Iain M. Banks (1954–2013)
Autor/a de Consider Phlebas
Sobre l'autor
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, mostra'n més 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) mostra'n menys
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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.
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Sèrie
Obres de Iain M. Banks
The Culture, Books 1-3 (Consider Phlebas ∙ The Player of Games ∙ Use of Weapons) (2012) 68 exemplars
The Culture, Books 1-9 (Consider Phlebas, The Player of Games, Use of Weapons, The State of the Art, Excession,… (2016) 61 exemplars
Culture Iain Banks Fanzine 14 exemplars
A Few Notes on the Culture 7 exemplars
Personal Effects [CD] 3 exemplars
The Spheres 3 exemplars
Consider Phlebas 1 exemplars
The New Science Fiction Novels 1 exemplars
A Few Notes on Marain [essay] 1 exemplars
Overload 1 exemplars
Obres associades
20 Under 35: Original Stories by Britain's Best New Young Writers (1988) — Col·laborador — 11 exemplars
Das Science Fiction Jahr 1994. Ein Jahrbuch für den Science Fiction Leser (1994) — Col·laborador — 10 exemplars
Etiquetat
Coneixement comú
- Nom oficial
- Banks, Iain Menzies
- Altres noms
- Banks, Iain
- Data de naixement
- 1954-02-16
- Data de defunció
- 2013-06-09
- Gènere
- male
- Nacionalitat
- UK
- País (per posar en el mapa)
- Scotland, UK
- Lloc de naixement
- Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland, UK
- Lloc de defunció
- Kirkcaldy, Fife, Scotland, UK
- Causa de la mort
- Gallbladder cancer
- Llocs de residència
- North Queensferry, Scotland, UK
Edinburgh, Scotland, UK - Educació
- Gourock High School
Greenock High School
University of Stirling (BA 1975) - Professions
- writer
- Relacions
- Hartley, Adele (wife)
- Organitzacions
- National Secular Society
Humanist Society of Scotland - Premis i honors
- 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) - Nota de desambiguació
- 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.
Membres
Converses
Group Reda, February 2022: The Crow Road a 1001 Books to read before you die (març 2022)
THE STATE OF THE ART discussion (The Culture group read) a 75 Books Challenge for 2014 (agost 2015)
MATTER discussion (The Culture group read) a 75 Books Challenge for 2014 (juny 2015)
SURFACE DETAIL discussion (The Culture group read) a 75 Books Challenge for 2014 (novembre 2014)
LOOK TO WINDWARD discussion (The Culture group read) a 75 Books Challenge for 2014 (octubre 2014)
THE HYDROGEN SONATA discussion (The Culture group read) a 75 Books Challenge for 2014 (octubre 2014)
INVERSIONS discussion (The Culture group read) a 75 Books Challenge for 2014 (setembre 2014)
EXCESSION discussion (The Culture group read) a 75 Books Challenge for 2014 (juliol 2014)
USE OF WEAPONS discussion (The Culture group read) a 75 Books Challenge for 2014 (maig 2014)
The Culture group read (Organisational Thread) a 75 Books Challenge for 2014 (abril 2014)
CONSIDER PHLEBAS discussion (The Culture group read) a 75 Books Challenge for 2014 (abril 2014)
THE PLAYER OF GAMES discussion (The Culture group read) a 75 Books Challenge for 2014 (març 2014)
September 2013: Iain M. Banks a Monthly Author Reads (gener 2014)
Group Read: The Wasp Factory by Iain Banks a 75 Books Challenge for 2013 (agost 2013)
Sad news: Iain Banks Very Poorly a Science Fiction Fans (agost 2013)
Ressenyes
Llistes
Five star books (1)
Overdue Podcast (1)
First Novels (1)
Greatest Books (1)
BBC Big Read (1)
Best War Stories (1)
Books About Boys (1)
To Read - Horror (1)
United Kingdom (1)
Jim's Bookshelf (1)
BBC Big Read (1)
Null (1)
Teens (1)
Read in 2014 (1)
5 Best 5 Years (1)
Unread books (2)
My TBR (2)
Finished in 2020 (1)
SF Masterworks (1)
io9 Book Club (1)
Sentient ships (1)
Best First Lines (1)
GeoCAT 2016 (1)
A Novel Cure (1)
Premis
Potser també t'agrada
Autors associats
Estadístiques
- Obres
- 64
- També de
- 15
- Membres
- 84,580
- Popularitat
- #131
- Valoració
- 3.8
- Ressenyes
- 1,979
- ISBN
- 671
- Llengües
- 24
- Preferit
- 270