Look to windward

483 pages

English language

Published Dec. 14, 2002 by Pocket Books.

ISBN:
9780743421928
OCLC Number:
50874726

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5 stars (3 reviews)

It was one of the less glorious incidents of a long-ago war.

It led to the destruction of two suns and the billions of lives they supported.

Now, eight hundred years later, the light from the first of those ancient mistakes has reached the Culture Orbital, Masaq.

The light from the second may not.

8 editions

Look to Windward

5 stars

"Look to Windward" est le septième tome du cycle de la Culture de Iain M. Banks. C’est aussi, pour l’instant, mon roman préféré du cycle. Cela signifie beaucoup, vu comment j’avais déjà aimé les précédents.

Le thème principal du roman tourne autour de la guerre, sous ses aspects moraux (encore et toujours ce droit d'ingérence que s'octroie la Culture) et humains, notamment à travers le trauma des combattants revenus à la vie civile, qu'ils soient humains ou même IA. Comme souvent avec les livres qui me touchent autant que celui-ci, cela parle aussi de deuil.

Là où les premiers romans du cycle m’avait plu de façon assez rationnelle, par leurs qualités d’écriture et de narration, celui-ci m’a profondément touché. Non seulement il présente les mêmes qualités que le reste du cycle, mais il m’a semblé apporter quelque chose de plus, comme un supplément d’âme.

Je ne suis pas certain de …

Review of 'Look to windward' on 'Goodreads'

5 stars

As with other books I've read by Iain M Banks, the theme is about human nature, it's suffering and in this particular case, war, and a distinct possibility that it might be self-inflicted, to keep the turning-wheels of civilization from rusting. The book is literary without pretentious, highly imaginative without bogging-down on the details and the characters distinct with their personal motivations.
'Two threads that takes place in different timelines growing towards a stunning conclusion' - sounds very similar to Use of Weapons, but this time the emphasis is on a facet of our personal struggles and the hollowed path of degenerating-helix that is PTSD. 'Dedicated to gulf war veterans' reads the first page, and I knew broadly what the book would be about.
LOVED IT.