What did he write in 1993?
Everything pre Crow Road was better than everything post crow road, but "The Bridge" had a cop out ending (It's just a dream), The one about teh Panama canal wasn't really about anything in particular.

Oh, I forgot "Espedair Street" is an excellent fictional account of an aging rock star. That's a good one, I'll grant you. Walking on Glass was quite good actually, but I've only read it once. And The Wasp Factory was okay, but it's good in a "Read it as a teenager and ooh it's a bit shocking" sort of way. Not brilliant.
(Bazongaloid, Wed 3 Apr 2013, 12:39, 2 replies, latest was 12 years ago)

Actually I'd forgotten Canal Dreams (the panaman one)
yeah, that's shite, granted.

but mostly his early stuff is excellent. Walking on Glass, Crow Road, Espedair St. Actually I'm not mad for The Wasp Factory, but it's usually accepted as being pretty fucking good.

1993 was Complicity. Last one I really liked.
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Wed 3 Apr 2013, 12:42, Reply)

Oh I forgot that one too
Okay Espedair Street, Crow Road, Complicity and Walking on Glass are good. Wasp Factory is okay as is Transition, and everything else is a bit poor, in fact some of them (Whit, Song of Stone, The Business) are fucking awful.
(Bazongaloid, Wed 3 Apr 2013, 12:44, Reply)

shit, agreeing with Al again.
Yeah, but Whit, Song of Stone etc are all later, which was what I was saying.

Personally I think his heart wasn't in the non-SF stuff later on. Plus, he keeps trying to write different types of book to see if he can. Song Of Stone is basically just a weird Song of Ice and Fire type thing. Not good at all.
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Wed 3 Apr 2013, 12:46, Reply)

What annoys me is that he's basically tried to rewrite Crow Road on two other occasions, which jsut smacks of laziness
He has actually said that he views writing as a job he has to force himself to do, rather than something he does for love. But I get the impression this applies less to his Sci-Fi stuff as he really puts in a lot of attention to detail with that.
(Bazongaloid, Wed 3 Apr 2013, 12:48, Reply)

i can see why he's dying of an aggressive cancer now, leading to an agonising death

( Light In Chains maker of the ikea sofa, Wed 3 Apr 2013, 12:53, Reply)

Yeah, I don't come across as very sympathetic.

(Bazongaloid, Wed 3 Apr 2013, 13:00, Reply)

Whit? SHIT more like!!

( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Wed 3 Apr 2013, 13:03, Reply)

aaaaaaaaaaaaaahahahahaaaaahahaha
you people actually read this shit

oh my

oh lord

oh, that's priceless
(King Zog of Albania lives in Kensington, Wed 3 Apr 2013, 12:52, Reply)

where did you think the honda accord inspiration came from, exactly?

( rachelswipe with a fork, Wed 3 Apr 2013, 12:55, Reply)

I heard a Honda Accord can do the Kessel run in under 14 parsecs

(King Zog of Albania lives in Kensington, Wed 3 Apr 2013, 13:03, Reply)

what, books?
fucking shocking, that.
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Wed 3 Apr 2013, 13:35, Reply)