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Researcher and educator from Sydney, Australia. You’ll usually find me on the forgotten parts of the web.
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@EmilyG@bookwyrm.social Enjoying it? I know some find it slow or alienating.
Ben Harris-Roxas reviewed Excession by Iain M. Banks
Two and a half millennia ago, the artifact appeared in a remote corner of space, …
Surprisingly thin
3 stars
Rereading books is an interesting exercise. Books are unchanging. They remind us of their original qualities; what drew us to them. They can never change with us.
Excession is the first Culture novel where Banks gives us much insight into the Minds and the Culture itself. I remember loving this book in the ‘90s, it felt so fresh and original.
Now it seems more like a shaggy dog story. It never gets to the point, if there is a point, and the characters are single-note vehicles for plot alone. I was really disappointed.
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Excession by Iain M. Banks
Two and a half millennia ago, the artifact appeared in a remote corner of space, beside a trillion-year-old dying sun …
Ben Harris-Roxas rated Master and Commander: 3 stars
Ben Harris-Roxas rated Dune Messiah (Dune Chronicles, Book 2): 3 stars
Dune Messiah (Dune Chronicles, Book 2) by Frank Herbert (Dune (2))
Ben Harris-Roxas rated Children of Dune (Dune Chronicles, #3): 3 stars
Children of Dune (Dune Chronicles, #3) by Frank Herbert
The science fiction masterpiece continues in the "major event,"( Los Angeles Times) Children of Dune. With millions of copies sold …
Ben Harris-Roxas rated God Emperor of Dune (Dune Chronicles, Book 4): 3 stars
God Emperor of Dune (Dune Chronicles, Book 4) by Frank Herbert (Dune (4))
Fourth book in the Dune series. Takes place 3500 years after the events of the original trilogy. Tells the story …
Ben Harris-Roxas rated How High We Go in the Dark: 2 stars
How High We Go in the Dark by Sequoia Nagamatsu
Beginning in 2030, a grieving archeologist arrives in the Arctic Circle to continue the work of his recently deceased daughter …
Ben Harris-Roxas rated Beyond the Hallowed Sky: 4 stars
Ben Harris-Roxas rated The Imposition of Unnecessary Obstacles: 3 stars
The Imposition of Unnecessary Obstacles by Malka Older (Mossa and Pleiti, #2)
Investigator Mossa and Scholar Pleiti reunite to solve a brand-new mystery in the follow-up to the fan-favorite cozy space opera …
Ben Harris-Roxas rated I Want to Believe: 3 stars
Ben Harris-Roxas rated The Unaccountability Machine: 3 stars
The Unaccountability Machine by Dan Davies
Part-biography, part-political thriller, The Unaccountability Machine is a rousing exposé of how management failures lead organisations to make catastrophic errors.
…Ben Harris-Roxas rated Archive Undying: 2 stars
Archive Undying by Emma Mieko Candon
War machines and AI gods run amok in The Archive Undying, national bestseller Emma Mieko Candon's bold entry into the …