A Personal Statement from Iain Banks

By a large margin my favourite author. The Wasp Factory was the first novel of his I read and it was great, but Consider Phlebas and The Player of Games utterly blew my mind.

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Post by edem » Wed, Apr 03, 2013, 11:07 AM UTC

404.

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Post by satori99 » Wed, Apr 03, 2013, 11:08 AM UTC

anu_gupta wrote: post #4

By a large margin my favourite author. The Wasp Factory was the first novel of his I read and it was great, but Consider Phlebas and The Player of Games utterly blew my mind.

Agreed. I became a fan of his after reading just a few chapters of The Player of Games, and have since read almost everything he has ever published. He is an author of extraordinary skill.

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Post by phreeza » Wed, Apr 03, 2013, 11:08 AM UTC

My favorite science fiction author, got sucked in by Matter, then quickly proceeded to read all Culture books. Use of Weapons is my favorite, has the perfect mix between the dark character and the utopian Culture space opera.

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Post by cstuder » Wed, Apr 03, 2013, 11:09 AM UTC

The official site seems to be down, but BBC has confirmed the news: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-22015175

Sad. I really, really enjoyed the Culture novels. Somehow, I felt like he was the only true optimist in the Science Fiction genre.

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Post by Nursie » Wed, Apr 03, 2013, 11:10 AM UTC

Shit.

Amazing author. I want to live in the Culture. And I want to read new books by him forever, this is not allowed.

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Post by ed_blackburn » Wed, Apr 03, 2013, 11:11 AM UTC

Gutted, incredible author. Am going to miss my Culture novels dripping through every few years. :-(