![]() The spaceship's Minds are the heart of this book: do you ever struggle with them being too powerful, and so unbalancing the narrative? You get so caught up in what you're writing, and action sequences tend to do that more than anything else because you're kind of living it, and feeling for your characters. ![]() uk sat down with Banks, who seemed as always to be having a good deal more fun than many people who write for a living, to discuss writing, technology, and his complicated feelings towards politicians. ![]() There are sometimes dangers: these are books that take risks that don't always come off, and every now and then Banks produces something a little too weirdly opaque even for some true fans ( The Algebraist, anyone?).īank's latest, The Hydrogen Sonata, thankfully pulls off its intergalactic high-wire act with grace, weaving together a four-armed musician, an alien race planning its own elevation to another material plane, and the scheming of a bunch of intelligent spaceship Minds, who are investigating whether whether a primary religious text is authentic - or a carefully planned hoax. They know they'll be treated to elegant writing, big ideas, and some good jokes, served up with a literary intelligence and style that can make other genre SF writers feel a bit underpowered. ![]() ![]() A new Iain M Banks novel set in the space opera universe of the Culture is a tempting prospect for fans. ![]()
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