Iain M Banks
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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. The first ever collection of iain m. The crow road was turned into a 1996 t v.
Banks is a pseudonym of iain banks which he used to publish his science fiction. Series called stonemouth came out based on his novel. Complicity became a film in 2000 and a t v.
His first science fiction book consider phlebas was released in 1987. Our first image of iain m banks s culture universe is a man drowning in sewage. Banks was a scottish author of fiction.
Download books for free. After the publication and success of the wasp factory 1984 banks began to write on a full time basis. Banks s short fiction this volume includes the acclaimed novella the state of the art.
Banks s father was an officer in the admiralty and his mother was once a professional ice skater. Iain banks 16 february 1954 9 june 2013 was a scottish author. He wrote mainstream fiction under the name iain banks and science fiction as iain m.
The culture series is a science fiction series written by scottish author iain m. And 30 years after its first publication consider phlebas remains a novel. He is now acclaimed as one of the most powerful innovative and exciting writers of his generation.