Antonis reads reviewed Look to Windward by Iain M. Banks
Nice semi-followup to Phlebas
4 stars
Excellent narration, really supported the interesting plot.
Look to Windward is a science fiction novel by Scottish writer Iain M. Banks, first published in 2000. It is Banks' sixth published novel to feature the Culture. The book's dedication reads: "For the Gulf War Veterans". The novel takes its title from a line in T. S. Eliot's poem The Waste Land:
Look to Windward is loosely a sequel to Consider Phlebas, Banks's first published Culture novel. Consider Phlebas took its name from the following line in the poem and dealt with the events of the Idiran-Culture War; Look to Windward deals with the results of the war on those who lived through it.
Excellent narration, really supported the interesting plot.
Re-read. A solid book. Explores life and death in the Culture. Gives more insight into why anyone would do anything in a society where everything can be provided. Less gripping than some of the other Culture novels, though.