Do you prefer Iain Bank's SF or 'normal' fiction novels?

[Little Rascal]

Hi! Though I loved Crow Road and Complicity, neither of these holds a candle to his Culture series. Feersome E' was a mouth full to read and left me a tad dis-appointed.
A.a.DBack-Ground & the Algabraist, tho not Culture stories are both crackers!

btw; State of the Art has more than 1 Culture story in it. ie; S.ot.Art A Gift from the C. Even Odd Attachment and cleaning Up could possibily be culture. (The technology is Culture based!
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Inversions? Is it a Culture story??? The debate rages!

[Dave]

I've read all the SF except Matter and many of the Iain Banks books now. I've just read The Steep Approach to Garbadale. Trying not to spoil, while I guessed the big secret from about half-way through, after his second meeting with Blake in Hong Kong, I was still thrown completely by the second last page of the book. I didn't understand why that was necessary to happen. I thought it had a little too much of Bank's usual but confusing moving back and forth in the timeline. It also has two places where the Alban gives us political rants which could be straight out of Iain's own mouth. Still a great book though not his best. I have The Crow Road lined up to read, which most people mention as one of the best.

[chopper]

yep, that's the one that hooked me first off. as luck would have it i read it just before the tv adaptaton started.