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TheBlueRaja · 03-08-2005, 15:22

Just finished reading The Algebraist by Iain M Banks, which is a good book if you like SCI-FI, but the Author has the most irritating habbit of creating characters with daft names and talking about something before he describes what he's talking about.

So for example your reading along quite happily - then he starts to go on about something and you think - hold on - did i just miss something, then you flick back a couple of pages and skim read only to realise that he hasnt quite got around to explaining it yet and he dosent clear it up until a few pages further on.

So a really good book, which it has to be said has an awesomely evil villan, but frustratingly written.

Also reading (but not quite finished) is Ian Rankins - The Falls, a detective novel (Rebus for those who know) who investigates the dissapearance of a young girl. So far its been really good and im going to have to read more of Rankins stuff.

Finally, just finished the latest Harry Potter too, good read - i always enjoy these, but this is IMO the poorest one yet - not a lot happens really.

03-08-2005, 15:22	#46
TheBlueRaja cf.mega poster Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Baw deep in a munter Age: 50 Services: Initiations, rep rigging and orgies! Posts: 5,750	Re: What books would you recommend? Just finished reading The Algebraist by Iain M Banks, which is a good book if you like SCI-FI, but the Author has the most irritating habbit of creating characters with daft names and talking about something before he describes what he's talking about. So for example your reading along quite happily - then he starts to go on about something and you think - hold on - did i just miss something, then you flick back a couple of pages and skim read only to realise that he hasnt quite got around to explaining it yet and he dosent clear it up until a few pages further on. So a really good book, which it has to be said has an awesomely evil villan, but frustratingly written. Also reading (but not quite finished) is Ian Rankins - The Falls, a detective novel (Rebus for those who know) who investigates the dissapearance of a young girl. So far its been really good and im going to have to read more of Rankins stuff. Finally, just finished the latest Harry Potter too, good read - i always enjoy these, but this is IMO the poorest one yet - not a lot happens really.