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	Excessive Candour
		Look to Windward is about taking the helm.
		The population of the Culture, at the time of Look to Windward, is 31 trillion beings.
		Six hundred years after the Iduran War, a grave moment is approaching: the moment when the Culture-caused nova that ended the war finally becomes visible to the inhabitants of Masaq' Orbital, 600 light years distant from the scene of the tragedy.
	www.scifi.com /sfw/issue193/excess.html (912 words)

	Look to Windward by Iain M Banks \| Extracts \| Guardian Unlimited Books
		The confused, pulsing schematics indicated there was great uncertainty in the representation (a bad enough sign in itself) but it looked like we were right in the line of the Invisibles' advance and we would soon be over-run.
		His face took on a look of tenderness just for a moment and he said something, but explosions shook the ground and I had to ask him to repeat what he'd said as the echoes died away and more lights strobed in the skies above us.
		I tried to turn and look back, but the doors slammed closed and I was thrown about the cramped interior while the tiny craft dodged rays and missiles aimed at it as it rose to the waiting ship Winter Storm.
	books.guardian.co.uk /extracts/story/0,6761,357311,00.html (1463 words)

	Review of Iain M. Banks' Look to Windward (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		“Look to Windward” is a story of intrigue set in Iain M. Banks’s futuristic “Culture”.
		The subject of Look to Windward is death.
		Look to Windward has the same sense of grandeur, of wonder even, as Bank’s earlier Culture books but is distinguished by the small scale, almost biographical attention on the main characters and the deft handling of the main theme of the book.
	www.stibbe.net /Writing/Articles/Windward.htm (279 words)

	Windward Capital - A Closer Look
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		Nichols was the Chairman of the 8 mutual funds of the RNC Mutual Funds Group, and was a member of both the investment committee and research committee.
		Windward Capital Management Co. is a boutique money management firm specializing in the management of small institutional and high-net-worth individual accounts.
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	Look to Windward
		Look to Windward is a science fiction novel by Iain M. Banks and the sixth published to feature The Culture.
		In some respects it serves as a sequel to the first Culture novel, Consider Phlebas: both titles are taken from T.S. Eliot's poem, The Waste Land.
		It is has been favourably reviewed by many contemporary literary journals, and the author is considered to be one of the prime motivators for the return to the mainstream of contemporary UK fiction and science fiction.
	www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/lo/Look_to_Windward.html (111 words)

	Science Fiction - New York Times
		''Look to Windward'' is set so far in the future that no attempt is made to link its time frame to our own.
		The story of ''Look to Windward'' involves another species, the Chelgrians, descendants of fiercely predatory creatures whose caste-ridden society seems prone to violence yet also produces art of the highest order.
		NEKROPOLIS, by Maureen F. McHugh (Eos/HarperCollins, $25), is as tightly focused as ''Look to Windward'' is sprawling.
	query.nytimes.com /gst/fullpage.html?res=9801E4D6113AF934A35753C1A9679C8B63 (964 words)

	Look to Windward
		Look to Windward is the latest of Iain Bank's science fiction novels, and it lives up to everything I have come to expect from this highly talented author.
		In Look to Windward a widowed survivor of a civil war is sent to the Culture world of Masaq, apparently to persuade a composer to return to his home world from his self-imposed exile and help heal his people.
		As you may have guessed, though a thriller, a mystery and space opera, Look to Windward is not the lightest of reads, so if a throw-away piece of entertainment is what you are looking for, this most certainly is not it.
	fp.kiaora.plus.com /reviews/windward.htm (817 words)

	Look to Windward - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Look to Windward is a science fiction novel by Scottish writer Iain M. Banks, first published in 2000.
		Many contemporary literary journals reviewed Look to Windward favourably, and critics consider the author as one of the prime motivators for the return to the mainstream of contemporary UK fiction and science fiction.
		Look to Windward, Iain M. Banks, London: Orbit, 2000, ISBN 1-85723-981-4 (paperback), ISBN 1-85723-981-4 (C-format), ISBN 1-85723-969-5 (hardback)
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Look_to_Windward (589 words)

