Comments on: Iain Banks, Matter (the beginning) http://pendorwright.com/2009/02/05/iain-banks-matter-the-beginning/ Quality science fiction and fantasy erotica since 1989 Sat, 10 Mar 2012 02:52:52 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Hfuy http://pendorwright.com/2009/02/05/iain-banks-matter-the-beginning/comment-page-1/#comment-1092 Hfuy Sun, 08 Feb 2009 17:15:54 +0000 http://pendorwright.com/?p=177#comment-1092 Thankee kindly. Makes me wonder what Greta Rumbel felt like after popping out of the Hall, if you ever had the inclination to write it. Thankee kindly.

Makes me wonder what Greta Rumbel felt like after popping out of the Hall, if you ever had the inclination to write it.

]]> By: Elf Sternberg http://pendorwright.com/2009/02/05/iain-banks-matter-the-beginning/comment-page-1/#comment-1066 Elf Sternberg Fri, 06 Feb 2009 23:45:15 +0000 http://pendorwright.com/?p=177#comment-1066 A tindal is an early species in Ken Shardik's repetoire. They're humanoid, of average human height, slightly bulkier, with a bluish fur that tends to medium hues but can trend to very dark colors like black or indigo. They have extremely large ears, and a pale film covering their eyes gives them a blank expression, and thin, black lips. The most striking characteristic of a Tindal, however, is the arms are multisegmented, like tentacles, and end in a mitten. While it might seem to suck to be some mad genetic engineer's art project, Tindals seems to have an astounding amount of empathy, often verging on telepathy, and have incorporated themselves into the Pendorian mainstream much more successfully than some other species might have, like the Vulpin or Ssphynx, both of which are somewhat reclusive and both of which had much slower growth curves than humans or Felinzi, the two most successful of Shardik's productions. A tindal is an early species in Ken Shardik’s repetoire. They’re humanoid, of average human height, slightly bulkier, with a bluish fur that tends to medium hues but can trend to very dark colors like black or indigo. They have extremely large ears, and a pale film covering their eyes gives them a blank expression, and thin, black lips. The most striking characteristic of a Tindal, however, is the arms are multisegmented, like tentacles, and end in a mitten.

While it might seem to suck to be some mad genetic engineer’s art project, Tindals seems to have an astounding amount of empathy, often verging on telepathy, and have incorporated themselves into the Pendorian mainstream much more successfully than some other species might have, like the Vulpin or Ssphynx, both of which are somewhat reclusive and both of which had much slower growth curves than humans or Felinzi, the two most successful of Shardik’s productions.

]]> By: Hfuy http://pendorwright.com/2009/02/05/iain-banks-matter-the-beginning/comment-page-1/#comment-1064 Hfuy Fri, 06 Feb 2009 17:52:37 +0000 http://pendorwright.com/?p=177#comment-1064 Very interested in your opinion of Matter. I read the hardback a few months ago and was less than usually impressed, for all the reasons you mention, but I'll refrain from spoiling. To abruptly swerve the subject onto something completely different - re Journal Entries, what on earth is a Tindal, beyond what information is already there? Very interested in your opinion of Matter. I read the hardback a few months ago and was less than usually impressed, for all the reasons you mention, but I’ll refrain from spoiling.

To abruptly swerve the subject onto something completely different – re Journal Entries, what on earth is a Tindal, beyond what information is already there?

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