The first ever collection of Iain M. Banks's short fiction, this volume includes the acclaimed novella, The State of the Art. This is a striking addition to the growing body of Culture lore, and adds definition and scale to the previous works by using the Earth of 1977 as contrast. The other stories in the collection range from science fiction to horror, dark-coated fantasy to morality tale. All bear the indefinable stamp of Iain Banks's staggering talent.
Praise for the Culture series:
'Epic in scope, ambitious in its ideas and absorbing in its execution' Independent on Sunday
'Banks has created one of the most enduring and endearing visions of the future' Guardian
'Jam-packed with extraordinary invention' Scotsman
'Compulsive reading' Sunday TelegraphThe Culture series:
Consider Phlebas
The Player of Games
Use of Weapons
The State of the Art
Excession
Inversions
Look to Windward
Matter
Surface Detail
The Hydrogen SonataOther books by Iain M. Banks:
Against a Dark Background
Feersum Endjinn
The Algebraist
- ISBN10 1597800740
- ISBN13 9781597800747
- Publish Date 1 April 2007 (first published 1 December 1989)
- Publish Status Out of Stock
- Publish Country US
- Imprint Night Shade Books
- Format Paperback
- Pages 188
- Language English