Banksian

Later Culture books while quite good, are not as awesome as those first three and the last one Matter which started extremely promising, kind of sputters a bit in the last third though it has a great "Banksian" ending and it offers some glimpses of the awesomeness it could have been when the most interesting character of the novel who sadly appears in only one chapter, discusses the title topic "matter" with one of the three main POV characters.

Iain M. Banks Returns to the Culture Universe in October 2010! Liviu 2010

While I had very high expectations for the series debut, only to be partially fulfilled after an intriguing beginning followed by an almost fatal descent in costume-aliens pulp, my expectations were tempered for this one; still the novel managed to under-perform them with occasional snippets of brilliance with Banksian overtones and a lively engaging style, but with a very 50's like content which is far from the modern space opera standards

Liviu's Anticipated Novels of 2010 - collated post to be referred to and updated frequently as books come Liviu 2009

While I had very high expectations for the series debut, only to be partially fulfilled after an intriguing beginning followed by an almost fatal descent in costume-aliens pulp, my expectations were tempered for this one; still the novel managed to under-perform them with occasional snippets of brilliance with Banksian overtones and a lively engaging style, but with a very 50's like content which is far from the modern space opera standards

Archive 2009-11-01 Liviu 2009

It's all good escapist fun, with AIs with a certain Banksian outlook on the world, and some of the nastiest monsters human and otherwise that you'll come across.

The Backlog Reviews: Number Three - The Skinner sbisson 2002

The stroll soon resolved itself into a tranquil session on a bench overhung with laurel and Banksian roses, from which they caught a dazzle of blue sea between marble balusters, and the fiery shafts of cactus-blossoms shooting meteor-like from the rock.

The House of Mirth Edith Wharton 1987

The stroll soon resolved itself into a tranquil session on a bench overhung with laurel and Banksian roses, from which they caught a dazzle of blue sea between marble balusters, and the fiery shafts of cactus-blossoms shooting meteor-like from the rock.

The House of Mirth Edith Wharton 1987

The stroll soon resolved itself into a tranquil session on a bench overhung with laurel and Banksian roses, from which they caught a dazzle of blue sea between marble balusters, and the fiery shafts of cactus-blossoms shooting meteor-like from the rock.

The House of Mirth Edith Wharton 1987

Nodding their heavy plumes and parting their leafy tresses in the breeze, they are the charm of every spot where they grow; whether as here, alternating in beautiful relief by the lofty wall of the aqueduct, commingling their snowy bunches amidst thousands of red and white Banksian roses; or else standing sentinel with a weeping willow over some garden fountain.

Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 62, Number 385. November, 1847. Various

It was he who blazed out the northern limit of Banksian pine, and his name was in Government reports down in black and white -- so that Marie and all the world could read.

Back to God's Country and Other Stories James Oliver Curwood 1903

It led across the narrow plain and into a dense tangle of swamp, where the huskies had picked their way in aimless wandering until they came out in thick balsam and Banksian pine.

The Honor of the Big Snows James Oliver Curwood 1903