|
Matter Posters
Photos Art
Search for Posters Art Prints, photos and get
results from all the many categories from Amazon including
books, videos, dvds, toys, video games, and more.
|
|
|
Posters Art
Prints Photos collectables |
|
|
|
|
|
|
If for some reason you can't find what the
poster or art print your looking for try using the search boxes
below
|
|
 |
|
|
|
|
List Price: $25.99Amazon.com's Price: $17.15 You Save: $8.84 (34%)Prices subject to change.
Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours
Buy Now!
Binding: Hardcover
Dewey Decimal Number: 823.914
EAN: 9780316005364
ISBN: 0316005363
Label: Orbit
Manufacturer: Orbit
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 608
Publication Date: February 27, 2008
Publisher: Orbit
Sales Rank: 16763
Studio: Orbit
Related Items:
Browse for similar items by category:
Editorial Review:
Product Description:
In a world renowned even within a galaxy full of wonders, a crime within a war. For one brother it means a desperate flight, and a search for the one - maybe two - people who could clear his name. For his brother it means a life lived under constant threat of treachery and murder. And for their sister, even without knowing the full truth, it means returning to a place she'd thought abandoned forever.
Only the sister is not what she once was; Djan Seriy Anaplian has changed almost beyond recognition to become an agent of the Culture's Special Circumstances section, charged with high-level interference in civilisations throughout the greater galaxy.
Concealing her new identity - and her particular set of abilities - might be a dangerous strategy, however. In the world to which Anaplian returns, nothing is quite as it seems; and determining the appropriate level of interference in someone else's war is never a simple matter.
MATTER is a novel of dazzling wit and serious purpose. An extraordinary feat of storytelling and breathtaking invention on a grand scale, it is a tour de force from a writer who has turned science fiction on its head.
Average Rating: 
Rating:  -
Critic: Its a long book. Isn't that a bad thing.
Me: Boring is bad. Long is not. This isn't boring.
Critic: It doesn't push the boundaries of sci-fi, therefore its lame.
Me: Its interesting, creative, and intelligent. Thus by definition its pushing the boundaries of sci-fi.
Critic: But its meadering. It doesn't stay locked on the central plotline like a pitbull on bologna.
Me: Again, boring is bad, meandering isn't.
... Read More
Rating: -
The scope of this story is huge but very finely crafted. The details are very carefully created to add texture to the larger overarching plot. A great addition to the Culture series of books but also a good standalone story.
Rating:  -
After being disappointed with The Algebraist and now with Matter, I'm not much looking forward to any future Banks novels.
My thoughts on this most recent entry into the Culture Universe can be summed up with two points: too long and unbalanced. The book is simply too long, apparently Banks has reach that point where he no longer has to listen to editors, which is a shame as this book could have been great with a lot of trimming and a few revisions. Then there is the issue of how utterly ... Read More
Rating: -
Banks is unique - his use of language is extra-ordinary -
of course his plots are thin - usually just a peg to hang his ideas on -
and he is often guilty of overwordiness -
but reading his best books is an unique experience for the most
blasé science fictionnado
Rating: -
I'm a big fan of Ian Banks and the Culture series and this latest chapter
is a great read and addition to the series.
While not as stunning as earlier Culture books (Consider Phlebas, Use of Weapons, Player of Games), Matter continues Ian Banks mixed dark and hopeful themes, examining human nature, economics and technology.
|
