Iain M. Banks (1954–2013)
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Iain Banks was born in Fife in 1954 and was educated at Stirling University where he studied English Literature, Philosophy and Psychology. Banks came to widespread and controversial public note with the publication of his first novel, The Wasp Factory, in 1984. His first science fiction novel, näytä lisää Consider Phlebas, was published in 1987. He continued to write both mainstream fiction (as Iain Banks) and science fiction (as Iain M. Banks). Banks' mainstream fiction included The Wasp Factory (1984), Walking on Glass (1985), The Bridge (1986), Espedair Street (1987), Canal Dreams (1989), The Crow Road (1992), Complicity (1993), Whit (1995), A Song of Stone (1997), The Business (1999), Dead Air (2002) and The Steep Approach to Garbadale (2007). His final book, The Quarry, was released posthumously on June 20, 2013. Banks died on June 9, 2013 of terminal gall bladder cancer. (Bowker Author Biography) näytä vähemmän
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(eng) There are multiple authors with the name Iain Banks. Do not combine this entry with any of them. The Iain Banks author entry is correctly split into sections for the different authors, and the books of Iain M. Banks listed there are included here by aliasing. You cannot combine this author page with just one of the split entries, it doesn't work that way.
Image credit: Author photograph from official website.
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The Culture, Books 1-3 (Consider Phlebas ∙ The Player of Games ∙ Use of Weapons) (2012) 68 kappaletta
The Culture, Books 1-9 (Consider Phlebas, The Player of Games, Use of Weapons, The State of the Art, Excession,… (2016) 61 kappaletta
Culture Iain Banks Fanzine 14 kappaletta
A Few Notes on the Culture 7 kappaletta
Transition (extract) | A Gift from Culture | Piece 6 kappaletta
Personal Effects [CD] 3 kappaletta
The Spheres 3 kappaletta
Consider Phlebas 1 kappale
The New Science Fiction Novels 1 kappale
A Few Notes on Marain [essay] 1 kappale
Overload 1 kappale
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Das Science Fiction Jahr 1994. Ein Jahrbuch für den Science Fiction Leser (1994) — Avustaja — 10 kappaletta
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Yleistieto
- Virallinen nimi
- Banks, Iain Menzies
- Muut nimet
- Banks, Iain
- Syntymäaika
- 1954-02-16
- Kuolinaika
- 2013-06-09
- Sukupuoli
- male
- Kansalaisuus
- UK
- Maa (karttaa varten)
- Scotland, UK
- Syntymäpaikka
- Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland, UK
- Kuolinpaikka
- Kirkcaldy, Fife, Scotland, UK
- Kuolinsyy
- Gallbladder cancer
- Asuinpaikat
- North Queensferry, Scotland, UK
Edinburgh, Scotland, UK - Koulutus
- Gourock High School
Greenock High School
University of Stirling (BA 1975) - Ammatit
- writer
- Suhteet
- Hartley, Adele (wife)
- Organisaatiot
- National Secular Society
Humanist Society of Scotland - Palkinnot ja kunnianosoitukset
- Guest of Honour, Eastercon, UK (1990)
Granta's Best Of Young British Novelists (1993)
Guest of Honour (posthumous), Loncon 3 (World Science Fiction Convention) (2014) - Erotteluhuomautus
- There are multiple authors with the name Iain Banks. Do not combine this entry with any of them. The Iain Banks author entry is correctly split into sections for the different authors, and the books of Iain M. Banks listed there are included here by aliasing. You cannot combine this author page with just one of the split entries, it doesn't work that way.
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Group Reda, February 2022: The Crow Road, 1001 Books to read before you die (maaliskuu 2022)
THE STATE OF THE ART discussion (The Culture group read), 75 Books Challenge for 2014 (elokuu 2015)
MATTER discussion (The Culture group read), 75 Books Challenge for 2014 (kesäkuu 2015)
SURFACE DETAIL discussion (The Culture group read), 75 Books Challenge for 2014 (marraskuu 2014)
LOOK TO WINDWARD discussion (The Culture group read), 75 Books Challenge for 2014 (lokakuuta 2014)
THE HYDROGEN SONATA discussion (The Culture group read), 75 Books Challenge for 2014 (lokakuuta 2014)
INVERSIONS discussion (The Culture group read), 75 Books Challenge for 2014 (syyskuu 2014)
EXCESSION discussion (The Culture group read), 75 Books Challenge for 2014 (heinäkuu 2014)
USE OF WEAPONS discussion (The Culture group read), 75 Books Challenge for 2014 (toukokuu 2014)
The Culture group read (Organisational Thread), 75 Books Challenge for 2014 (huhtikuu 2014)
CONSIDER PHLEBAS discussion (The Culture group read), 75 Books Challenge for 2014 (huhtikuu 2014)
THE PLAYER OF GAMES discussion (The Culture group read), 75 Books Challenge for 2014 (maaliskuu 2014)
September 2013: Iain M. Banks, Monthly Author Reads (tammikuu 2014)
Group Read: The Wasp Factory by Iain Banks, 75 Books Challenge for 2013 (elokuu 2013)
Sad news: Iain Banks Very Poorly, Science Fiction Fans (elokuu 2013)
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