Iain M. Banks describing GPT – in 2005 novel

Re:Iain M. Banks describing GPT – in 2005 novel by lproven on Monday March 13, 2023 @06:24AM (#35133655)

Interesting... it was on another site, so I think I should not C&P someone else's words, but someone recently said that they found IMB hard work because there was just too much to absorb: it was so information-rich they found it overwhelming.

There's probably some general point in here about how one thing can't please everyone.

I recently set aside book 2 of N K Jemisin's Broken Earth trilogy. I may come back to it, but while it is very original, it is at heart a post-apocalyptic fantasy series, and I am just not very into fantasy.

Yes this is a multi-award-winning series that's been praised to the skies.

Similarly several friends were recently delighted to get commemorative editions of John Crowley's Little, Big -- for me, one of the single least enjoyable, most irritating books I've ever forced myself to finish.

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Re:Iain M. Banks describing GPT – in 2005 novel by brindy on Tuesday March 14, 2023 @06:53PM (#35160381)

I did not enjoy Fifth Season, so never bothered going beyond that.

I didn’t enjoy the frequent switch between first, second and third person and I honestly didn’t think it was that interesting of a story, but for some reason people seem to rave about it. Different strokes for different folks, I suppose.

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Re:Iain M. Banks describing GPT – in 2005 novel by lproven on Tuesday March 14, 2023 @07:14PM (#35160784)

Absolutely so, and I relish diversity and that there's lots out there.

The only thing is, it makes me treat reviews and recommendations with great caution. I have some friends who like most of the books I like, but they also like some utter dross, and don't like things I consider wonderful. So one is left to one's own devices.

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