A good friend of mine has been nagging me to read that series. I just have so many others to complete first.
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The nice thing about the Culture series is that the stories in the books are not linked together so you can start out with one without having to worry about forgetting the storyline if you don’t want to read the next one right away.
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Good to know, I started Consider Phlebas last night.
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I’ve never read any Ian M Banks yet he’s one of the great names! Thanks for the prompt!
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I absolutely love this series.
Have read all others. Managed get these two from the local library that have eluded me thus far. 
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I was just in town and paid a visit to my bookseller. Picked up this book by T.C Boyle
Original English title: Budding Prospects
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For nostalgic reasons i am reading Martin Chuzzlewit at the moment, by an author whose name can not be mentioned here (his last name is deemed to be offensive apparently. His first name is Charles.)
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you won’t be disappointed
(During his time, he was considered divine because his art was so superior)
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Few short-books:
Depending on my mood, one of these at the moment:
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checked this out at my library, by Victor Bockris
I’m a quarter of the way through and it’s fascinating
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All chapters are 2-3 pages long. It’s not a book to read in one go, I just read thought provoking 3-4 chapters whenever I feel like.
Picked this book by Cixin Liu because I don’t have time to read long novels and I want to understand how his mind works or how he improvised his writings.
features a range of short works from the past three decades of New York Times bestselling author Cixin Liu’s prolific career, putting his nonfiction essays and short stories side-by-side for the first time. This collection includes essays and interviews that shed light on Liu’s experiences as a reader, writer, and lover of science fiction throughout his life, as well as short fiction that gives glimpses into the evolution of his imaginative voice over the years.
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Kinda similar to the above Julian Baggini book?
These are short stories and graphic novel i.e. with lots of images? Personally I’m not into Comics/manga type graphic books.
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I’m not sure about the contents but I don’t like these type of Titles.
This book seems very popular for some reason, checking the summery by the Author
Everything is F*cked, including this joke 