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davesag 's review for:
The State of the Art
by Iain M. Banks
I'm a sucker for a good short story and this collection was just great. From the spooky Road of Skulls to the masterful State of the Art which gives us some back-story to one of the key characters in the previous Culture Book 'Use of Weapons' (and her helpful Drone of course), to the almost Moorcockian final story (if you could even call it a story). These tales echo in your mind. State of the Art in particular is a delight to read although the letter written by a man to his friend is worthy of a few reads its that good and once its ended you tend to think back over it to see how tangled its obsession with coincidence really is. Our world is too complex for coincidence not to happen. Money implies poverty. She loves me; she loves me not. These phrases will stick with you long after you've finished this delightful collection.