The Skinner

[Rodders]

I should be starting this tomorrow and i'm quite looking forward to it.

[Rodders]

Well, it took some time (short journeys to work), but i've finally finished it. WOW, as my first taste of the Neal Asher i've been blown away and will be out to look for the rest of the Spatterjay series today. Very interested in learning more about the Polity, the Prador, Sniper, Janer and Sable Keech. I'm also fascinated by Jay Hoop's story.

Right, i'm off to Waterstones.

[Neal Asher]

Hey, glad you liked it! And there are certainly plenty more you can try!

[Rodders]

Yep. Just starting the Voyage of Sable Keech now.

[Neal Asher]

Excellent - if anything that one's slightly more insane. You'll never look at a whelk in the same way.

[rai]

I have yet to read one of your books but all the reviews are great. I guess I grew up in the 70's and have not caught up with the new stuff yet. I have The 'Skinner' and 'Gridlink' and will try one soon.

thanks.

[Bugg]

The Skinner's the only one I've read so far - and it was the new cover that caught my eye (the guy who served me in Waterstones said it was "a great book with an awful cover" - go figure!). Anyway, I loved it, and shall definitely be reading more - I have Shadow of the Scorpion in my TBR pile at the moment

[Rodders]

I thoroughly recommend "The Technician". An absolutely superb read and one of the best books i've read in a while.

[Neal Asher]

And yet the new cover for The Skinner is exactly right. Maybe the guy felt it was too sfnal and should have been toned down a bit.

[Vertigo]

I've just read this and thought it excellent probably my favourite Polity book so far. Totally loved Sniper and I could just picture that "grin" of his!

With regard to the cover I absolutely agree with you Neal! I bought this as an ebook and frankly the covers don't display desperately well, which usually doesn't matter but in this case it is a shame! Once the Skinner was revealed in his full glory (gory?) I had to dive on the net and pull up a decent image of the cover. And guess what? It was exactly as I pictured him right down to the wings. Superb creature and a superb cover!

[Bugg]

Originally Posted by Vertigo

Once the Skinner was revealed in his full glory (gory?) I had to dive on the net and pull up a decent image of the cover. And guess what? It was exactly as I pictured him right down to the wings. Superb creature and a superb cover!

It was the cover that caught my eye and drew me to the book in the first place (it was the first of Neal's books that I read). Love it, and the covers of Neal's books in general, so much so that I am gradually buying all the paperbacks rather than going for the Kindle versions

Just last week I recommended this book to one of my friends - it'll be interesting to see if he likes it or not!