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Book Review: Iain M. Banks’ “The Hydrogen Sonata”

It is fitting that the final Culture novel should ruminate so radiantly on matters of longevity and disembodiment, but disappointing that it should also be so decidedly dull. I’ve long considered Iain M. Banks to be one of the brightest stars in the sky of scifi authorship, but this visit to the Culture universe failed […]

Quotes 10-15-2014

“You should always tell the truth, unless you find yourself in a situation where it would be utter moral folly to do so.” ––The Hydrogen Sonata, by Iain M. Banks, pg. 505   “Human beings were not the least significant portion of the wealth to have been plundered by the Republic during its wars of […]