Friday 29 June 2012

Transition - Iain Banks

Date Read: October 2011

There is a world that hangs suspended between triumph & catastrophe, between the dismantling of the Wall & the fall of the Twin Towers, frozen in the shadow of suicide terrorism & global financial collapse. Such a world requires a firm hand, a guiding light. But does it need the Concern: an all-powerful organization with a malevolent presiding genius, pervasive influence & numberless invisible operatives in possession of extraordinary powers?

My Thoughts: A very tricky read to follow - specially if your head is all over the place anyway (as mine was). You really need to focus on this one, but it pays off big time. I became glued to it. told from different character's perspectives, at different times, in different worlds. Sex, drugs and humour lace the pages.

Find time for this sci-fi classic; and space on your bookshelf.


I RATED IT 7/10

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