false <![CDATA[Feersum Endjinn]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166490874m/12015.jpg 12015 6 In a future where the ancients have long since departed Earth for the stars, those left behind live complacent lives filled with technological marvels they no longer understand. Then a cosmic threat known as the Encroachment begins a devastating ice age on Earth, and it sets in motion a series of events that will bring together a cast of original characters who must struggle through war, political intrigues and age-old mysteries to save the world. (B 4worned, 1 oph Banx' carrokters theenx en funetic inglish, which makes for some tough reading but also some innovative prose.) 851516 1994 Feersum Endjinn total:689|5:142|4:250|3:199|2:73|1:25| 689 2478 898 37 3 0 false false Thu Aug 20 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Aug 26 15:49:30 -0700 2009 Wed Aug 26 17:20:39 -0700 2009 I've no idea if this book is indicative of the rest of his oeuvre, but the best word I can come up with to describe "Feersum Endjinn" is "weird."
The plot in a nutshell: It is thousands ...more...]]> 3 0 false false Fri Mar 28 13:50:13 -0700 2008 Thu Aug 28 07:04:02 -0700 2008 Iain M. Banks non-Culture novel Feersum Endjin. That is not the truth, though.

I am a fan. A big fan, actually, but I try to stick to what the stars claim they are for, and since they range from "didn't like it" to ...more...]]> 4 0 false false Wed Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1997 Mon Feb 25 05:40:36 -0800 2008 Tue Jul 07 00:43:40 -0700 2009
Although it is not a Culture books, there are some winks to Banks' preferred technologies. Here he takes the well used subject of humankind on earth at the end of ...more...]]> 5 0 false true Fri Mar 01 00:00:00 -0800 2002 Mon Jan 26 20:32:12 -0800 2009 Mon Jan 26 20:35:08 -0800 2009 3 more...]]> 2 0 false false Tue Nov 03 02:55:34 -0800 2009 Tue Nov 03 02:57:11 -0800 2009 3 0 false false Mon Aug 17 08:58:40 -0700 2009 Mon Aug 17 08:59:42 -0700 2009 5 0 false false Fri Jul 25 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Fri Aug 15 09:22:51 -0700 2008 Fri Aug 15 09:31:02 -0700 2008
There were a few minor difficulties. About one quarter of the book is written phonetically, which is really interesting, but hard to read. After a couple chapters you get used to it, though. Also, the description ...more...]]> 5 0 false false Thu Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 2006 Fri Aug 22 19:38:44 -0700 2008 Fri Aug 22 19:38:44 -0700 2008 more...]]> 3 0 false false Tue Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2006 Fri Jan 25 18:25:19 -0800 2008 Fri Jan 25 18:26:11 -0800 2008 more...]]> 5 0 false false Sun Aug 30 03:08:57 -0700 2009 Tue Sep 01 01:11:04 -0700 2009 5 0 false false Mon May 14 10:17:22 -0700 2007 Mon May 14 10:19:32 -0700 2007 Flowers for Algernon, the main character has a learning disability, as most of the book is his mental-journal a large portion of it is written phoenetically. While this annoys the hell out of a lot of people it is easily read by the fif...more...]]> 5 0 false false Sat Dec 20 16:04:56 -0800 2008 Mon Dec 08 16:18:53 -0800 2008 Sat Dec 20 16:04:56 -0800 2008 5 0 false false Thu Jun 26 02:29:02 -0700 2008 Fri Sep 12 12:09:21 -0700 2008
I love the way the narrative of one particular character is written comple...more...]]> 2 0 false false Sat Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2005 Wed Apr 11 12:15:59 -0700 2007 Wed Apr 11 12:17:20 -0700 2007
And, most of all: Is there a good re...more...]]> 4 0 false false Tue Feb 17 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sun Feb 15 04:44:20 -0800 2009 Tue Feb 17 07:11:39 -0800 2009 more...]]> 1 0 false false Tue Aug 18 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Aug 09 10:57:27 -0700 2009 Tue Aug 18 09:21:00 -0700 2009 3 0 true true Sun Aug 10 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Wed Jul 02 10:43:27 -0700 2008 Sun Aug 10 10:34:23 -0700 2008 <spoiler> The main payout for sticking with the phonetic affectation made me laugh out loud when we met the slot...more...]]> 3 0 false false Sat Oct 11 02:11:04 -0700 2008 Sat Oct 11 02:15:50 -0700 2008 more...]]> 5 0 false false Mon Mar 31 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Fri Mar 28 08:30:31 -0700 2008 Thu Apr 17 07:40:00 -0700 2008 The device of using phonetics for the narrative of one of the central characters could have gone horribly wrong, but it not only works, it w...more...]]> 2 0 false false Mon Oct 05 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Aug 10 21:38:46 -0700 2007 Mon Oct 05 16:02:58 -0700 2009
Happily this will not turn me off to more IMB in the future. I have a ...more...]]> http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=12015