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Feersum Endjinn

By: Iain M. Banks
Narrated by: Peter Kenny
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About this listen

The novels of Iain M. Banks have forever changed the face of modern science fiction. With breathtaking imagination and extraordinary storytelling, they have secured his reputation as one of the most extraordinary and influential writers in the genre.

Count Sessine is about to die for the very last time . . .

Chief Scientist Gad­fium is about to receive the mysterious message she has been awaiting from the Plain of Sliding Stones . . .

Bascule the Teller, in search of an ant, is about to enter the chaos of the crypt . . .

This is the time of the encroachment and everything is about to change. Although the dimming sun still shines on the vast, towering walls of Serehfa Fastness, the end is close at hand. The King knows it, his closest advisers know it, and the crypt knows it too; so an emissary has been sent - an emissary who holds the key to all their futures.

Books by Iain M. Banks:
Consider Phlebas
The Player of Games
Use of Weapons
Excession
Inversions
Look to Windward
Matter
Surface Detail
The Hydrogen Sonata
The State of the Art
Against a Dark Background
Feersum Endjinn
The Algebraist

©1994 Iain M. Banks (P)2012 Hachette Digital Science Fiction Fiction Thought-Provoking Game

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Critic reviews

"Another truly impressive piece of work from the pen of a master storyteller" (Starburst)

"Dazzlingly original" (Daily Mail)

"Banks is a phenomenon: the widly successful, fearlessly creative author of brilliant and disturbing non-genre novels, he's equally at home writing pure science fiction of a peculiarly gnarly energy and elegance" (William Gibson)
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Honestly, Feersum Endjinn was never my favourite Banks book, but Peter Kenny's excellent narration brought it to life for me in a way reading it didn't, all those years ago. Kenny's intonation and characterisation are perfectly suited to Banks' intricate plots and diverse characters, and this was thoroughly enjoyable.



I'd recommend Feersum Endjinn to any Banks fan out there. It's not perhaps the easiest one to start with, if you're new to his science-fiction. Instead, head for 'Consider Phlebas', Banks' first science-fiction novel and, happily, also narrated by Peter Kenny.



Just the best-value SF audiobooks I've come across!

Brought the novel to life for me

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Peter Kenny does as brilliant a job as any but in this book I think the lines between the virtual and real worlds become too easily blurred and I was left trying to understand if the extraordinary characters were alive in 'base reality' or just the crypt. Still worth the price and contains more than enough of his usual themes to be worth having.

Enjoyable if still muddled

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Once again, Peter Kenny and Ian M Banks are an amazing combination. Easily the best narration of a story, that's has large chunks written phonetically, I've heard.

Award winning narration (should be if it isn't)

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Love Iain M Banks and Peter Kenny - what a pair of souls they are. Of all the stories in the world, this my favourite and I give thanks to them and the peoples who got this to my ears 🤣 daft sop I am!

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As many others said, Peter Kenny deserves all the awards. Impeccable narration and acting. The novel itself is all the fortes of Banks you'd expect, with imaginative concepts, prose and pacing for the most part. The conclusion seemed to be a wee bit abrupt but overall a must read

Incredible Banks, S tier narration

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