#considerphlebas — Public Fediverse posts

@puercomal

Oh that's really good. And to bring up one of the best from one of the best! You made my day!

#StarTrek
#ConsiderPhlebas #IainMBanks

I finished Consider Phlebas. It was good. The end was more tragic than I would have predicted.

My favorite character ended up being Unaha-Closp, the drone.

#Reading #SciFi #ConsiderPhlebas #IainMBanks #Culture

I’ve been listening to Consider Phlebas by Iain M. Banks. It definitely feels a bit like a Traveller adventure, he keeps getting knocked from one bad situation to another. Good read so far.

#Reading #SciFi #ConsiderPhlebas #Culture #IainMBanks #Traveller #TravellerRpg #ClassicTraveller

The 10 Best Sci-Fi Books For Fans of “The Expanse”

Expand your sci-fi reading list.
https://www.themarysue.com/the-10-best-sci-fi-books-for-fans-of-the-expanse/

#Books #AMemoryCalledEmpire #ancestralnight #childrenoftime #considerphlebas
@indieauthors

Yesterday evening I had my most intense reading experience in decades, reading the climax of Iain M Banks' Consider Phlebas .

I'm a bit under the weather, last day of vacation before we'd return home from Saxon Switzerland and really should have been in bed, but I simply couldn't put the book down for 100 pages of slowly and dreadfully building climax.

I'm a very slow reader, and normally my brain has a tendency to fall asleep reading while I would prefer to focus on the book, but this was the polar opposite: I had to stop but couldn't.

#iainmbanks #theculture #considerphlebas

The trains and tunnels section of Consider Phlebas makes for a frustrating re-read in which I find myself almost screaming "kill the fucking Idiran" at the human characters.

#ConsiderPhlebas #IainMBanks

Had a brief moment where I misread "Changers" as "Clangers", which would have changed this Iain M Banks novel considerably.

#ConsiderPhlebas

I've decided to start using the phrase "easy in, easy out" in work communications, to inspire confidence.

#ConsiderPhlebas

Chapter one of Consider Phlebas. Not great to read over lunch.

#ConsiderPhlebas #TheCulture #IainMBanks

@selfawarepatterns.com I also haven't read this for 20 years, and my old review doesn't really do it justice. https://rdmp.org/dale-mellor/bookblog/?review=consider-phlebas

#iainmbanks #considerphlebas

@mrgtwentythree I am reminded of this bit from Consider Phlebas which always makes me smile.
#Quote #IainBanks #ConsiderPhlebas

‘Consider Phlebas’ Sci-Fi Series Based On Book In Works At Amazon From Charles Yu, Chloé Zhao & Plan B
#News #Amazon #CharlesYu #ChloéZhao #ConsiderPhlebas #PlanB

https://deadline.com/2025/02/consider-phlebas-amazon-charles-yu-chloe-zhao-1236300861/

@manuphoto.com It is one of his best! [You'll like Use of Weapons, too, though it might require a second reading to really get it.]

SPOILERS:
https://rdmp.org/dale-mellor/bookblog/?review=consider-phlebas

#bookstodon #reading #scifi #iainbanks #considerphlebas

@bookstodon
“A small, short war that rarely extended throughout more than .02% of the galaxy by volume and .01% by stellar population…”
#ScienceFiction #IainMBanks #ConsiderPhlebas

The only good culture war is the Culture–Idiran War
#ScienceFiction #IainMBanks #ConsiderPhlebas
@bookstodon

Treated myself to an early Christmas present. 2 books I’ve been meaning to read and a game that will emotionally destroy me by the end, again.

It’s a good day.
#books #BookStadon #scifi #game #ps5 #finalfantasy #CrisisCore #snowcrash #nealstephenson #iainmbanks #considerphlebas

I just finished book one of #TheCultureSeries, #ConsiderPhlebas by #IanMBanks and now I've started #ChildrenOfTime by #AdrianTchaikovsky.

I'm still evaluating Consider Phlebas. It's amazing world building & a rather intense plot, but it kinda lacks both philo & psycho depth IMHO. (The ending, though, is heart-rending to me.) But I do have book 2 coming and will continue the series.

Children of Time is starting out very interesting. Perhaps a bit more my taste. We'll see.
#ScienceFiction

I'm sitting in my chair reading #ConsiderPhlebas and listening to #TangerineDream and my wife walks into the room and asks what the meditation music is for? and I say I'm reading my #SciFi book, you know, space music for my space book. She rolls her eyes, laughs, and leaves saying something about being married to... and I didn't catch the rest.

Listened to a lot of vintage #TangerineDream this evening while reading a bunch of #ConsiderPhlebas

#SpaceOpera ➕ #electronica / #SpaceMusic = 💯 👍

I'm now half-way through Iain M.Banks novel #ConsiderPhlebas and I'm enjoying it quite a lot. It came highly recommended to me by numerous people and I'm glad I picked it up. I must say, as well, that I'm amazed at the creativity of Banks and other authors I've read lately. Wonderfully creative.
#ScienceFiction #SciFi #SpaceOpera #TheCulture #literature #reading #IainMBanks