Feersum Endjinn
 | von Iain M. Banks
ISBN: 1857232739 |
In a future where the ancients have long since departed Earth for the stars, those left behind live complacent lives filled with technological marvels they no longer understand. Then a cosmic threat known as the Encroachment begins a devastating ice age on Earth, and it sets in motion a series of events that will bring together a cast of original characters who must struggle through war, political intrigues and age-old mysteries to save the world. (B 4worned, 1 oph Banx' carrokters theenx en funetic inglish, which makes for some tough reading but also some innovative prose.)
It haunts me still
I was lucky enought to read Feersum Endjinn in September of 1995, just after it was released. While it was on loan from a friend, it was one of those books that work a certain magic on the dedicated reader's heart- I wanted to keep it because it meant so much to me. If the key to writing a brilliant and effective novel is to interweave lifelike characters, subtle plotlines and innovative ideas, then Iain Banks is possessed of a rare talent. I had been tring to get my hands on a copy of this book for a couple of years when it appeared on Amazon. For goodness' sake- if you read the blurb, you have some grasp of the plot. Forget it. Just buy this one and read it.Also- extra points for the great title.
MMMmmm
Trippy - like Neuromancer meets Dun
Terrific SF for non-SF readers
I'm not a sci-fi person generally, but I thought this was a terrific, terrific book. Banks creates a spectacularly complete world in which his separate plot lines bend and weave with authority and certainty. I have rarely encountered an author so creative or a fictional world so comprehensive. He demonstrates his total literary mastery, however, in sekshuns writen fonetily, toled by a ok, nun to brite felo hoo seez mutch more than mosst peepul do. Whereas the same technique drove me bonkers in "Riddley Walker", in "Feersum Endjinn" I found myself looking forward to the phonetic sections and the point of view expressed in them. Amazing experience.
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