tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18234909.post7227675231690164735..comments2024-01-22T04:45:58.881+02:00Comments on Simply Jews: Iain Banks, RIPGideonSworthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13951672633294843881noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18234909.post-89983264321429530422013-06-09T22:41:41.666+03:002013-06-09T22:41:41.666+03:00Thanks. Only WOG is available for Kindle. I'll...Thanks. Only WOG is available for Kindle. I'll try it.SnoopyTheGoonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00920565522498918323noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18234909.post-54547295841018144362013-06-09T22:34:34.881+03:002013-06-09T22:34:34.881+03:00Oh, sorry, I liked A Song of Stone, The Wasp Facto...Oh, sorry, I liked A Song of Stone, The Wasp Factory, Walking on Glass.SnoopyTheGoonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00920565522498918323noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18234909.post-38685534422160882452013-06-09T22:23:46.765+03:002013-06-09T22:23:46.765+03:00Well, recommend one, whydoncha?Well, recommend one, whydoncha?SnoopyTheGoonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00920565522498918323noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18234909.post-37318129990098689242013-06-09T22:16:53.750+03:002013-06-09T22:16:53.750+03:00I am more into his non-SF prose. About five books ...I am more into his non-SF prose. About five books in, intending to continue.<br /><br />As for religion: nah, it is just a turn of speech. After all, I am not that far from joining the hosts' crowd...SnoopyTheGoonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00920565522498918323noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18234909.post-44166159242830094722013-06-09T22:10:24.410+03:002013-06-09T22:10:24.410+03:00I keep trying to find a tale of his that I can enj...I keep trying to find a tale of his that I can enjoy. Haven't yet. I think it's the weird names for his characters that are hard to imagine how to pronounce that slows his plots down. That and his interminable sentences. I guess he thought he was SF's answer to Faulkner. "See you later"? Have you gotten religion behind my back?SnoopyTheGoonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00920565522498918323noreply@blogger.com