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Matter

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Author: Banks, Iain M.
Series title:Culture Ser.
ISBN:978-0-316-00537-1
Publication Date:Feb 2009
Publisher:Orbit
Book Format:Paperback
List Price:USD $18.99
Book Description:

A novel of dazzling wit and serious purpose. An extraordinary feat of storytelling and breathtaking invention on a grand scale, it is a tour de force from a writer who has turned science fiction on its head. "Unexpectedly savage, emotionally powerful, and impossible to forget." --The Times In a world renowned even within a galaxy full of wonders, a crime within a war. For one brother it means a...
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Book Details
Pages:624
Detailed Subjects: Fiction / Science Fiction / General
Physical Dimensions (W X L X H):5.5 x 8.25 x 1.5 Inches
Book Weight:1.21 Pounds
Author Biography
Banks, Iain M. (Author)
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, 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. 030



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