletristik Science Fiction
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First and foremost it must be said that the story is great (often referred to as one of the best Culture books) and Peter Kenny is again showing off his amazing talent.

There is a problem though : the book, and especially the first half of it, is written as log and email entries, including tons of headers, dates and meta information. That works well in *written* form as the reader can gloss over the, effectively useless, lines while still understanding the "formal" context of the passages, but when read there is no "glossing over". The listener's attention has to survive through minute long passages in which series of numbers and letters are enunciated. (paraphrased : "Sector 1 2 5 4 3 8 DOT 3 1 8 2 GAMMA 2 Location 5 6 8 9 SEMI COLON 4 3 2 9 ...etc")
It's not Mr. Kenny's fault, but that makes listening to the book a real chore. in those sadly not rare moments.

If your attention span lasts long enough though you get treated to, as I wrote earlier, one of the best Culture books Iain M. Banks has ever written, wonderfully read by Peter Kenny ... You just need to know what to expect.

Some books are just not made for this medium

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This may not be world literature but it is a professional piece of work. There is good conspiracy, intelligent machines, interplanetary wars, strange species, weird cultures, some melodrama and a love story. I read (listened) it in almost one sitting. A very pleasant experience and I'm going to buy more of his books. 4 stars because in some places it feels like "I'll put a haunting love story in here" ... but there is a lot of quality to compensate this.

Solid piece of work

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In and of itself it is a solid culture story.

However, I did have trouble enduring every single sharp "s" sound while listening to the book. It is an unbearable hissing sound. I tried listening to it on several devices and everywhere it is the same. The audible customer service was very nice but told me that they cannot identify any problem of the sorts.

Does anybody else have this problem?

Does anybody else have sound quality issues?

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Eine der besten Bücher von iain m Banks . Toller Sprecher , wieder mal sehr genossen dieses Buch

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I love the originality and creative thoughts on the far future. Hopping universes to escape the heat death, great stuff! Only very few dare think these things further, and even less have the capacity to cast a consistent physical world. One minor break in the suspension of disbelief lies in the co-living of the vastly superior ai minds with mostly unenhanced humans: after all, we don't keep anthills on our ships and hold a quorum with them on important decisions. The minds are described with such intelligence and consistency, and yet I'm sure there's no way they'll be keeping humans around just for fun and company. The truth of it hurts and probably we'll have to face this issue sooner than later, but other than that nagging issue, this book was captivating, beautiful prose and fun to read- thank you.

Great storyline, original setting and ideas

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