Excession

For example, Excession which is set 400 years after Consider Phlebas has a clear reference to the events of The Player of Games, but the latter novel is set well over 700 years after Consider Phlebas, which is a clear discrepancy.

Reading Order of the Culture Novels Adam Whitehead 2009

Ian M. Banks is my current poison (currently reading Excession but I've also read most his non-SF books).

Have You Ever Binge-Read An Author? 2010

That said, Consider Phlebas and Excession are both brilliant, and the other Culture novels are excellent is as well.

Iain M. Banks' Culture (Finally) Heads to the Big Screen 2009

The first four -- Consider Phlebas, The Player of Games, Use of Weapons, and Excession -- are stronger than the more recent Inversions, Look to Windward and Matter.

Iain M. Banks' Culture (Finally) Heads to the Big Screen 2009

His other Culture books I still need to re-read and review Excession as well are much stronger works, so hopefully Surface Detail will be up to the quality of the earlier books in the series.

Cover art for Iain Banks's new CULTURE novel Adam Whitehead 2010

I must admit that after reading The Algebraist and about half of Excession I'm very cautious about reading any more of his books even though I've heard so much about them.

My Library Mark 2008

Excession by Iain M. Banks - explores the parameters of utopia with a merrily irreverent tone.

What are the Essential SF Books of the Last 20 Years? 2008

All of the Culture novels from the late 80s and early 90s are of similar quality, so the choice is slightly arbitrary, but Excession is the most concerned with Ships and Minds and so may be the most sfnal.

What are the Essential SF Books of the Last 20 Years? 2008

His other Culture books I still need to re-read and review Excession as well are much stronger works, so hopefully Surface Detail will be up to the quality of the earlier books in the series.

Archive 2010-06-01 Adam Whitehead 2010

For veteran IM Banks readers there are a lot of allusions to his Culture novels and their themes, and you will re-encounter Diziet Sma's arguments with Zakalwe about the "morality of intervention vs non-intervention" from Use of Weapons, or GCU's Grey Area' sense of justice and its implacable execution from Excession as well as quite a few other similar tidbits.

"Transition" by Iain M. Banks (Reviewed by Liviu Suciu) Liviu 2009