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Originally Posted by JSWolf
Banks. I've never read Stardoc. I read Banks for a book club and hardly anyone liked it. It starts off OK and goes down the toilet rather quickly. How is it sacrilege when the book is terrible? It compares to L. Ron Hubbard. That's how bad it is.
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De gustibus non est disputandum, but, er, that opinion is not especially widely shared. (Though one or two Banks books are definitely weaker than others. _Consider Phlebas_ is bursting with ideas but is also so damn depressing that I rarely read it. _The Player of Games_ is just *fun*.)