	Review: Ambiguous Reparations: Iain M. Banks' Look to Windward, reviewed by John Aegard
		His latest SF effort, Look To Windward, takes us back to the Culture, the space opera utopia introduced over a decade ago in Consider Phlebas and expanded with three sequels since.
		Look To Windward is built upon such a failed intervention, an attempt to wean the furry, five-limbed Chelgrians from their caste structure and encourage a more egalitarian cultural model.
		About half of Windward focuses on Ziller and his inner circle, which includes the Homomdan ambassador/journalist Kabe Ischloear, the drone E.H. Tersono, and the various avatars of the Mind that controls Massaq' itself.
	www.strangehorizons.com /2000/20001218/look_to_windward.shtml (967 words)

	Notes From Windward, Volume 8 Issue 3 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		Windward is an equal opportunity organization which does not discriminate on the basis of race, sex, age, religion, or national origin.
		One reason people come to Windward involves a vague sense that something is missing in their lives, and a part of that has to do with the lack of relevant rites-of-passage.
		Windward spends a lot of time hammering out its vision of what it's doing, and polishing the operational theories that we rely on, but we always try to remember that it's our theory that has to fit the world, and not the other way around.
	www.windward.org /notes/v8n3/v8n3.htm (13551 words)

	immediacy: Look to Windward
		Look to Windward is the seventh book in Banks' science fiction universe based on a utopian society of advanced artificial intelligences and the humans (and other organic life forms) that originally created them, loosely termed the Culture.
		Each storyline is given its own chapters, which some people find difficult to follow but I've always enjoyed, although it makes keeping track of the story much more difficult when the time spent reading the book occurs over weeks rather than hours.
		It's not that Banks brings anything new to science fiction in his Culture novels; even the Culture itself can be found by looking at some mixture of Cordwainer Smith and Isaac Asimov.
	www.engel-cox.org /text/look_to_windward.html (369 words)

	Barbelith Underground > Books, Criticism & Writing > Iain M. Banks?
		The end of "Look To Windward" made me cry, and the alien races were excellent.
		I enjoyed Look to Windward, but it was really the excellent Inversions that motivated me to hunt down the earlier stuff.
		I interviewed him a couple of years ago (Look To Windward launch) and asked him why it was so hard to visualise his characters/situations.
	www.barbelith.com /topic.php?id=16132 (2926 words)

	Windward, transition, goats, self-reliant, single-parents, sustainable, crafts, self-employed, community, ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		Organizationally, the Windward Foundation is comprised of members and apprentices, and is managed by a representative Board of Directors.
		In Windward's case, the Foundation owns and maintains land, buildings, tools, etc. which are used by the Windward Center to provide educational and charitable services.
		At Windward, we've crafted a haven where we're more able to focus on things that are personally relevant to us, and to distance ourselves from many aspects of the modern age.
	www.windward.org /windward/windward.htm (1151 words)

	BookPage Fiction Review: Science Fiction Roundup
		Banks' latest novel, Look to Windward, follows a plot hidden from both the reader and the character who will carry it out.
		He does not want to meet the Chelgrian ambassador or return to Chel, and his attempts to escape the ambassador, his petty tantrums and his utter refusal to do what is expected of him make for some very enjoyable and highly imaginative adventures.
		Banks is one of the smartest and funniest writers in (or out of) science fiction, and Look to Windward will keep his reputation on the upslope.
	www.bookpage.com /0108bp/fiction/scifi_roundup.html (702 words)

	Glen Murphy
		So I promised I'd talk about Iain M. Banks' Look to Windward, a sci-fi novel that seems to be part of a greater series, with no information inside the book or on the cover as to where it sits within that series.
		The science is interesting and relatively low-key; instead of making a big deal of all the neato things Banks has thought up, it describes them as we would everyday objects - the amount of detail only extending so far as to inform the reader of function as related to the plot.
		Look to Windward is moderately recommended, and I'll be off to the bookstore to buy more of his books as soon as my schedule allows.
	glenmurphy.com /blog/2005/06/look-to-windward-impressions.html (146 words)

	Of Two Minds » Blog Archive » Look to Windward
		I had been wanting to read one of Iain M. Banks‘ novels for some time, mainly because of his excellent reputation, so when this one was touted as being accessible to newcomers to his work, I decided to get it.
		Look to Windward takes place in Banks’ Culture universe, and is a tale of revenge that deals with the consequences of a superior culture interfering in the affairs of a lesser one.
		In this case it was The Culture, a highly advanced collection of humans and AI, interfering in the affairs of a race called the Chelgrians, to disastrous effect.
	www.of2minds.org /otm/2003/09/05/look-to-windward (337 words)

