[books 2010] catching up yet again

[inulro]

71. Surface Detail by Iain M Banks

The latest Culture novel. It's huge. I spent two whole weeks reading nothing but this book - it frequently takes me longer than that to read books. Big, non-fiction books where I have two works of fiction on the side. So, in terms of effort almost as much as Consider Phlebas and The Algebraist. Sadly it's

Comments

[naturalbornkaos]

Gargh, I hated "The Birthing House". Hate, hate, hate. Terrible book. Also, weirdly, about the only debut novel by a horror author, written for adults, that's had major supermarket distribution for about a decade. WHY WHY WHY!

[inulro]

No kidding. Who did he sleep with?

[mimmimmim]

I had to review The Birthing House for SFX. I didn't give it a good review.

If you like kids' books, I really enjoyed The Dead of Winter by Christopher Priestly. It's like MR James meets Dickens to write for children.

[human_racer]

Yeah, I'm not good at listening to that kind of warning either!