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The Culture of Iain M. Banks
Last year, I was shocked to read that Iain M. Banks announced that he had cancer and was going to die within months. I had first come across him when I picked up Consider [...]
The SF Signal Podcast (Episode 193): Three Hoarsemen Cometh! A Discussion of Iain M. Banks and Paper vs. Electronic Reading
In the long and storied history of the SF Signal Podcast, never had the powers-that-be deigned it safe to allow John H. Stevens, Fred Kiesche, and Jeff Patterson to appear on [...]
RIP: Iain M. Banks (1954-2013)
Sad news, folks. BBC News is reporting that Iain M. Banks has died of cancer. HE was 59 years old. Just 2 months ago, he announced he was diagnosed with terminal cancer and [...]
Cover & Synopsis: “The Quarry” by Iain Banks
Amazon has the cover art and synopsis of the upcoming novel The Quarry by Iain Banks, hittng bookstore shelves on June 20, 2013. The author credit lacks the “science [...]
Iain Banks Diagnosed With Terminal Cancer
The sad news broke today that Iain M. Banks, author of the Culture space opera novels, has late stage gall bladder cancer. The prognosis is not good, and Ian thinks [...]
A Short Film for Fans of Iain M. Banks’ CULTURE Novels
This isn’t new, but I just came across this short film called Something Real. It’s a fan film based on Iain M. Banks Culture novels. [...]
Science Fiction Series Spotlight: The Culture Series by Iain M. Banks
It’s been twenty five years since the release of the first Culture novel by Iain M. Banks. Today, over at the Kirkus Reviews Blog, I take a look at the series over the [...]
MIND MELD: The Secret to the Success of Iain M. Banks’ Culture Novels
[Do you have an idea for a future Mind Meld? Let us know!] Iain M. Banks’ Consider Phlebas was published in 1987, the first book written of what would come to be known [...]
Cover & Synopsis: “The Hydrogen Sonata” By Iain M. Banks (A New Culture Novel)
Upcoming4.me has posted the cover art and synopsis of the upcoming Culture novel by Iain M. Banks, The Hydrogen Sonata. Here’s the synopsis: It is, truly, provably, the [...]
Iain M. Banks’ Culture (Finally) Heads to the Big Screen
…but not adapted from the story you might think… SlashFilm reports (via ScreenDaily) that an Iain M. Banks Culture story is headed for the big screen. That story [...]
SF Tidbits for 9/30/09
Interviews & Profiles: Iain M. Banks is interviewed by Time, The Independent, and the Scotsman. Mad Hatter’s Bookshelf interviews Cherie Priest, author of [...]
SF Tidbits for 9/24/09
Interviews: @Omnivoracious: Eoin Colfer (And Another Thing…). Time Magazine has video interview with Robert J. Sawyer: The Scientific Mind Behind FlashForward. [via [...]
Transition by Iain M. Banks Free on iTunes
Times Online is reporting that the new Iain M. Banks novel, Transition, is being serialized for free on iTunes as an abridged audio book: Iain Banks’s latest novel, [...]
SF Tidbits for 7/24/09
Transition by Iain M. Banks gets a September 2009 simul-release in book & serialized podcast formats. Apex Publishing announces plans to publish An Occupation of Angels [...]
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