Author
Iain M. Banks
Iain M. Banks (1954-2013) wrote the Culture novels, ten books across one of the most ambitious far-future utopias in modern SF. Use of Weapons, The Player of Games, Excession, and Surface Detail are the entry points. He also wrote literary fiction under the byline Iain Banks (without the M).
Reviews
4
Books on file
6
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Years active
1998-2012
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Our reviews of Iain M. Banks's work
A Song of Stone
by Iain M. Banks
Iain Banks's 1997 literary novel. A castle, a civil war, and a couple whose privilege is unraveling in real time. Bleak and beautifully written.
Dead Air
by Iain M. Banks
Iain Banks (non-M) writing a post-9/11 London literary novel. A radio shock jock unraveling. Sharp, funny, and surprisingly tender.
Stonemouth
by Iain M. Banks
Stonemouth by Iain Banks 2012 review. A Scottish prodigal son comes home five years after the wedding that ruined his future, and discovers nobody has forgotten anything.
The Algebraist
by Iain M. Banks
Iain M. Banks's standalone space opera. A galaxy without faster-than-light travel, a millennia-old gas-giant civilization, and one of his best villains.
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Iain M. Banks's standalone space opera. A galaxy without faster-than-light travel, a millennia-old gas-giant civilization, and one of his best villains.
Stonemouth by Iain Banks 2012 review. A Scottish prodigal son comes home five years after the wedding that ruined his future, and discovers nobody has forgotten anything.
Iain Banks's 1997 literary novel. A castle, a civil war, and a couple whose privilege is unraveling in real time. Bleak and beautifully written.
Iain Banks (non-M) writing a post-9/11 London literary novel. A radio shock jock unraveling. Sharp, funny, and surprisingly tender.
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