are kistit – entombed in capsules in huge hospitals. Victims' thoughts are visualised by thochtscreens on each kist. Critical reception The book has received a fair amount of attention, as much for its inventive use of Scots as for its plot. The following illustrate: "Fitt creates a prose that crackles with energy and invention ... But n Ben A-Go-Go shows us that the Scots language can describe worlds as various and exotic as the imaginations of those who use it." Niall O'Gallagher, The List, 100 Best Scottish Books of all Time, 2005 "The plot has much of the imaginative power of Iain M Banks." Douglas Gifford, The Scotsman, November 2000 "While But n Ben A-Go-Go does have comic moments, the novel is far from a joke ... confronting relevant issues such as global warming, epidemics, and social division." Stephen Naysmith, Sunday Herald, August 2000 "Matthew Fitt has nearly accomplished something splendid: a novel composed in tough, readable Scots; more, a science fiction novel which projects this perennially 'dying' language into a future it is not supposed to possess." WN Herbert, Scotland on Sunday, October 2000 References Scots-language works 2000 British novels 2000 in Scotland Scottish science fiction novels 2000 science fiction novels Future dialects Novels set in the 2090s Fiction set in the 2090s