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Default Your Favourite Iain Banks/Iain M Banks Novel - 30-11-2006, 12:35

I'm currently reading The Algebraist by Iain M Banks.

Enjoyable as it is baffling I wonder what other Banks fans reckon his best works are under both his writing names.

As Iain Banks, The Wasp Factory goes without saying but out of all of them Whit stands out as my particular favourite.

As Iain M Banks, Against A Dark Background stood out a mile until I read Excession; undoubtedly the best Culture novel since Use Of Weapons.

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Espedair Street was my favourite.
   
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Default 30-11-2006, 13:25

haven't read any of his sci-fi stuff, but i'm two favourite books in non sci-fi mode is The Bridge and The Business
   
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I like Feersum Endjin, The Crow Road and Consider Phlebas.
   
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Canal Dreams is the only one I've read. Was strange but pretty good.
   
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Default 30-11-2006, 14:30

I've not read anything he's written under Iain M Banks, but as Iain Banks my favourites are Espedair Street and The Wasp Factory.
   
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Default 30-11-2006, 22:23

the wasp factory - read it about 4 times
   
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Default 01-12-2006, 17:34

Espedair Street
Whit
The Crow Road
Complicity

I've read a few of his Sci-fi books as well but I generally prefer his regular fiction efforts.
   
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Default 01-12-2006, 18:28

The Bridge by quite a distance. It's in ma top three Scottish novels of all time. I rather liked The Wasp Factory, A Song Of Stone and Complicity too

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Default 02-12-2006, 09:21

Espedair Street - Slightly bias as the character Danny is loosely based on Fish - 6ft5 Scotsman started out his carreer wearing make-up to disguise his insecurities, played in a big prog rock band etc - I asked Iain about this at a signing years ago and he commented that him and Fish were friends and Fish would play Danny if the film was made - i'd guess he's too old now.

The Crow Road - a brilliant book, good tv series too

Whit

The Business

I never understood the fascination with the Wasp Factory except its shock tactics tbh, easily the weakest Banks book imo.

Banks is a great author though, never liked the M stuff though.

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