![]() ![]() The fact that I have no inclination to like Gurgeh, the titular game player, didn’t hinder my enjoyment of the book in the slightest. ![]() The funny thing is, I still have no empathy for the characters. I never felt like I couldn’t be bothered with it, and was coming back from fun, social things thinking “drat, wish I had more time to read”. There’s a huge amount about it to recommend, and it definitely gripped me the whole way through, even though it took about a week to read because I’ve been stupid busy. ![]() If that’s not love, I don’t know what is. I’m going to read Use of Weapons as my next book, in fact. I really, really enjoyed Player of Games. A lot of people think the Culture novels are good. I know my tastes have changed a fair bit since I was 20, so perhaps this would come through on that. ![]() I’ve read a lot since then.īut because it’s been so long, when someone offered to lend me Player of Games, I figured why not. There were definitely other things as well, because that alone isn’t enough to leave me disliking a book so much I never pick up another by the author, but they’ve blurred away into the mists of time. Not even enough to hate them, because hatred can be compelling. My memory of it is a bit fuzzy this far on, but the main thing I remember disliking was a complete lack of empathy or fellow feeling for the characters. To say I disliked it would probably be an understatement. I’ve read one culture novel before – Consider Phlebas – about six years ago. ![]()
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