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Possibly my favourite. My dog-eared copy is signed... twice... too. He used to come and read in Windsor, UK on occasion...
my least favorite. The Player of Games, Excession and the Hydrogen Sonata for me.
I can't think of an author I miss more but 155CAD for a book with 6 illustrations seems crazy, especially when Banks isn't exactly making profit from this.
I like reading and I own probably too many books, but I don't understand the Folio society. If you want art then go by art, if you want a book then get a paperback. These aren't coffee table books. It's just words.
Another example: I was re-reading the Lord of the Rings recently and I couldn't get Peter Jackson's big screen images out of my head while reading. Same thing with Gaiman's Norse Mythology—for the first few stories all I could see was Chris Hemsworth's Thor, running around in my head as I read Gaiman's interpretation.
In time, my mind seems to come up with its own imagery that's a mash-up of all the worlds and art and images I've seen. But I still want to "do the work" while reading. It feels like illustrations alongside text rob my mind of that opportunity, and give me a ready-made world with details and characteristics and visuals that are not my own.
I'm still disappointed that Subterranean Press only published Use of Weapons. It's a fantastic publication, fwiw. https://subterraneanpress.com/use-of-weapons/
What was special / good about that publication? It's signed by somebody I can best understand as "Not Ian M. Banks", and the description doesn't really tell me anything about "hardware", nor do they have a photo of the product :-/
I can't think of an author I miss more but 155CAD for a book with 6 illustrations seems crazy, especially when Banks isn't exactly making profit from this.
I like reading and I own probably too many books, but I don't understand the Folio society. If you want art then go by art, if you want a book then get a paperback. These aren't coffee table books. It's just words.
Whatever one may think looking at my overflowing bookshelves, a new pretty print edition doesn't do much for me.
I'm still disappointed that Subterranean Press only published Use of Weapons. It's a fantastic publication, fwiw. https://subterraneanpress.com/use-of-weapons/
Possibly my favourite. My dog-eared copy is signed... twice... too. He used to come and read in Windsor, UK on occasion...
I can't think of an author I miss more but 155CAD for a book with 6 illustrations seems crazy, especially when Banks isn't exactly making profit from this.
I like reading and I own probably too many books, but I don't understand the Folio society. If you want art then go by art, if you want a book then get a paperback. These aren't coffee table books. It's just words.
https://www.penguin.co.uk/series/CLOTBO/penguin-clothbound-c...
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my least favorite. The Player of Games, Excession and the Hydrogen Sonata for me.
I'd agree with that - the out of order story line always put me off in Use of Weapons. Seemed unnecessary. As for his best, I'd add Look to Windward to your list. That's a beautiful, moving book.
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my least favorite. The Player of Games, Excession and the Hydrogen Sonata for me.
I'd agree with that - the out of order story line always put me off in Use of Weapons. Seemed unnecessary. As for his best, I'd add Look to Windward to your list. That's a beautiful, moving book.
Gets boring quickly!
I'm still disappointed that Subterranean Press only published Use of Weapons. It's a fantastic publication, fwiw. https://subterraneanpress.com/use-of-weapons/
What was special / good about that publication? It's signed by somebody I can best understand as "Not Ian M. Banks", and the description doesn't really tell me anything about "hardware", nor do they have a photo of the product :-/
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