iain M Banks is the man
but i have no idea which book you mean
feersum enjinn?
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Citizen Cavy Admires your passion for conformity,
Fri 14 Jan 2005, 13:27,
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No, it was the one with the gas giant behemoths
Think it was Look To Windward
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Jay,
Fri 14 Jan 2005, 13:28,
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