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DetlefK

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19. Have you read "The Wasp Factory"?

Sun Sep 8, 2019, 11:15 AM

Sep 2019

It's about a teenager in an insulated coastal village in Scotland. He was maimed as a small child in an accident and has unbeknownst to his single father turned into a psychopath who kills other children.

The novel explores this alternate interpretation of reality he has created for himself, his emotional trauma and his investigation what really happened to him back then.

It's a dark, depressing read, but it's also fascinating in a morbid way, because Banks clearly put a lot of thought into how an insane person thinks.

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Does religion and science fiction mix? [View all] Cartoonist Sep 2019 OP

Frank Herbert's Dune is one neeksgeek Sep 2019 #1

I get the religious trappings Cartoonist Sep 2019 #7

It's been a while since I read it... neeksgeek Sep 2019 #10

The primary religion centers around the Abrahamic God. Act_of_Reparation Sep 2019 #23

You could consider "Speaker for the Dead" to be mostly religious. Igel Sep 2019 #2

I used to like Card Cartoonist Sep 2019 #5

His first book was the only one worth reading. Voltaire2 Sep 2019 #15

Robert Heinlein's Job is one. Onyrleft Sep 2019 #3

Favorable, or a least neutral, example include JackintheGreen Sep 2019 #4

not a book qazplm135 Sep 2019 #6

Does scientology count? Major Nikon Sep 2019 #8

Not by my definition Cartoonist Sep 2019 #9

So Hindus ain't got no religion? 3Hotdogs Sep 2019 #11

You kidding me? Cartoonist Sep 2019 #12

They also consider all of their gods to just Voltaire2 Sep 2019 #13

That definition would exclude quite a few religions Major Nikon Sep 2019 #14

How do you figure? Cartoonist Sep 2019 #16

Many Native American and indigenous religions are pantheistic Major Nikon Sep 2019 #20

Anthropomorphic pantheism Cartoonist Sep 2019 #22

You can't lump all Native American beliefs together and call them the same Major Nikon Sep 2019 #24

"The Algebraist" and "Surface Detail" by Iain Banks DetlefK Sep 2019 #17

Great writer. Too bad he's gone. Cartoonist Sep 2019 #18

Have you read "The Wasp Factory"? DetlefK Sep 2019 #19

Remember his science fiction was listed as "Iain M. Banks" muriel_volestrangler Sep 2019 #21

There was one movie... man swallowed by whale... guy loses family but gets a new one... JustFiveMoreMinutes Sep 2019 #25

game of theones has several religions rampartc Sep 2019 #26

Chalion series by Lois McMaster Bujold catrose Sep 2019 #27

I think Childhoods End, somewhat captain queeg Sep 2019 #28

Been a long time since I read it Cartoonist Sep 2019 #29

The Doomsday Book by Connie Willis sweetloukillbot Sep 2019 #30

if anyone has ever read.... quickesst Sep 2019 #31