Transition
2 journalers for this copy...
Intriguing novel in which Banks explores the world of parallel universes and travelling between them. Not as good as his Culture novels, but still well written and thought provoking as we know him.
From the jacket:
Imagine a world that is one of infinite parallel worlds, which hangs suspended between triumph and catastrophe, between the dismantling of the Wall and the fall of the Twin Towers, in the shadow of suicide terrorism and financial collapse. Presiding over this world is the Concern, an all-powerful organisation whose operatives possess extraordinary powers. There is Temudjin Oh, an unkillable assassin who journeys from the high passes of Nepal to a version of Victorian London or a wintry Venice; Adrian Cubbish, restlessly greedy City trader; and the Philosopher, a state-sponsored torturer who moves between the time zones with sinister ease. Transition is a high-definition, hyper-real apocalyptic fable for terrible times.
From the jacket:
Imagine a world that is one of infinite parallel worlds, which hangs suspended between triumph and catastrophe, between the dismantling of the Wall and the fall of the Twin Towers, in the shadow of suicide terrorism and financial collapse. Presiding over this world is the Concern, an all-powerful organisation whose operatives possess extraordinary powers. There is Temudjin Oh, an unkillable assassin who journeys from the high passes of Nepal to a version of Victorian London or a wintry Venice; Adrian Cubbish, restlessly greedy City trader; and the Philosopher, a state-sponsored torturer who moves between the time zones with sinister ease. Transition is a high-definition, hyper-real apocalyptic fable for terrible times.
Thank you for this very generous RABCK, Twinfather. I appreciate it.
