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Original Title:	Excession
ISBN:	0553575376 (ISBN13: 9780553575378)
Edition Language:	English URL http://www.iain-banks.net/
Series:	Culture #5
Characters:	Byr Gen-Hofoen
Literary Awards:	Kurd-Laßwitz-Preis for Bestes ausländisches Werk (Best Foreign Work) (1998), British Science Fiction Association Award for Best Novel (1996), James Tiptree Jr. Award Nominee for Longlist (1996), Premio Ignotus Nominee for Mejor novela extranjera (Best Foreign Novel) (2005), British Fantasy Award Nominee for Best Novel (August Derlith Fantasy Award) (1997)

Excession (Culture #5)

Iain M. Banks

Mass Market Paperback | Pages: 499 pages

Rating: 4.21 | 23923 Users | 995 Reviews

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Title	:	Excession (Culture #5)
Author	:	Iain M. Banks
Book Format	:	Mass Market Paperback
Book Edition	:	Deluxe Edition
Pages	:	Pages: 499 pages
Published	:	February 2nd 1998 by Bantam Spectra (NY) (first published 1996)
Categories	:	Science Fiction. Fiction. Space. Space Opera

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The international sensation Iain M. Banks offers readers a deeply imaginative, wittily satirical tale, proving once again that he is "a talent to be reckoned with" ("Locus"). In Excession, the Culture's espionage and dirty tricks section orders Diplomat Byr Gen-Hofoen to steal the soul of a long-dead starship captain. By accepting the mission, Byr irrevocably plunges himself into a conspiracy: one that could either lead the universe into an age of peace or to the brink of annihilation.

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In this book a strange phenomenon is observed. The story revolves around how the Culture and it's neighbors try to deal with this particular event. Is it a weapon? Is it a message from a vastly superior race or culture? Is it a natural event? Add onto that tragic love stories, sadistic aliens, and revenge and you get one densely written, fantastically entertaining story.This is quite possibly one of my all time favorite books. The conversations between the sentient ships alone could sustain me.

The problem with getting older and facing mortality is that you realize you won't be able to read all the books you want to. I love the Culture books so much that I'd love to reread them in the order written. One of the reasons being a desire to track the Minds through the series, do any reappear?The most appealing aspect of Excession is that it's pretty the Minds, with the humans and a new alien species on the sidelines, altho they are part of the plot. I love the Minds! The names they choose

The Culture series is one of the most beloved among today's sf readers, possibly the most beloved but I don't have any hard figures to back it up so I'll leave that hyperbole out for now. Certainly some entries in the series are more popular than others, based on the average ratings and online discussions The Player of Games and Use of Weapons are generally held in high regard, Inversions and Matter less so. As for Excession, it is one of the more popular ones, top 4 I think, and I can see why.

Terry Pratchett once said that horses take longer to get up to full speed because they had more legs to sort out. Under those conditions, Excession has about a dozen damn legs, because this book takes half its length to feel like it's gaining any momentum.The cast of thousands approach doesn't really help. By the time the narrative returned to some characters I had trouble remember who they were or what exactly they wanted. And the ridiculous names of the machine minds, avatars, and drones

I love these books, but if you don't, I understand. The series' uniqueness is both awesome and offputting; the sort of stuff you wish people would write, but then you find excuses not to read. Reading the Culture novels is rarely the funnest thing you could be doing; but, when you're done, it can mean a whole paradigm shift - steps toward permanently dismantling whatever version of reality is currently trolling your existence.

Music: something from Slowdive, like "Souvlaki Space Station"Like putting my feet back into the river, this felt like I had not taken any break from reading this series. This one was fun to read, that can be said :)So, there's a mysterious ship that apparead many years before - now it is back, and *everybody* seems to want to check it out, prod it, talk to it, see if there's anything new and benefitting in its secrets and even attempt to destroy it. There's also a conspiracy going on...This

8.5/10After five years time-off from the Culture universe, taking the time to develop ideas and stories and in other novels, Iain M. Banks returns with Excession, the fifth following installment in the series, with a story of grand scope and imagination; a space opera that takes us deep into the unknown of the galaxy - revealing wonders and dimensions through its vastness - but also into an epic adventure of conspiracy and war, paranoia and cruelty, and love and betrayal, using his