{"id":34,"date":"2008-07-18T04:38:41","date_gmt":"2008-07-18T04:38:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.revolutionsf.com\/revblogs\/novaatlantis\/2008\/07\/18\/use-of-weapons\/"},"modified":"2012-10-03T01:56:09","modified_gmt":"2012-10-03T01:56:09","slug":"use-of-weapons","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.revolutionsf.com\/revblogs\/novaatlantis\/2008\/07\/18\/use-of-weapons\/","title":{"rendered":"Use of Weapons"},"content":{"rendered":"

I noticed just now that the new US edition of Iain M. Banks’ Use of Weapons<\/span> is available and in stock, no longer just for preorder. It had been out-of-print for years in America, which was too bad, as I think it’s one of Banks’ best Culture novels. In fact, I remember reading somewhere that it was the first one he wrote, but the structure just didn’t work until Ken MacLeod suggested trying an experimental, interleaved alternating chronological\/anti-chronological organization of the chapters that made it all come together. It’s a little confusing at first, but it makes the plot unfold perfectly.<\/p>\n

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Highly recommended.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I noticed just now that the new US edition of Iain M. Banks’ Use of Weapons is available and in stock, no longer just for preorder. It had been out-of-print for years in America, which was too bad, as I … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-34","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\t\n\t\n