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Feersum Endjinn [Kindle Edition]

Iain M. Banks (Author)
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In a future where the ancients have long since departed Earth for the stars, those left behind live complacent lives filled with technological marvels they no longer understand. Then a cosmic threat known as the Encroachment begins a devastating ice age on Earth, and it sets in motion a series of events that will bring together a cast of original characters who must struggle through war, political intrigues and age-old mysteries to save the world. (B 4worned, 1 oph Banx' carrokters theenx en funetic inglish, which makes for some tough reading but also some innovative prose.)

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Another truly impressive piece of work from the pen of a master storyteller. (STARBURST )

Dazzlingly original. (DAILY MAIL )

Banks is a phenomenon: the widly successful, fearlessly creative author of brilliant and disturbing non-genre novels, he's equally at home writing pure science fiction of a peculiarly gnarly energy and elegance. (WILLIAM GIBSON )

Sharp, witty, comprehensively terrifying. (OBSERVER )
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  • Format: Kindle Edition
  • File Size: 448 KB
  • Print Length: 288 pages
  • Publisher: Hachette Digital (1 July 2010)
  • Sold by: Amazon Media EU S.à r.l.
  • Language English
  • ASIN: B003O86FKO
  • Text-to-Speech: Enabled
  • Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (54 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #27,558 Paid in Kindle Store (See Top 100 Paid in Kindle Store)

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32 of 33 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
In Arthur C. Clarke's famous saying, any sufficiently advanced technology is...

This book tells a tale of a time when the Earth is populated by descendants of those people who were (or chose to be) left behind when technology reached a point which they could no longer cope with. As a result they live in a world which they barely understand, surrounded by the legacy of people using a science way beyond them. Nonetheless, humans being adaptable creatures, they have created a society which just about functions, using the technology they were left, packed with all the usual human virtues and vices, lacking only the faintest idea of why they are where they are. It is only when they discover that their civilisation - and indeed planet - is threatened by something far beyond their abilities that they have to come to terms with what they have lost. Characteristically, they respond in different ways, most of them counterproductive.

The book is told from four viewpoints: a power struggle within the ruling clan, a loser in that power struggle, a boy caught up in the struggle without realising it and a mysterious external factor called an "asura" who despite her initial air of harmlessness is clearly going to be bad news for someone.

Initially the book is hard to get to grips with as these four strands interweave, particularly as the boy speaks/writes a phonetic English which takes hard work and practice to read at a reasonably normal pace. However, as the story starts to gel, the characters and plotting slowly become irresistible and by the end the reader has a real feeling of satisfaction for sticking with it.

This is not as easy to read as some of the Culture novels but in its own way it is every bit as rewarding as, say, The Player Of Games.

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The world of "Feersum Endjinn" is incredibly weird. Set in the very far future, the Encroachment threatens the Earth with a new Ice Age and the possible extinction of life on the planet itself. Only the remnants of a civilisation are left on Earth ,with most of the rest of its inhabitants having long since departed for the stars. The society that is left is totally bizarre; it is organised on feudal lines and most of the people live in a huge castle the size and height of a large mountain range. The inhabitants have developed very strange and alien powers of the mind; they possess implants to provide them with AI and their minds are "shared" in a hierarchical manner , with "The Privileged" being able to access people minds at will.In parallel with the real world, there is a surreal virtual reality world called "The Crypt" which people can access through their mind ; a sort of world data bank that contains all the thoughts and actions of the past , a world into which people can even download their souls for reincarnation after death, often returning as chimerical animals. It is the complex interaction between the real world and The Crypt which makes this book a difficult one to understand and enjoy. Banks makes a lot of demands on the reader as he creates this convincing but radically different future world. A world where Life and the Afterlife , the Spirit and the Material World ,have fused together and created a totally new reality.
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
A Strange Read 2 Feb 2009
Format:Paperback
Many people have thoroughly enjoyed this book as you can see from the other reviews. I however found it to be less engaging than the other Iain M Banks books.

The characters seemed rather more shallow than those in other books - also the frequent jumps to cryptspace can be quite hard to follow.

To those about to read this book I would recommend reading it quickly in a few short bursts, you'll probably get more out of it. Personally I found this alot less engaging than Iain's other books - most of which I cannot put down! However, maybe this is a bit like marmite, so many other people have thoroughly enjoyed it!
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I ½ olwayz luvd eeyun em banxiz cyance fikshun, its bettir than moast ov hiz uthir just eeyun banks bewks, but feersum endjinn iz 1 of thi best evir sints u ½ 2 wirk HARD 2 get... Read more
Published 1 month ago by S. G. Gilman
Make up Your Own Mind
Like another reviewer, after colliding head on with the first Bascule chapter I had a sneaky peek to see how much more there was and almost gave up.

But, stick with it. Read more
Published 6 months ago by Azrael
Disappointing.
There is a good book in here somewhere but it is spoiled along the way.

The main problem is the character of Bascule, his sections are written in a deliberately... Read more
Published 9 months ago by plot hound
Good but by no means his best
The story was fairly interesting. I don't know if this is the first book to be set in this world but there are some aspects of the world which I thought deserved an explanation... Read more
Published 16 months ago by T. J. Smith
Not the quickest book you will ever read but worthwhile
Just a quick review from myself, the phonetic parts of the book can be difficult, and certainly slow, to read but when the strands of the story come together the time you have... Read more
Published 18 months ago by Mr. D. M. Johnston
Too much effort to read the phonetic English.
Although I'm a fan of the author, it was just too much effort to read the phonetic English chapters. Sadly I gave up. Read more
Published 19 months ago by B. Brown
Feersum Endjinn
Having read all of Mr Banks works this remains one of my favorites.
I was fortunate to get a copy signed and at the time I asked him why he wrote it in such a style "because I... Read more
Published 21 months ago by F.Endjinn
Great story, annoying read
This book is set in a far future where the planet is not as we recognise it. All live in the same area though a threat is looming to affect all people. Read more
Published 22 months ago by Christian
Spellbinding read
Certainly one of the most demanding books I've read, but ultimately a hugely rewarding, mind expanding read, and even better 2nd time around! Read more
Published 23 months ago by NavRow
Feersum Endjinn
Probably my favourite Iain M Banks novel. A little hard to get into at first but with a very satisfying interwoven, multi strand plot line.
Published on 11 Mar 2010 by K. Robson
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