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Similar personality copying techniques allows the soldier Vateuil to fight in a variety of environments, including a mainly energy being which moves between layer and fractures of ice.<ref name=Alderman2010RevSurDet /> |
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The rulers of an elephant-like species maintain a [[Hell]] with which they punish for ever those whose conduct the ruler dislike. Prin and Chay volunteer to sent copies of their souls into this Hell and expose the atrocities, but only Prin is able to |
The rulers of an elephant-like species maintain a [[Hell]] with which they punish for ever those whose conduct the ruler dislike. Prin and Chay volunteer to sent copies of their souls into this Hell, hoping to return and expose the atrocities, but only Prin is able to escape.<ref name=Alderman2010RevSurDet /> |
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There has for a long time a battle between high-tech civilisation about whether Hells should be maintained or destroy.<ref name=Alderman2010RevSurDet /> |
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Naomi Alderman says that Bank's fictional Hells are based on the [[Hell houses]] in which some Christian fundamentalists try terrify those whose behaviour is not approved.<ref name=Alderman2010RevSurDet /> |
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Alderman says the book make clear the conflicts of objectives, for example whether the needs of Lededje or Chay should be sacrificed in order make certain that the Hells are destroyed.<ref name=Alderman2010RevSurDet /> |
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Alderman says the most vivid character is the Culture's Abominator-class warship ''Falling Outside the Normal Moral Constraints'', which gleefully destroys an enemy fleet instantly.<ref name=Alderman2010RevSurDet /> |
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Alderman says the descriptions of some characters, such as the Special Circumstance agent Yime Nsokyi, as less vivid.<ref name=Alderman2010RevSurDet /> |
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Alderman says, "The novel's real power lies in the absorbing questions it poses about the value of the real, as opposed to the virtual, about who or what is expendable, and whether a society is better held together by threats or by promises."<ref name=Alderman2010RevSurDet /> |
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Revision as of 01:25, 4 October 2011
Sources
- Surface Detail by Iain M Banks – review - Naomi Alderman - The Guardian - Saturday 23 October 2010
- Surface Detail, By Iain M Banks - Roz Kaveney - The Independent - Friday, 15 October 2010
- Iain M Banks: Surface Detail - Alastair Mabbott - Herald Scotland - 11 Oct 2010
- Book review: Surface Detail, by Iain M Banks - Francis Spufford - Scotsman.com
- Surface Detail, By Iain M Banks - Doug Johnstone - The Independent - Sunday, 7 November 2010
- Surface Detail by Ian Banks - Sam Wood - Northwords Now (http://www.northwordsnow.co.uk/)
- Surface Detail by Iain M. Banks - Abigail Nussbaum - Strange Horizons - 13 June 2011
- Book review: 'Surface Detail' by Iain M. Banks - Jeff VanderMeer - Los Angeles Times - 1 January 2011
- Surface detail hides deep questions in new Banks novel - Clare Wilson - New Scientist - Reed Business Information Ltd. - 11 November 2010
- Russell Letson reviews Iain M. Banks - Russell Letson - Locus Publications - Wednesday 29 December 201
Lead
| Author | Iain M. Banks |
|---|---|
| Language | English |
| Series | The Culture |
| Genre | Science fiction novel |
| Publisher | Orbit Books |
Publication date | 2010 |
| Publication place | Great Britain |
| Media type | Print (Hardback[1] & Paperback) |
| Pages | 627 pages[1] |
| ISBN | [[Special:BookSources/978-1-84149-895-9%7F%27%22%60UNIQ--ref-00000002-QINU%60%22%27%7F |978-1-84149-895-9[1]]] Parameter error in {{ISBNT}}: invalid character |
| Preceded by | Matter'[1] |
Plot
Among a member of a human-like species, Lededje Y'breq wears a full-body tattoo which brands her as a slave of the powerful tycoon Veppers, who frequently rapes her and, when she tries to escapes, kills her.[2] Neither knew that an eccentric Culture ship had implanted into Lededje brain a "neural lace", which at the woman's death sent a copy of her memories to the General Systems Vehicle Sense Amid Madness, Wit Amidst Follow.
Similar personality copying techniques allows the soldier Vateuil to fight in a variety of environments, including a mainly energy being which moves between layer and fractures of ice.[2]
The rulers of an elephant-like species maintain a Hell with which they punish for ever those whose conduct the ruler dislike. Prin and Chay volunteer to sent copies of their souls into this Hell, hoping to return and expose the atrocities, but only Prin is able to escape.[2]
There has for a long time a battle between high-tech civilisation about whether Hells should be maintained or destroy.[2]
Themes
Naomi Alderman says that Bank's fictional Hells are based on the Hell houses in which some Christian fundamentalists try terrify those whose behaviour is not approved.[2]
Alderman says the book make clear the conflicts of objectives, for example whether the needs of Lededje or Chay should be sacrificed in order make certain that the Hells are destroyed.[2]
Reviews
Alderman says the most vivid character is the Culture's Abominator-class warship Falling Outside the Normal Moral Constraints, which gleefully destroys an enemy fleet instantly.[2]
Alderman says the descriptions of some characters, such as the Special Circumstance agent Yime Nsokyi, as less vivid.[2]
Alderman says, "The novel's real power lies in the absorbing questions it poses about the value of the real, as opposed to the virtual, about who or what is expendable, and whether a society is better held together by threats or by promises."[2]
Production
References
- ^ a b c d Banks, Iain M. (2010). Surface Detail. Great Britain: Orbit Books. p. 627. ISBN 978-1-84149-895-9.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i Alderman, Naomi (Saturday 23 October 2010). "Surface Detail by Iain M Banks – review". The Guardian. Retrieved 29 September 2011.
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