The Culture Series of Iain M. Banks
A Critical Introduction
$83.61
- Paperback
252 pages
- Release Date
17 March 2015
Summary
This critical history of Iain M. Banks’ Culture novels covers the series from its inception in the 1970s to the The Hydrogen Sonata (2012), published less than a year before Banks’ death. It considers Banks’ origins as a writer, the development of his politics and ethics, his struggles to become a published author, his eventual success with The Wasp Factory (1984) and the publication of the first Culture novel, Consider Phlebas (1987). His 1994 essay “A Few Notes on…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780786494477 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0786494476 |
| Author: | Simone Caroti |
| Publisher: | McFarland & Co Inc |
| Imprint: | McFarland & Co Inc |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 252 |
| Release Date: | 17 March 2015 |
| Weight: | 340g |
| Dimensions: | 229mm x 152mm x 13mm |
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Critics Review
“Caroti’s smoothly written, thoroughly researched and documented book serves as a monument to Banks and his Culture series. I recommend it both as a resource on Banks and as a model for other [writers] to follow”—SFRA Review
About The Author
Simone Caroti
Simone Caroti is the course director of Science Fiction and Fantasy for the Creative Writing BFA at Full Sail University. He is a senior research scientist for the Astrosociology Research Institute (ARI), a nonprofit organization devoted to bringing the arts, humanities and social sciences into the debate on the future of humanity in space.
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