Consider Phlebas Culture Series Book 1 (Audible Audio Edition) Iain M Banks Peter Kenny Hachette Audio UK Books
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The first Culture novel, now available as an unabridged audio download.
The war raged across the galaxy. Billions had died, billions more were doomed. Moons, planets, the very stars themselves, faced destruction - cold-blooded, brutal, and worse, random. The Idirans fought for their Faith; the Culture for its moral right to exist. Principles were at stake. There could be no surrender.
Within the cosmic conflict, an individual crusade. Deep within a fabled labyrinth on a barren world, a Planet of the Dead proscribed to mortals, lay a fugitive Mind. Both the Culture and the Idirans sought it. It was the fate of Horza, the Changer, and his motley crew of unpredictable mercenaries, human and machine, actually to find it, and with it their own destruction.
Consider Phlebas is a space opera of stunning power and awesome imagination.
Consider Phlebas Culture Series Book 1 (Audible Audio Edition) Iain M Banks Peter Kenny Hachette Audio UK Books
After reading all the Culture novels, it's time to do a review on each one. This is book 1 of 10.Let's start with The Culture: Extremely advanced utopian conglomeration of pan-humans, aliens, and machines enjoying all life has to offer facilitated by the most advanced AI's in the galaxy. There's many goings-on.
Consider Phlebas is the first of the Culture series, and I feel the most experimental. Banks shows us the peace-loving Culture at what they subsequently consider the worst part of their history, during a galactic war with aliens who are bent on domination. This book shows you the Culture through the eyes of an outsider, which is why this review is titled "An appetizer..." as the Culture is much broader than is stated in this novel. The main character has their own agenda and doesn't like the Culture very much. This causes some friction.
This book is not the best one of the series in my opinion, however it gives you an introduction to the Culture and the events which shape discussion throughout the rest of the series. There's many interesting plot points and situations that the main character gets into, of different varieties. One feature I appreciated about this book, is how it takes place in the far future, however does not alienate the reader with unexplained strange terms or technologies. In addition, people still behave like people, have human thought-processes, and are relatable. This is not to say there isn't unique, interesting, and enjoyable strangeness. Some will tell you to skip this book, or start with another. I'd say read them in published order for an interesting experience. Before beginning this series, I had no idea what to expect, however the rave reviews from fellow Sci-Fi fans brought a copy to my door, and led to reading all 10 books in succession (or Excession??).
Next up is the second book, "The Player of Games" which really starts getting into the Culture, its wonders, and a smaller than galactic-scale but still interestingly thorny issue.
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Consider Phlebas Culture Series Book 1 (Audible Audio Edition) Iain M Banks Peter Kenny Hachette Audio UK Books Reviews
The beginning of the Culture series was incidentally my formal introduction into the STAGGERING imagination that is Iain M. Banks. How is it he was so literally under the speculative fiction radar? When the term "space opera" was coined, it had to have been with his genius in mind. The background/world building of "Consider Phlebas" was monumental, the scope breathtaking, the narrative and action spell-binding, the philosophy far reaching. Needless to say...the 10 volume Culture series is in my sights, and will be devoured forthwith (or maybe even sooner....).
I'd heard all about Iain M. Banks when discussing what sci-fi books should be turned into a Netflix series. Many people voted for the Culture novels. So I got the first two. I was warned that the first one is not the best, the second one is the best. I think they are right. This one is okay. The characters are not all that well fleshed-out, which is understandable in retrospect, I guess (no spoilers!). The protagonist fights for a culture which is somewhat repulsive to me, as they want to invade and conquer and force peace and order and compliance with their religion on everyone. So it's hard to feel sympathetic to anyone in the book. On top of that, there are only four or five brief scenes of action, and a whole lot of talking.
So, despite what I did not like about the story itself, I could see that the author has a great world imagination, and he is actually a good writer, with a proper balance between description, and dialogue, and explanation. So I think the author does a good job, but the material is a little weak. I peeked into the second book in the series, "A Player of Games", and within a few pages I can see a much more interesting story. So start the series there....unless like me, you can't stand skipping the first in a series, despite the warnings!
The book has a lot of amazing concepts, but these are brought down by some big problems. The protagonist is apparently designed specifically to instill disgust, sympathy, admiration, and hate (in very unequal parts). And that just didn't work for me. The protagonist also had REPEATED near-death experiences that (in the context of the book) strained the suspension of disbelief to the breaking point. Almost dying once is one thing, but almost dying over and over and over? Sorry, but no. Finally, the book combined moments of brilliance for the characters with moments of absolute stupidity, including situations where the plot REQUIRED the characters to act in obviously stupid ways in order to work. When the plot RELIES on its characters being SELECTIVELY stupid, it becomes painful. I literally couldn't bring myself to truly finish the book, and only skimmed the ending.
Just incredible. Violent, Philosophical, Hilarious, Tragic. Give it some time, it develops into a story that is deeply human and compelling. Compared to other culture novels, like Consider Phlebas which has to take some time setting up the technical details of this nearly limitless universe, this one is alot lighter on sci-fi concept, description of tech, space, gadgetry, and science. Of course in the culture universe the tools and tactics are elaborately explored, but in the end most conflicts are solved with human grit and ingenuity rather than weapons. This volume develops the human side of things really well. Borders on the absurd in terms of blood, gore, bodily injury. From a speculative sci-fi perspective this is explored in medical terms, furthering a goal beyond simple shock value. One of the few pure sci-fi books whose characters, narrative, and dialog I will have seared into my memory along with the great storytelling of literary fiction. Ending is an absolute heartbreaker.
After reading all the Culture novels, it's time to do a review on each one. This is book 1 of 10.
Let's start with The Culture Extremely advanced utopian conglomeration of pan-humans, aliens, and machines enjoying all life has to offer facilitated by the most advanced AI's in the galaxy. There's many goings-on.
Consider Phlebas is the first of the Culture series, and I feel the most experimental. Banks shows us the peace-loving Culture at what they subsequently consider the worst part of their history, during a galactic war with aliens who are bent on domination. This book shows you the Culture through the eyes of an outsider, which is why this review is titled "An appetizer..." as the Culture is much broader than is stated in this novel. The main character has their own agenda and doesn't like the Culture very much. This causes some friction.
This book is not the best one of the series in my opinion, however it gives you an introduction to the Culture and the events which shape discussion throughout the rest of the series. There's many interesting plot points and situations that the main character gets into, of different varieties. One feature I appreciated about this book, is how it takes place in the far future, however does not alienate the reader with unexplained strange terms or technologies. In addition, people still behave like people, have human thought-processes, and are relatable. This is not to say there isn't unique, interesting, and enjoyable strangeness. Some will tell you to skip this book, or start with another. I'd say read them in published order for an interesting experience. Before beginning this series, I had no idea what to expect, however the rave reviews from fellow Sci-Fi fans brought a copy to my door, and led to reading all 10 books in succession (or Excession??).
Next up is the second book, "The Player of Games" which really starts getting into the Culture, its wonders, and a smaller than galactic-scale but still interestingly thorny issue.
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