Iain M. Banks (1954–2013)
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Sobre El Autor
Iain Banks was born in Fife in 1954 and was educated at Stirling University where he studied English Literature, Philosophy and Psychology. Banks came to widespread and controversial public note with the publication of his first novel, The Wasp Factory, in 1984. His first science fiction novel, mostrar más Consider Phlebas, was published in 1987. He continued to write both mainstream fiction (as Iain Banks) and science fiction (as Iain M. Banks). Banks' mainstream fiction included The Wasp Factory (1984), Walking on Glass (1985), The Bridge (1986), Espedair Street (1987), Canal Dreams (1989), The Crow Road (1992), Complicity (1993), Whit (1995), A Song of Stone (1997), The Business (1999), Dead Air (2002) and The Steep Approach to Garbadale (2007). His final book, The Quarry, was released posthumously on June 20, 2013. Banks died on June 9, 2013 of terminal gall bladder cancer. (Bowker Author Biography) mostrar menos
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(eng) There are multiple authors with the name Iain Banks. Do not combine this entry with any of them. The Iain Banks author entry is correctly split into sections for the different authors, and the books of Iain M. Banks listed there are included here by aliasing. You cannot combine this author page with just one of the split entries, it doesn't work that way.
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Series
Obras de Iain M. Banks
The Culture, Books 1-9 (Consider Phlebas, The Player of Games, Use of Weapons, The State of the Art, Excession,… (2016) 61 copias
Culture Iain Banks Fanzine 14 copias
A Few Notes on the Culture 7 copias
Personal Effects [CD] 3 copias
The Spheres 3 copias
Trames Tome 8 1 copia
The New Science Fiction Novels 1 copia
A Few Notes on Marain [essay] 1 copia
Culture Series 2 : 5 Books Collection Set By Iain M Banks (Inversions, Look To Windward, Matter, Surface Detail, The… (2021) 1 copia
Overload 1 copia
Consider Phlebas 1 copia
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Etiquetado
Conocimiento común
- Nombre legal
- Banks, Iain Menzies
- Otros nombres
- Banks, Iain
- Fecha de nacimiento
- 1954-02-16
- Fecha de fallecimiento
- 2013-06-09
- Género
- male
- Nacionalidad
- UK
- País (para mapa)
- Scotland, UK
- Lugar de nacimiento
- Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland, UK
- Lugar de fallecimiento
- Kirkcaldy, Fife, Scotland, UK
- Causa de fallecimiento
- Gallbladder cancer
- Lugares de residencia
- North Queensferry, Scotland, UK
Edinburgh, Scotland, UK - Educación
- Gourock High School
Greenock High School
University of Stirling (BA 1975) - Ocupaciones
- writer
- Relaciones
- Hartley, Adele (wife)
- Organizaciones
- National Secular Society
Humanist Society of Scotland - Premios y honores
- Guest of Honour, Eastercon, UK (1990)
Granta's Best Of Young British Novelists (1993)
Guest of Honour (posthumous), Loncon 3 (World Science Fiction Convention) (2014) - Aviso de desambiguación
- There are multiple authors with the name Iain Banks. Do not combine this entry with any of them. The Iain Banks author entry is correctly split into sections for the different authors, and the books of Iain M. Banks listed there are included here by aliasing. You cannot combine this author page with just one of the split entries, it doesn't work that way.
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Debates
Group Reda, February 2022: The Crow Road en 1001 Books to read before you die (marzo 2022)
THE STATE OF THE ART discussion (The Culture group read) en 75 Books Challenge for 2014 (agosto 2015)
MATTER discussion (The Culture group read) en 75 Books Challenge for 2014 (junio 2015)
SURFACE DETAIL discussion (The Culture group read) en 75 Books Challenge for 2014 (noviembre 2014)
LOOK TO WINDWARD discussion (The Culture group read) en 75 Books Challenge for 2014 (octubre 2014)
THE HYDROGEN SONATA discussion (The Culture group read) en 75 Books Challenge for 2014 (octubre 2014)
INVERSIONS discussion (The Culture group read) en 75 Books Challenge for 2014 (septiembre 2014)
EXCESSION discussion (The Culture group read) en 75 Books Challenge for 2014 (julio 2014)
USE OF WEAPONS discussion (The Culture group read) en 75 Books Challenge for 2014 (mayo 2014)
The Culture group read (Organisational Thread) en 75 Books Challenge for 2014 (abril 2014)
CONSIDER PHLEBAS discussion (The Culture group read) en 75 Books Challenge for 2014 (abril 2014)
THE PLAYER OF GAMES discussion (The Culture group read) en 75 Books Challenge for 2014 (marzo 2014)
September 2013: Iain M. Banks en Monthly Author Reads (enero 2014)
Group Read: The Wasp Factory by Iain Banks en 75 Books Challenge for 2013 (agosto 2013)
Sad news: Iain Banks Very Poorly en Science Fiction Fans (agosto 2013)
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