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New Any particular books you had in mind?
I'd check them out...

Is that [link|http://www.amazon.com/s/002-4976125-0368019?ie=UTF8&index=books&rank=-relevance%2C%2Bavailability%2C-daterank&field-author-exact=Reynolds%2C%20Alastair%20|Alastar Reynolds]? And [link|http://www.amazon.com/s/002-4976125-0368019?ie=UTF8&index=books&rank=-relevance%2C%2Bavailability%2C-daterank&field-author-exact=Banks%2C%20Iain%20M.|Iain M. Banks]?

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New Re: Any particular books you had in mind?
Yes.

For Reynolds, read the Revelation Space stuff.

In order:

Revelation Space
Chasm City
Redemption Ark
Absolution Gap

For standalone fun, read Century Rain (noir meets space opera, tres bien) and Pushing Ice (can't describe without spoiling, so shan't).

Banks? Simply the finest SF author ever. Full stop. The end. Everyone else can go home. (Except Reynolds).

So:

Get into The Culture with:

Consider Phlebas
The Player Of Games
Use Of Weapons
Inversions
Excession
Look To Windward

Start with Excession, because that'll give you an insight into how AIs are first-class citizens in The Culture. And it's funny.

For non-Culture reading, you really should give The Algebraist a shot.

If you need your mind rearranging, check out The Wasp Factory - his first novel (written under the nom de plume Iain Banks - he inserts the M for his sci-fi).


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