	Compare Prices and Read Reviews on Iain Banks - The Business: A Novel at Epinions.com
		Look to Windward is the latest in a long line of incredible Culture novels by Iain Banks.
		Continuing what he seemed to have started with Excession (yet to be reviewed but well worth the read), Look to Windward focuses mostly on the non human aspects of the Culture.
		Banks seemed to have a lot of fun with this and I also got the feeling that he was finally trying to describe what he had always felt about them from the beginning.
	www.epinions.com /book-review-62E5-9612AE1-3A331728-prod1 (684 words)

	Amazon.co.uk: Look to Windward: Books: Iain M.Banks (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		Look to Windward revisits the utopian but ruthless interstellar Culture introduced in Consider Phlebas, exploring the complex aftermath of a rare Culture mistake--humanitarian tinkering with an unjust civilization that accidentally led to massive civil war and billions dead.
		Look to Windward culminates with deft twists, inversions, parallels, and savage justice, as unexpected as we expect from this author.
		'In terms of sheer storytelling prowess and verve, LOOK TO WINDWARD is a work of genius' --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
	www.amazon.co.uk /Look-Windward-Iain-M-Banks/dp/0743421922 (464 words)

	Look to Windward by Iain M. Banks from Foyles Bookshop, London. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		Look to Windward by Iain M. Banks from Foyles Bookshop, London.
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	Look to Windward by Iain M. Banks
		'Look to Windward' is very much concerned with the after effects of war - from the Iridan/Culture war of 'Consider Pheblas' to the much more recent Chelgrian civil conflict, which occurred within the Culture's sphere of influence.
		The Gulf War veterans are allegedly still suffering from the drugs that were designed to protect them from Saddam Hussein's chemical weapons - an unintentional by-product of war that has wrecked their lives.
		'Look to Windward' is a near-perfect blend of excitement and stimulation, and I highly recommend it.
	www.authortrek.com /look_to_windward.html (942 words)

	The SF Site Featured Review: Look To Windward
		In Look To Windward, only one of eight viewpoint characters is a Culture citizen, and he is in alien guise far, far from home.
		Look To Windward may be the final Culture novel; it certainly reads like the end of the current sequence, the last piece of Banks' perspectival puzzle.
		This fine rhetorical balance marks Look To Windward as one of the most significant SF novels of the year.
	www.sfsite.com /11b/lw93.htm (1022 words)

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	Iain M. Banks' Culture references in Bungie's Halo
		A couple of months ago, we ran a competition to name a Culture ship, and Iain has now looked at all the entries (there were a lot!) and picked his favourites.
		Look to Windward is Iain M Banks' most powerful novel to date and an extraordinary work of the imagination.
		Look to Windward's publication date is 17 August, 2000.
	www.marathon.org /story/halo_culture.html (2939 words)

	LOOK TO WINDWARD
		And give it gladly, happily, too, knowing that the trade was entirely worth the debt I incurred eight hundred years ago, back in Arm One-Six." --so says Masaq' Orbital's Hub Mind.
		LOOK TO WINDWARD is one of Banks' most bizarre Culture novels.
		LOOK TO WINDWARD is for the mature audience, for those who can not only handle Banks' heavy theme and expansive vocabulary, but those who can also delight in the balance Banks creates with the beauty and humor of all that surrounds us.
	www.yetanotherbookreview.com /look_to_windward.htm (377 words)

	SFFAudio - The future never sounded so good. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		This is the compelling lead-in to Iain M. Banks’ novel Look to Windward, but it is far from the whole story.
		The novel takes us far into the future of humanity, across the astoundingly large artificial surface of Masaq’, down deep voids of space on a series of amusingly named spacecraft, through the bitter civil war on Chel, and even into the belly of a large, atmosphere-containing being and the enormous blimp-like life forms inside it.
		Look to Windward is part of a larger series of Culture novels, but don’t let that scare you off.
	www.sffaudio.com /2006/04/audiobook-review-look-to-windward-by.html (493 words)

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