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Another great read from Mr. Doctorow, FTW is quite serious (both in subject and tone) for a Young Adult novel. But it moves at a breathtaking pace, and the overall message is an important one, so I have been recommending it left and right, to anyone over the age of 13. Absolutely worth your time.
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Not a new title from Banks, but in fact a reprint of one of his grimmest 90s works. Not a Culture novel, but a standalone piece, Against a Dark Background is first-rate, but pervasively gloomy (not as over the top as Use of Weapons, say, but broodingly dark nonetheless). Not my recommendation for an introduction to his work, but well worth reading once you've sampled something like Consider Phlebas, Look to Windward, or Excession, say.
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Tobias, January 1, 2011
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Tobias, May 27, 2010
Another great read from Mr. Doctorow, FTW is quite serious (both in subject and tone) for a Young Adult novel. But it moves at a breathtaking pace, and the overall message is an important one, so I have been recommending it left and right, to anyone over the age of 13. Absolutely worth your time.(2 of 3 readers found this comment helpful)
Against a Dark Background by Iain M. Banks
Tobias, May 4, 2009
Not a new title from Banks, but in fact a reprint of one of his grimmest 90s works. Not a Culture novel, but a standalone piece, Against a Dark Background is first-rate, but pervasively gloomy (not as over the top as Use of Weapons, say, but broodingly dark nonetheless). Not my recommendation for an introduction to his work, but well worth reading once you've sampled something like Consider Phlebas, Look to Windward, or Excession, say.