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The State of the Art is a collection of short fiction, mainly science fiction, by Scottish writer Iain M. Banks, first published in 1991.
In the title novella, a Culture ship visits Earth in 1977 and surveys it.
This book includes a variety of styles: among the first- and third-person narratives, The State of the Art itself appears in the form of an edited report.
At 100 pages long, the title story makes up the bulk of the book. The novella chronicles a Culture mission to Earth, and also serves...
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