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I've read a few Iain Banks books (some with the "M", some without), and this one fell a somewhat short for me. Told through a variety of alternating voices, the premise is pretty straightforward: there is a vast multiverse of parallel or alternate Earths, each of which represents some small change somewhere in history. Monitoring all these is an organization called "The Concern," whose members have the ability to travel (or "transition") between these worlds and intercede in them to maintain wha
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Jul 02, 2011
Deedee
marked it as to-read

Jun 22, 2021
Claire Fun
marked it as to-read