Against A Dark Background: Iain M. Banks

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The novel's twenty years old now, so perhaps the 'the villain is always the rich, successful businessman' cliche was less entrenched then. But like Feersum Endjinn and The Algebraist, Against a Dark Background not set in the Culture universe (or at least not within the galactic territory traversed by the Culture). uk/landing-page/little-brown-book-group/little-brown-book-group-company-information/">Little, Brown Book Group Limited. Imagine the novel equivalent of a film that begins like Star Wars and ends like Reservoir Dogs and you'll have some idea of the tonal shift I'm talking about.

Then we are treated to last bit of family drama, two or three more sudden reverses of fortune, and in the end Sharrow just runs after Geis to hunt him down, not even thinking to pick up the shiny plot gun lying around. Brain Uploading: Androids can back up their current selves in the event that something happens to their physical body. Banks makes up worlds, concepts, laws, forms of life, cultures and societies, he gives them all names and it all seems so natural. By using the Web site, you confirm that you have read, understood, and agreed to be bound by the Terms and Conditions. Following vague clues about the location of The Universal Principles, her gang already planning other jobs, and there is of course, the Lazy Gun.

If you are a stubborn reader ready to put up with some hardship before a payoff, then give this a go. If you are required to reset your password on login, this does not mean your credentials are in the dump or that your account has been breached.

Read more about the condition Very Good: A book that has been read and does not look new, but is in excellent condition. In the confusion, Sharrow kills first her half-sister Breyghun and then Geis, before leaving in the tank, self-identifying with the Lazy Gun and the destruction that it brings to everything it encounters.There's a great book in here trying to get out, it's a shame his editor didn't push for another draft. turns out to be the real evil mastermind, who was able to get his hands on all sorts of forbidden hi-tech and set up all the weirdness so far (including apparently the wireless torture thing in Sharrow's head, which is no longer plot-relevant by now anymore) and who is now poised to take over the world.

In IMT threads, members of our community can promote their own work, including commercial projects and crowdfunding. It experienced a degree of regret that she could reappear so unexpectedly - and so delightfully - after its resurrection, only to give it another cause to mourn the passing of the old world .However what really bugs me is that while there is a story, and this story has a beginning and an end and events happening in between, I have no sense of what the story is about. Single Line of Descent: Sharrow is the last of the female line of the Dascen family, which the Huhsz cult has pledged to wipe out. They are conveyed to a desert stronghold and are presented to a man named Molgarin, who claims to be immortal. Except for his almost-obligatory Banks Tragic Ending, wherein Zefla -- and other characters I'd grown fond of (and some I hadn't) -- come to grief. The plot revolves around Lady Sharrow and her hunt for the last remaining Lazy Gun, the only weapon ever invented that demonstrates a sense of humor.