Editing Look to Windward (section)

==Reception==
Phil Daoust in ''The Guardian'' said the story was an "enjoyable romp" and described Quilan as "one of the misguided yet decent villains who are a feature of these [Culture] tales".<ref name = Guardian/> He went on to complain of the heavy emphasis given to the consequences of war and that the Chelgrians were too thinly disguised humans.<ref name = Guardian>{{Cite news| url = https://www.theguardian.com/books/2000/sep/02/sciencefictionfantasyandhorror.iainbanks| title=Brushes with doom|newspaper = The Guardian| access-date=12 March 2014}}</ref>

Gerald Jonas in ''The New York Times'' praised the sophistication of Banks' writing and said "he asks readers to hold in mind a great many pieces of a vast puzzle while waiting for a pattern to emerge". Jonas suggested the ending might appear to rely too much on a [[deus ex machina]].<ref>{{cite news| url=https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9801E4D6113AF934A35753C1A9679C8B63| title=Science Fiction| newspaper=The New York Times| access-date=15 March 2014| date=7 October 2001}}</ref>

''[[Kirkus Reviews]]'' described it as "By turns imposing, ingenious, whimsical, and wrenching, though too amorphous to fully satisfy."<ref>{{cite journal |url=https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/iain-m-banks/look-to-windward/ |journal=[[Kirkus Reviews]] |title=''Look to Windward'' by Iain M. Banks |date=June 1, 2001}}</ref>