{"title":"Iain M. Banks","description":"Iain Banks came to widespread and controversial public notice with the publication of his first novel, The Wasp Factory, in 1984. Consider Phlebas, his first science fiction novel, was published under the name Iain M. Banks in 1987 and began his celebrated ten-book Culture series. He is acclaimed as one of the most powerful, innovative and exciting writers of his generation.","products":[{"product_id":"feersum-endjinn-paperback","title":"Feersum Endjinn - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe novels of Iain M. Banks have forever changed the face of modern science fiction. With breathtaking imagination and extraordinary storytelling, they have secured his reputation as one of the most extraordinary and influential writers in the genre.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"Banks is a phenomenon.\" --William Gibson, author of The Sprawl Trilogy \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Count Sessine is about to die for the very last time. Chief Scientist Gad­fium is about to receive the mysterious message she has been awaiting from the Plain of Sliding Stones. Bascule the Teller, in search of an ant, is about to enter the chaos of the crypt. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e This is the time of the encroachment and everything is about to change. Although the dimming sun still shines on the vast, towering walls of Serehfa Fastness, the end is close at hand. The King knows it, his closest advisers know it, and the crypt knows it too; so an emissary has been sent--an emissary who holds the key to all their futures. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003ePraise for the novels of Iain M. Banks: \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"Epic in scope, ambitious in its ideas and absorbing in its execution. \" --\u003ci\u003eThe Independent on Sunday\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"Banks has created one of the most enduring and endearing visions of the future.\" --\u003ci\u003eThe Guardian\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"Jam-packed with extraordinary invention.\" --\u003ci\u003eThe Scotsman\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"Compulsive reading.\" --\u003ci\u003eThe Sunday Telegraph\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Also by Iain M. Banks: \u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Culture \u003cbr\u003e Consider Phlebas \u003cbr\u003e The Player of Games \u003cbr\u003e Use of Weapons \u003cbr\u003e Excession \u003cbr\u003e Inversions \u003cbr\u003e Look to Windward \u003cbr\u003e Matter \u003cbr\u003e Surface Detail \u003cbr\u003e The Hydrogen Sonata \u003cbr\u003e The State of the Art \u003cbr\u003e Against a Dark Background \u003cbr\u003e The Algebraist\u003c\/i\u003e","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50102223274207,"sku":"9780316588362","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/8958\/4607\/files\/5nY6j929bW9780316588362.webp?v=1781079172"},{"product_id":"excession-paperback","title":"Excession - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe novels of Iain M. Banks have forever changed the face of modern science fiction. His Culture books combine breathtaking imagination with exceptional storytelling, and have secured his reputation as one of the most extraordinary and influential writers in the genre.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Banks is a phenomenon.\" -- William Gibson\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Two and a half millennia ago in a remote corner of space, beside a trillion-year-old dying sun from a different universe, the artifact appeared. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e It was a perfect black-body sphere, and it did nothing. Then it disappeared. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Now it is back. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Diplomat Genar-Hofoen of Special Circumstances is sent to investigate but, sidetracked by an old flame and the spoiled-brat operative Ulver Seich, and faced with the systematic depravities of a race who call themselves the A­ffront, it's anyone's guess whether he'll succeed . . . \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003ePraise for the Culture series: \u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"Epic in scope, ambitious in its ideas and absorbing in its execution.\" -\u003ci\u003eIndependent on Sunday\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \"Banks has created one of the most enduring and endearing visions of the future.\" -\u003ci\u003eGuardian\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"Jam-packed with extraordinary invention.\" -\u003ci\u003eScotsman\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"Compulsive reading.\" -\u003ci\u003eSunday Telegraph\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Culture series: \u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Consider Phlebas \u003cbr\u003e The Player of Games \u003cbr\u003e Use of Weapons \u003cbr\u003e Excession \u003cbr\u003e Inversions \u003cbr\u003e Look to Windward \u003cbr\u003e The State of the Art \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eOther books by Iain M. Banks: \u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Against a Dark Background \u003cbr\u003e Feersum Endjinn \u003cbr\u003e The Algebraist \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eAlso now available: \u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003e The Culture: The Drawings- an extraordinary collection of original illustrations faithfully reproduced from sketchbooks Banks kept in the 1970s and 80s, depicting the ships, habitats, geography, weapons and language of Banks' Culture series of novels in incredible detail.","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50102233268447,"sku":"9780316595063","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/8958\/4607\/files\/qrDI0p6qG-9780316595063.webp?v=1781079190"}],"url":"https:\/\/blackandbarhe.com\/collections\/iain-m-banks.oembed","provider":"Black \u0026 Barhe Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}