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  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 outside of the Culture but was recruited into it by...

• Against a Dark Background

  Against a Dark Background is a science fiction novel by Scottish writer Iain M. Banks, first published in 1993. It was his first science fiction novel not to be based or set in the Culture. Lady Sharrow, a former pilot and antiquities thief, lives in exile on a planet called Golter, which, with its...

• 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 Literary Festival on 25 May 2007: Banks tells me...

• 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 death of his wife, killed during the Chelgrian...

• The Algebraist

  The Algebraist, a science fiction novel by Scottish writer Iain M. Banks, first appeared in print in 2004. It was nominated for a Hugo Award for Best Novel in 2005. It was his third science fiction novel not to be based or set in The Culture, and the first not to be potentially in the same universe...

• 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' science fiction novels, does not carry the tag 'A...