The Algebraist

“Banks is a phenomenon…writing pure science fiction of a peculiarly gnarly energy and elegance.” –William Gibson

“Banks writes with a sophistication that will surprise anyone unfamiliar with modern science fiction.” –The New York Times

• “Banks is a phenomenon...writing pure science fiction of a peculiarly gnarly energy and elegance.”
  William Gibson
• “Banks writes with a sophistication that will surprise anyone unfamiliar with modern science fiction.”
  The New York Times
• “An enormously enjoyable book, full of wonderful aliens, a sense of wonder and subtle political commentary on current events.”
  Publishers Weekly (Starred Review) on The Algebraist
• “Banks never lets up in a dizzying array of characters, mind-bending ideas, and dazzling action.”
  Booklist
• “Few of us have been exposed to a talent so manifest and of such extraordinary breadth.”
  New York Review of Science Fiction
• “[Banks] can summon up sense-of-wonder Big Concepts you've never seen before and display them with narration as deft as a conjuror's fingers." 
  scifi.com
• "Nobody does it better."
  Times (UK)
• "Banks writes space opera on the grand scale: he measures time in eons, space in lightyears, tragedies in gigadeaths."
  Time