I m looking for some suitable scifi authors that could possibly fill the gap left behind. Jun 25, 20 iain banks, who died this month, was one of my favourite writers. The fifth culture book from the awesome imagination of iain m. Consider phlebas introduces readers to the utopian conglomeration of human and alien races that explores the nature of war, morality, and the limitless bounds of mankinds imagination. His iain banks stuff is pretty good too, but his scifi is what i really dig. I was wondering if anyone here can recommend me an author who has a similar style of writing. There are multiple authors with the name iain banks. Caroti discusses his critical survey of the culture series by scifi author iain banks. Consider phlebas, his first science fiction novel, was published under the name iain m. If you want to understand the thinking of todays tech titans, bankss novels are a good place to start. This classic space opera tells of shape shifting turncoat bora horza gobuchul who has been tasked by his alien masters to retrieve a lost ai from a deserted world. Alastair reynolds iain banks peter f hamilton william gibson richard k morgan vernor vinge charles stross neal stephenson dan. The closest ive found is neal ashers series of polity books.
Do you like being dropped into the middle of a universe with zero backstory or exposition so you have to work it out and read between the lines as you go along. Banks you might like similar authors chris beckett, alastair reynolds, adam roberts, dave hutchinson, stephen baxter. It is more similar to his previous iain banks fiction. I would also say a fire upon the deep had a similar feel. Empathize with stupidity and youre halfway to thinking like an idiot iain banks.
His forte was science fiction and under that genre he published numerous. Im a massive fan of iain m banks culture universe and kim stanley robinsons red mars. It was kind of like a magicians trick, caroti says. Banks when writing science fiction, exploded on to the literary scene with his first novel, the wasp factory, published in 1984 also known by legions of science fiction fans for creating the culture cycle series, iain banks also made a huge impact with his own brand of literary fiction. Feb 06, 2017 our first image of iain m bankss culture universe is a man drowning in sewage. We personally assess every books quality and offer rare, outofprint treasures. Banks, or iain banks when writing mainstream fiction, is the author of the science fiction novels in the culture cycle books. The culture is a fictional interstellar postscarcity civilisation or society created by the scottish writer iain m. Im looking for some suitable scifi authors that could possibly fill the gap left behind.
If youre looking for help with a personal book recommendation. Handpicked recommendations to authors who have a similar writing style to iain m. However, ive read everything hes written several times over. One of them, iain banks, was best known for his classic, frequently macabre works of contemporary scottish fiction, the other, iain m.
We dont have any recommendations for iainbanks right now. Bankss father was an officer in the admiralty and his mother was once a professional ice skater. Sometimes the thoughts and feelings i had didnt really agree with each other, so i decided i must be lots of different people inside my brain. Our first image of iain m bankss culture universe is a man drowning in sewage. Sep 09, 20 so i m a dedicated culture fanatic and have loved almost everything ive read by iain m. Iain banks 16 february 1954 9 june 20 was a scottish author. If it helps, i also really dig on kurt vonnegut, ursula le guin, terry pratchett, and william gibson. See all books authored by iain banks, including the wasp factory, and the crow road, and more on.
On 3 april he announced on his website that he had inoperable gall bladder cancer, giving him, at. I m one of the folks who thinks ann leckies imperial radch books are similar to the culture books. Banks from the worlds largest community of readers. Banks popular culture series for a potential tv show. Jun 10, 20 the writer iain banks, who has died aged 59, had already prepared his many admirers for his death. Banks s culture submitted 9 minutes ago by tiltowaitt i really enjoy the culture series, and ive been putting off finishing it, because i dont want it to end. Its a benign take on the concept of a galactic empire at least on the surface. I m asking broadly because its probably not possible to find an author like banks. Banks biography iain menzies banks was born in fife in 1954, and was educated at stirling university, where he studied english literature, philosophy and psychology. If you like iain banks you might like similar authors. With the sad passing of iain banks i am looking for a substitute read as i really enjoyed all of his culture novels. His science fiction writing, particular the culture cycle novels, contain some of the most compelling stories of humanity coexisting amongst the stars in print today. Banks biography scottish writer, iain menzies banks, was famous writer of mainstream fiction.
My favourite author, ive read all his books, both scifi under iain m. Banks, including consider phlebas, and the player of games, and more on. Log in recommendations everything music movies tv shows books authors games podcasts all music movies tv shows books authors games. Few sciencefictional settings are as intriguing as the one created across the nine novels and one novella that comprise iain m. And the hyperion cantos, well, its not really like the culture, but it is great. The iain banks author entry is correctly split into sections for the different authors, and the books of iain m.
