Feersum Endjinn

Feersum Endjinn

by Iain Banks

279 pages· 1995· ISBN 9781857232738
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Count Sessine is about to die for the very last time ... Chief Scientist Gadfium is about to receive the mysterious message she has been waiting for from the Plain of Sliding Stones ... And Bascule the Teller, in search of an ant, is about to enter the chaos of the crypt ... And everything is about to change ... For this is the time of the encroachment and, 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, yet sill they prosecute the war against the clan Engineers with increasing savagery. The crypt knows it too; so an emissary has been sent, an emissary who holds the key to all their futures.

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    How does Iain Banks’s choice to use phonetic spelling for Bascule the Teller’s chapters affect your immersion in the story, and how did your relationship with his unique narrative voice evolve as you read?

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    The Encroachment threatens the very existence of the Serehfa Fastness, yet the characters continue their war with escalating savagery; in what ways does this conflict reflect human behavior in the face of real-world crises like climate change or societal collapse?

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    Memory, reincarnation, and multiple deaths are central to Count Sessine’s existence and identity. How does the reality of serial mortality change a person’s perspective on legacy, regret, and the value of a single life?

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