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Iain M. Banks
Iain Banks came to widespread and controversial public notice with the publication of his first novel, The Wasp Factory, in 1984. Consider Phlebas, his first science fiction novel, was published under the name Iain M. Banks in 1987. He is now acclaimed as one of the most powerful, innovative, and... show more



Iain Banks came to widespread and controversial public notice with the publication of his first novel, The Wasp Factory, in 1984. Consider Phlebas, his first science fiction novel, was published under the name Iain M. Banks in 1987. He is now acclaimed as one of the most powerful, innovative, and exciting writers of his generation. Iain Banks lives in Fife, Scotland. Find out more about him at www.iainbanks.net.

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Birth date: February 16, 1954
Died: June 09, 2013
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Science Fiction
Iain M. Banks's Books
Consider Phlebas - Iain M. Banks The Player of Games - Iain M. Banks Use of Weapons - Iain M. Banks Excession - Iain M. Banks The Algebraist - Iain M. Banks Surface Detail - Iain M. Banks Matter - Iain M. Banks Against a Dark Background - Iain M. Banks Look to Windward - Iain M. Banks Inversions - Iain M. Banks The State of the Art - Iain M. Banks Feersum Endjinn - Iain M. Banks The Space Opera Renaissance - Ursula K. Le Guin, Stephen Baxter, Dan Simmons, Leigh Brackett, Jack Williamson, Iain M. Banks, Robert Sheckley, David Drake, Charles Stross, David Weber, Michael Kandel, David Brin, Cordwainer Smith, Colin Greenland, David G. Hartwell, Gregory Benford, Lois McMaster Buj The Culture: Consider Phlebas/Player of Games/Use of Weapons - Iain M. Banks The Hydrogen Sonata - Iain M. Banks Whit - Iain Banks Poems - Iain Banks, Ken MacLeod Poems - Iain Banks, Ken MacLeod War and Sacrifice: Studies in the Archae... War and Sacrifice: Studies in the Archaeology of Conflict - Tony Pollard, Iain M. Banks Iain Banks Collection: Walking on Glass/... Iain Banks Collection: Walking on Glass/The Steep Approach to Garbadale/The Wasp Factory - Iain Banks Walking On Glass - Iain Banks Walking On Glass - Iain Banks
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Carmilla Reads
Carmilla Reads rated it 5 years ago
text Weapons, war and masculine pursuits
I love Iain Banks as an author and as a human being (may he rest in peace) and it is only my usual dislike for science fiction (with a few feminist exceptions) that discouraged me from picking up this book earlier. I should not be surprised that it's a book about weapons, war and masculine pursuit...
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Tannat
Tannat rated it 6 years ago
text Excession by Iain M. Banks (audiobook)
Series: Culture #5 This was another audiobook reread and a revisiting of my first Culture book (I know it's fifth in the series, but I started reading them out of order), and I thoroughly enjoyed it. The narrator was quite good, so I may consider audio versions of Banks in the future, although I'm...
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Tannat
Tannat rated it 6 years ago
text Use of Weapons by Iain M. Banks (buddy re-read)
Series: Culture #3 I'm still not a fan of this book, although the twist at the end made me less mad this time around. It actually starts off in a fairly promising fashion, as a kind of sci-fi romp that follows this guy skilled at war and who basically hires himself out as a mercenary. Sort of. B...
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N.A. Ratnayake
N.A. Ratnayake rated it 7 years ago
text Consider Phlebas
Such high hopes. Dropped it after chapter 3 / page 50. Characters and dialogue are beyond crap, I'm not even sure i really know what's going on or why i should care, and i actively dislike the protagonist. Reads like a cheaply made Saturday morning cartoon. People tell me the other books in the Cult...
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Musings/Träumereien/Devaneios
Musings/Träumereien/Devaneios rated it 7 years ago
text Dark Underbelly of Utopia: "Use of Weapons" by Iain M. Banks
From the moment I picked up the Culture books eons ago they changed the way I viewed the natural world around me, adding a layer of mysticism to every tree, every rock and every hill; along with a wonderment of what untold stories each has born witness too. think it's often a combination of the book...
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