![]() ![]() The problem with the book is that it is something more than A book, or tries to be, and so for me ends up being something less than one. How and why it proves to be pivotal is one of the unanswered challenges. It is the year in which most of the action of the book takes place, but obviously it's way in our future, and parts of the book look back on it from some undetermined distance beyond. Publishers Weekly called it challenging and that's much nearer the mark.Ģ312 we are given to understand is / will be / was a pivotal year. Not for me anyway.įor a reader, as opposed to another writer, the book is much more difficult than that. And actually, the more I think about the less I do – actually – as such – disagree. So who am I to disagree with one of the current masters of the genre? ![]() Intellectually engaged…intensely humane… exuberantly speculative was Iain M Banks' blurb for 2312. Summary: Genuine sci-fi enthusiasts are likely to appreciate this challenging work more than the average reader - which is a shame because there's a ripping good plot buried at its heart. ![]()
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