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The State of the Art - Iain M. Banks

Description: ISBN 1597800740 / Author: Iain Banks / Genre: Sci-Fi / Fantasy / His first collection of short stories.

Newest Review: ... one of them dresses up like Captain Kirk from Star Trek. Later on a feast is prepared on board ship, consisting of the human ... more

... flesh of General Pinochet, Idi Amin and Richard Nixon. Earth food indeed. This is a good introduction to Culture lore, especially for someone like me who was just curious about the 'other side' of Mr Banks. The characters are well-described and easy to identify with, and believable, which is important. Well worth a read. However, the other stories in the book did not impress me as much. They were obviously all written at different times in Banks' career, and first published separately. A brief descr...more

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	State of the Art Release Date: 2009 - 06 - 16, Audio CD, Universal Last Update 05.07.2009 07:18	£ 22.99	£ Temporarily out of stock. Order now and we'll deliver when available. We'll e-mail you with an estimated delivery date as soon as we have more information. Your credit card will not be charged until we ship the item.
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The State of the Art - Iain M. Banks: 'Fornicate the story' (795 words)
by themoomin - written on 22/02/01 (Very useful, 145 readings)
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This collection of stories from Scottish writer Iain M. Banks was first published in 1991. It contains the novella of the title, as well as 7 other short stories ranging from horror to sci-fi. This is the second book by Iain M. Banks (as opposed to Iain Banks) that I have read, the first was the novel Consider Phlebas. I enjoyed this to a point, but found a few of the stories a wee bit bland and/or pointless. 'The State of the Art' is the 7th story in the collection, a mini-novel in fact, and was the one I enjoyed the most. Like 'Consider Phlebas', it deals with Banks' sci-fi world of the Culture, and focuses on a Culture ship as it ...

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