"The Player of Games" by Iain Banks

A while ago I discovered "The Algerbraist" by Iain Banks and loved it.  I was so inspired by his writing style that I went out to find more books by him and thankfully he has well over a dozen.  I tried reading "Against a Dark Background" but just could not quite get in to the story.  I had bought "The Player of Games" around the same time, but after failing on Dark Background, I let Games sit for a long while.

I started reading it last weekend and finished it last night.  It is another great book, by a really good Sci-Fi author.  Banks writes in many genres, I haven't tried his non-sci-fi stuff yet.  But I'd easily put him up there with Issak Asimov in the depth and richness of his vision of the far off future.  He has created the most believable "utopian-esque" society I've read.  The world he creates works.  The characters are interesting and the landscape is facinating.

Two thumbs up for Iain Banks and "The Player of Games."