![]() Yet I can’t deny it’s an ‘important’ Culture novel. But by the Banksian standards against which I measure his Culture novels (set for me by the first 3 novels, all of which get 5 stars), I didn’t feel it measured up. Indeed, by the general standards of scifi, I’m being wilfully unkind in saying it’s not that great – it tackles big ideas on a bold canvas with intriguing characters and beautiful writing. Trying to settle on a rating I could feel myself wanting to bump it up to 4 stars – but I can’t justify it, because I simply didn’t enjoy reading it this time around. Here’s a funny thing: I really want to like Look to Windward more than I actually do. But Quilan has other motives for his visit, and the Idiran War is not the only one whose consequences will be felt on Masaq’. ![]() ![]() ![]() For Ziller, the occasion is overshadowed by the arrival of a Chelgrian emissary on a mission to bring the composer in exile home. 800 years after the Idiran War, the dying light of two suns destroyed in it will finally reach Masaq’ Orbital. ![]()
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