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I'll keep going! For straight ideas, Banks is one of those grand masters of SF. :) His characters, for their flaws, are still some of the most richly imagined. The plots are usually mind blowing. In April 2012 Banks became the "Acting Honorary Non-Executive Figurehead President Elect pro tem (trainee)" of the Science Fiction Book Club based in London. The title was his creation and on 3 October 2012 Banks accepted a T-shirt inscribed with it. [46]

Arevalo, Evelyn (2021-07-09), "Elon Musk Shows Off New SpaceX Falcon 9 Autonomous Droneship -'A Shortfall Of Gravitas' ", Tesmanian . The 50 greatest British writers since 1945". The Times. 5 January 2008 . Retrieved 10 February 2010. Only the sister is not what she once was; Djan Seriy Anaplian has changed almost beyond recognition to become an agent of the Culture’s Special Circumstances section, charged with high-level interference in civilizations throughout the greater galaxy. The Culture has interfered in the development of a race known as the Chelgrians, with disastrous consequences. Now, in the light of a star that was destroyed 800 years previously during the Idiran War, plans for revenge are being hatched. [6]a b Banks, Iain M. (10 August 1994). "A Few Notes on the Culture". Originally posted on rec.arts.sf newsgroup. Banks's political stance has been termed "left of centre" [35] and in 2002 endorsed the Scottish Socialist Party. [36] Upcoming4.me. "Iain Banks – The Quarry cover art, release date and synopsis reveal". Upcoming4.me. Archived from the original on 7 May 2013 . Retrieved 30 April 2013. {{ cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list ( link) Because while the ideas are amazing and this author is known for his wonderful characters and his ability with traditional fiction, too, the character's names are too difficult and the ideas are too info-dumpy rather than a flowing masterpiece. a b "BBC News – Five Minutes With: Iain M Banks". Bbc.co.uk. 3 November 2012 . Retrieved 9 April 2013.

a b "Interview: Changing society, imagining the future". Socialistreview.org.uk. Archived from the original on 14 October 2011 . Retrieved 9 April 2013. SSP News: News from the Scottish Socialist Party". 29 September 2007. Archived from the original on 29 September 2007 . Retrieved 9 April 2013. The Gray Area reflects that the Excession is the most dangerous thing to be seen in the galaxy since the worst days of Idiran war, which took place five centuries before.Baker, Neal (2003), "Review of Dark Light", in Butler, Andrew M.; Mendelsohn, Farah (eds.), The True Knowledge of Ken MacLeod, Reading, UK: Science Fiction Foundation, pp.95–97, ISBN 978-0903007023 . From 2007 Banks lived in North Queensferry on the north side of the Firth of Forth, with his girlfriend Adele Hartley, an author and founder of the Dead by Dawn film festival. [31] She and Banks had been friends since the early 1990s, [31] but commenced romantic relations in 2006 and married on 29 March 2013 [47] after he asked her to "do me the honour of becoming my widow." [6] [48] Illness and death [ edit ] Banks, Iain M." The LOCUS Index to SF Awards. Mark R. Kelly and Locus Publications. 2000–2011. Archived from the original on 20 November 2009 . Retrieved 6 April 2013.