Just finished reading a book by Iain Banks, "The Wasp Factory". It is a second book I've read of that author (first was "Walking on Glass"), and just like the first one I tried, it is just great. Quite a simple story yet told with plenty of humor and horror at the same time -- the whole book made me want to read more of the same authors, so I'll be starting on The Bridge tomorrow). Being read mostly sci-fi for past few years, I started moving towards different writing styles at the end of 2002, and I don't regret it. Variety of reading is essential to keep yourself sane. Or unsane.
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And whenever you're tempted to go back to scifi, you can start reading Iain M. Banks (with the "M." being key) which is the same quality of stuff, applied to a slightly different genre (if you do go that route, I'd recommend re-reading The Bridge afterwards, since it's got a few "easter eggs" the cross the fiction/scifi separation that Iain usually has).
Posted by: mihai on January 11, 2003 12:57 PMWOW!! Iain banks is one of my favourite writers. I read his first two boks in the exact same order.
I must really recommend The Player of Games - easily one of his best, and I've read 'm all (that is - I'm reading his latest /Dead Air/ right now!!)
Anyways, I'm off to play some one-dimensional chess
Posted by: macanoid on January 11, 2003 2:09 PMWe have to study 'The Wasp Factory' for A-Level English combined Lang and Lit and its soooooo cool!!!!!!
I love this writing!!!
Galadriel - do you have any information on the WASp Factory that you've done in class and stuff? I've got to do a coursework essay on it and i dont have any information to go on!
Cheers
Jenna
I got SO lost reading 'The Bridge', but I agree - all of Iain Banks' (and Iain M. Banks') books are brilliant. I'm a huge fan, although sometimes I find the odd section a little tasteless (read: bestiality/quadruple amputee fetish, in the middle of The Bridge)
I'm currently trying to write a coursework essay comparing/contrasting Alex from 'A Clockwork Orange', with Frank from 'The Wasp Factory'...it's proving a little harder than I expected, but still fun.
I'm doing the Wasp Factory for my AH English dissertation and I was wondering whether anyone knew where I could get my hands on some critical works, theres hundreds for my other two books but I can't find anything on this!
Posted by: pixie on November 3, 2003 5:14 AMI'm doing a dissertation on "Wasp Factory" and "Catcher in the Rye", comparing Frank Caulhame and Holden Caulfield. If any of you, guys have any ideas PLEASE share; I'm SO lost!
Posted by: Anya on February 23, 2004 8:43 AM