Tom

Alistair Reynolds takes relativistic space travel very seriously and it adds natural tension and scale to his work. House of Suns worked better for me than Pushing Ice mainly due to the strength of the characters, there is emotional depth and empathy here that I couldn't find in the other book.

At this point in the series Banks has fully realised his vision for the Culture and it is glorious.

Was expecting to like this more than I did, I love the construction of the world and motivation of the expedition but the actual content felt flat in some way. Like it was trying too hard to be profound.

A concise and clear guide to the prevailing ideology of our time and why it's killing our world. Some takeaways

• Capitalism and Neo-liberalism is inherently reliant on colonial exploitation
• Rent-seeking is the primary mode of increasing wealth
• The rich and powerful launder ideas through think tanks that are uncritically regurgitated by the media
• There is a limitation of imagination when it comes to societal change, incrementalism is not the way

A concise and clear guide to the prevailing ideology of our time and why it's killing our world. Some takeaways

• Capitalism and Neo-liberalism is inherently reliant on colonial exploitation
• Rent-seeking is the primary mode of increasing wealth
• The rich and powerful launder ideas through think tanks that are uncritically regurgitated by the media
• There is a limitation of imagination when it comes to societal change, incrementalism is not the way