iain m. banks' culture novels.
I saw a blip of utopian sci fi today that suddenly reminded me of the Culture novels, and made me desperately want to read more. Unfortunately, I've already mainlined this series, so Use of Weapons is the only thing left for me :x Which is why I've been been holding off for soooooo long, because it is literally the only Culture text left, I am going to go into horrible withdrawal afterwards.
But then! I went to Wikipedia and saw:
Consider Phlebas (1987) ✔
The Player of Games (1988) ✔
Use of Weapons (1990) X
Excession (1996) + ✔
Inversions (1998) + ✔
Look to Windward (2000) ✔
Matter (2008) ✔
Surface Detail (2010) ✔
The Hydrogen Sonata (forthcoming October 2012)
AHHH YESSSSS. NEW BOOK!!!! It's been two years since Surface Detail (which I really liked), so it is about damn time *__* The final cover was only announced five days ago, too, and it looks awesome. And apparently The Hydrogen Sonata is going to be the longest Culture book so far! FUCK YESSSSSS
Anyway, this means that I can safely read Use of Weapons without compunction. And I'm excited. I'm an unmitigated stan of this series -- I go on about it at great length with anyone who'll let me -- and I just cannot get enough of his 'verse, which is a problem when there are only so many books. I drink your universe, I drink it up.
But then! I went to Wikipedia and saw:
Consider Phlebas (1987) ✔
The Player of Games (1988) ✔
Use of Weapons (1990) X
Excession (1996) + ✔
Inversions (1998) + ✔
Look to Windward (2000) ✔
Matter (2008) ✔
Surface Detail (2010) ✔
The Hydrogen Sonata (forthcoming October 2012)
AHHH YESSSSS. NEW BOOK!!!! It's been two years since Surface Detail (which I really liked), so it is about damn time *__* The final cover was only announced five days ago, too, and it looks awesome. And apparently The Hydrogen Sonata is going to be the longest Culture book so far! FUCK YESSSSSS
Anyway, this means that I can safely read Use of Weapons without compunction. And I'm excited. I'm an unmitigated stan of this series -- I go on about it at great length with anyone who'll let me -- and I just cannot get enough of his 'verse, which is a problem when there are only so many books. I drink your universe, I drink it up.