Jeremy Sadler rated Surface Detail: 4 stars

Iain M. Banks: Surface Detail (2010, Little, Brown Book Group Limited)
Surface Detail by Iain M. Banks
It begins in the realm of the Real, where matter still matters.
It begins with a murder.
And …
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Iain M. Banks: Surface Detail (2010, Little, Brown Book Group Limited)
It begins in the realm of the Real, where matter still matters.
It begins with a murder.
And …

Never finished it. Found the writing too clunky, which surprises me given I enjoyed Turtledove's World War series.
Never finished it. Found the writing too clunky, which surprises me given I enjoyed Turtledove's World War series.

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