Player of games is the easiest Ian banks book to get you into how the culture operates (IMHO). Use of weapons is another that can stand alone. A lot of the others (excession) require some general outline of what the culture is before you start reading, otherwise you probably will think it needlessly complex.
Having said that, Bank's universe is one of the best out there for a serious, thought provoking, funny book.
I still prefer snow crash by neal stephenson for an entertaining book though. It, for want of a better word, rocks.
BLM
If you watch any of samuri jack, you will probably see that his style could work well for the star wars universe. I've seen episodes of samuri jack which have (i can only assume deliberately) a very SW style to them. Also, the fact that he does samuri well means he'll probably give luke and the other jedi some of the kick-ass quality and smoothness that mark hamil failed to.
BLM
"because it was too frigging difficult"
This was my first thought too. I suspect he tried a few times, decided it was to much, then thought about the advantages of leaving it out. In the end he probably chose to leave it out for reasons other than the difficulty of drawing it, although that would br high up on his list.
BLM
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Player of games is the easiest Ian banks book to get you into how the culture operates (IMHO). Use of weapons is another that can stand alone. A lot of the others (excession) require some general outline of what the culture is before you start reading, otherwise you probably will think it needlessly complex. Having said that, Bank's universe is one of the best out there for a serious, thought provoking, funny book. I still prefer snow crash by neal stephenson for an entertaining book though. It, for want of a better word, rocks. BLM
If you watch any of samuri jack, you will probably see that his style could work well for the star wars universe. I've seen episodes of samuri jack which have (i can only assume deliberately) a very SW style to them. Also, the fact that he does samuri well means he'll probably give luke and the other jedi some of the kick-ass quality and smoothness that mark hamil failed to. BLM
"because it was too frigging difficult" This was my first thought too. I suspect he tried a few times, decided it was to much, then thought about the advantages of leaving it out. In the end he probably chose to leave it out for reasons other than the difficulty of drawing it, although that would br high up on his list. BLM