Even though his work was split about fifty-fifty between literary fiction and science fiction, Iain Banks considered himself first and foremost a science fiction writer. He cut his teeth onRead More Feersum Endjinn: Iain Banks Dabbles in Cyberpunk (sort of)
Transition reads like it was intended to kick off a new series for Banks, and like Consider Phlebas, the first in Banks’ Culture series, it was kind of a hotRead More Transition, by Iain Banks: Untapped Potential
In my introductory essay on Iain Banks and the Culture, Caledonian Antisyzygy and the Principle of Charity, I mention that he approached fiction with a certain kind of duality, representingRead More Consider Phlebas, by Iain M. Banks: Peripheral Storytelling and the Politics of Genre
I often find it difficult to pick favorites, but when it comes to novelists it’s easy: Iain Banks, hands down, is my favorite. It’s hard to overstate the impact hisRead More Iain M. Banks’ Culture Series: Caledonian Antisyzygy and the Principle of Charity
Unless someone seriously goes against his publicly (and hopefully legally) stated wishes, there will only ever be 30 Iain Banks books, including this one, his last and only posthumously publishedRead More Poems, by Iain Banks and Ken MacLeod
