The things I found positive about the novel include the discussions held internally by individuals about whether their original selves or copies of themselves are the real them, and also the idea of the original being being jealous of a copy of himself. Some of the discussions went on a bit too long and I felt newcomers to the Culture novels could find this a bit off-putting and could make the book seem a bit of a slog. This was the philosophising and moralising by the Culture minds. I found one thing that could be considered a negative in the story. If you haven’t already read the book you may wish to leave the rest of this review until you have done so.
read other Culture novels before taking up The Hydrogen Sonata.īeyond this point in my review I will be mentioning points about the book that I liked or found less than satisfactory. I would also suggest that it is better read knowing something of the nature of the Culture minds and ships, i.e. That having been said, I would not regard this novel as the best Culture novel, but rather an adventure with, for me, a few highlights and a few lowlights. This is probably why I am more tolerant than some other reviewers regarding The Hydrogen Sonata. I enjoy wrapping myself up in the whole Culture universe. I have always enjoyed the Culture novels. It seems that the final days of the Gzilt civilisation are likely to prove its most perilous.Books, iain m banks, review, science fiction She must find the oldest person in the Culture, a man over nine thousand years old, who might have some idea what really happened all that time ago. Aided only by an ancient, reconditioned android and a suspicious Culture avatar, Cossont must complete her last mission given to her by the High Command. Lieutenant Commander (reserve) Vyr Cossont appears to have been involved, and she is now wanted - dead, not alive. Now they've made the collective decision to follow the well-trodden path of millions of other civilisations: they are going to Sublime, elevating themselves to a new and almost infinitely more rich and complex existence.Īmid preparations though, the Regimental High Command is destroyed.
It is, truly, the End Days for the Gzilt civilisation.Īn ancient people, organised on military principles and yet almost perversely peaceful, the Gzilt helped set up the Culture ten thousand years earlier and were very nearly one of its founding societies, deciding not to join only at the last moment. Banks, a modern master of science fiction. The tenth Culture book from the awesome imagination of Iain M.
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