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(, Sun 1 Apr 2001, 1:00)
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untrue!
Iain M Banks does a bit of crazy naming, but he does it on purpose, wallowing inthe loveliness of sci fi tropes
(, Fri 16 Mar 2012, 20:09, 1 reply, 14 years ago)
Ian Banks is nowhere near as good as he thinks he is.

(, Fri 16 Mar 2012, 20:10, Reply)
nor are you

(, Fri 16 Mar 2012, 20:12, Reply)
I'm not being nasty here.
But he is an average author at best. He is great at plotting, granted, but there is a lot more to being a good author than plotting.
(, Fri 16 Mar 2012, 20:14, Reply)
not nasty, but wrong
anyway, we;ve had this discussion before, and I am mostly talking about the sci fi
(, Fri 16 Mar 2012, 20:16, Reply)
His sci fi is probably worse than his proper fiction.

(, Fri 16 Mar 2012, 20:19, Reply)
at least he can spell iain properly

(, Fri 16 Mar 2012, 20:12, Reply)
True.

(, Fri 16 Mar 2012, 20:13, Reply)

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