Comment

Apr 27, 2014GregKush rated this title 5 out of 5 stars
While not the first in the Culture series, Banks credits this book with the original idea of the Culture (apparently the manuscript dates back to 1974). Very worthwhile, and I found it took less time to get into the characters than other books Banks has penned. Nice steady progression of the characters; the reverse time telling the main character's background intertwined with the ostensible main story broke up the story with little nuggets worth savoring.