The works of Iain M. Banks that are set in the universe of The Culture.
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Consider Phlebas
Consider Phlebas, first published in 1987, is a space opera novel by Scottish writer Iain M. Banks. Written after a 1984 draft, it is the first to feature the Culture.
The novel revolves around the Idiran-Culture War, and Banks plays on that theme...
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- 1987
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- 1987
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Inversions
Inversions is a science fiction novel by Scottish writer Iain M. Banks, first published in 1998. It is implied to be set in his Culture universe. However, this is not made explicit within the book, and unlike most other recent editions of Banks'...
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- Jun 1998
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- 1998
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- 12636
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The State of the Art
The State of the Art is a short story collection by Scottish writer Iain M. Banks, first published in 1991. The collection includes some stories originally published under his other byline, Iain Banks as well as the title novella and others set in...
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- 1989
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- 1991
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- 39183
The Player of Games
The Player of Games is a science fiction novel by Scottish writer Iain M. Banks, first published in 1988. It was the second published Culture novel. Like most of Banks' early SF work, it was a reworking of an earlier version, in this case from 1979....
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- 1988
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- 1988
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- 1380
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Excession
Excession, first published in 1996, is Scottish writer Iain M. Banks's fourth science fiction novel to feature the Culture. It concerns the response of the Culture and other interstellar societies to an unprecedented alien artifact, the Excession of...
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- 1996
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- 1996
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- 6886
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Look to Windward
Look to Windward is a science fiction novel by Scottish writer Iain M. Banks, first published in 2000. It is Banks' sixth published novel to feature The Culture.
Despite the passage of time, Major Quilan still suffers grief and bereavement from the...
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- 2000
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- 2000
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- 6887
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Use of Weapons
Use of Weapons is a science fiction novel by Scottish writer Iain M. Banks, first published in 1990 as the third novel in the Culture series.
The narrative takes the form of a fractured biography of a man called Cheradenine Zakalwe, who was born...
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- 1990
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- Feb 1, 1990
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- 935
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Matter
Matter is a science fiction novel from Iain Banks, under the name Iain M. Banks in his Culture series. It was published on 25 January 2008.
Matter was a finalist for the 2009 Prometheus Award.
From an interview with The Guardian newspaper at the Hay...
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- 2008 ,
- Jan 31, 2008
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- Feb 2008
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- 640181
