Actions from abosleyMovable Type Pro 5.22011-08-25T19:58:18Zhttp://www.antipope.org/mt/mt-cp.cgi?__mode=feed&_type=actions&blog_id=1&id=745Commented on Because I have too much spare time for reading ... in Charlie's Diarytag:www.antipope.org,2011:/charlie/blog-static//1.3274#1874322011-08-25T18:58:18Zabosley
Hmm...I could heartily endorse almost all of the books mentioned above with perhaps the exception of Hamilton....love his work - but it's standard meat and potatoes space opera. I'd like to propose Ian M. Banks, who has managed to take some very current issues (Jesus freaks, technology AS religion, right wing fascism, left wing paternalistic euro-democracy) and use his culture novels as a lens through which to examine them, among other things. I think "Surface Detail" is excellent and have been recommending it to everyone who asks.
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