Iain Banks, Scottish novelist. Uses the middle initial M for his
ScienceFiction novels.
Books as IainBanks:
- TheWaspFactory (1984)
- WalkingOnGlass (1985)
- TheBridge? (1986)
- EspedairStreet? (1987)
- CanalDreams? (1989)
- TheCrowRoad? (1992)
- Complicity? (1993)
- Whit? (1995)
- ASongOfStone? (1997)
- TheBusiness? (1999)
- DeadAir? (2002)
Books as IainMBanks:
Novels about Wiki:TheCulture:
Other novels:
Discussion of alleged racism in Banks'Wiki:TheCulture books: /RacismTheme
Some discussion moved to Excession.
I used to enjoy
IainBanks. His latest have left me fairly cold. As far as i know he's been under contract for some time, one book a year, alternating "M" and "non-M". His quality has suffered. TheBusiness
? was bad, and not only that, this:
- it is slimmer that Whit? (comparing both hardbacks)
- the page margins are about 1cm wider -- the text looks like a small block sitting in the page, rather than filling it. it's slightly ludicrous
- to add insult to injury, the font size is larger too
If that's not a publisher desperately padding out the latest slim pickings, I don't know what is.
Though his latest, DeadAir? has him back on form. -- Tarquin
Banks' 1994 notes on The Culture - http://www.cs.bris.ac.uk/~stefan/culture.html
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