Buy matter the culture book online at low prices in india. Iain banks is celebrated as a novelist and science fiction writer. Banks, including the initial of his adopted middle name menzies. Books by iain m banks writers similar to iain m banks. The big problem here is that theres noone quite like iain m. He came to widespread and controversial public notice with the publication of his first novel, the wasp factory, in 1984. Jul 24, 20 with the sad passing of iain banks i am looking for a substitute read as i really enjoyed all of his culture novels. As with all of the culture books, it is a standalone novel sharing only the same background and setting, with minimal references to the events of other books and no characters crossing over. Banks was one of the most celebrated and respected science fiction authors of all time. If you want to understand where society is heading, read the novels of iain m. The rest of his stuff, while mostly still goodid avoid iron council is much more in the fantasy realm. Buy matter the culture book online at low prices in. Since that time, he has split his time between his culture books the series started in 87 and standalone novels such as stonemouth.
Banks was a british science fiction author that wrote for television as well as radio, not to mention theater before his passing in 20. Like the poems that appeared within his novels, this was selected from the man. Two and a half millennia ago, the artifact appeared in a remote corner of space, beside a trillionyearold dying sun from a different universe. Books by iain m banks authors like iain m banks what should i read next register for free to build your own book lists.
Ian mcewans latest novel, machines like me, is a fiction about science. Banks was born on february 16, 1954 in fife, scotland. Banks is a true original, an author whose brilliant speculative fiction has transported us into worlds of unbounded imagination and inimitable revelatory power. Banks books in order of publication and in chronological order. After the publication and success of the wasp factory 1984, banks began to write on a fulltime basis. Banks s father was an officer in the admiralty and his mother was once a professional ice skater. Im one of the folks who thinks ann leckies imperial radch books are similar to the culture books. Thriftbooks sells millions of used books at the lowest everyday prices. Tim crossis a science and technology correspondent for the economist. Banks is a pseudonym of iain banks which he used to publish his science fiction. It is less well known that his first published work was the poem 041, in new writing scotland in 1983. Excession was originally published in 1996 and is the fourth novel in iain m. He is now acclaimed as one of the most powerful, innovative, and exciting writers of his generation.
What would you recommend for someone who likes reading iain m. Iain banks, who died this month, was one of my favourite writers. Buy the player of games book online at best prices in india on. Banks, or iain banks when writing mainstream fiction, is the author of the science fiction novels in the culture cycle books his science fiction writing, particular the culture cycle novels, contain some of the most compelling stories of humanity coexisting amongst the stars in print today. Alastair reynolds iain banks peter f hamilton william gibson richard k morgan vernor vinge charles stross neal stephenson dan simmons jeff noon books by this author. The closer two writers are, the more likely someone will like both of them.
While i appreciate fantasy in space like star wars as much as the next guy, thats not what im after right now. Iain banks was educated at the university of stirling where he studied english literature, philosophy and psychology. It was a perfect blackbody sphere, and it did nothing. They are what id expect the culture to be like at an earlier stage, but with a political philosophy in complete diametric opposition to culture ethos there is a heavyhandedness in the rule of law. And 30 years after its first publication, consider phlebas remains a novel. Consider phlebas is iain m banks first foray into hardcore scifi and is the opening shot in his long running culture series.
He used this as his pen name for science fiction and goes by iain banks for some of his books. Iain banks books list of books by author iain banks. Banks, you want to try stephen baxters manifold trilogy, peter f. Well be like a pet labrador if were lucky, he said in 2015, when asked about the. Banks also wrote a huge number of other books when using his middle initial in his authorship. Lots of other authors too of course, but those are a few who really hit that sweet spot for me. Books by iain m banks authors like iain m banks what. To my shame, ive largely not read very many of these though i would recommend the. The author was hailed as one of the greatest science fiction authors in the business. Buy matter the culture book online at best prices in india on.
It is our intent and purpose to foster and encourage indepth discussion about all things related to books, authors, genres or publishing in a safe, supportive environment. Banks and features in a number of his space opera novels and works of short fiction, collectively called the culture series. I m a massive fan of iain m banks culture universe and kim stanley robinsons red mars. Bankss father was an officer in the admiralty and his mother was once a. Banks introduces his creation the culture in consider phlebas. Ultimately, the space opera seems to endure because is signals an adventure is in store. Hamiltons nights dawn trilogy or anything by alastair reynolds. If you cant get enough of giant orbitals, youll then want to move on to iain m. Feb 21, 2018 amazon has acquired the rights to adapt the first installment of iain m. Banks hard science fiction, such as use of weapons and the algebraist, will not encounter the same hightech, highculture environment in transitions. Nov 11, 2009 iain banks came to widespread and controversial public notice with the publication of his first novel, the wasp factory, in 1984. While i appreciate fantasy in space like star wars as much as the next guy, thats not what i m after right now.
He wrote mainstream fiction under the name iain banks and science fiction as iain m. The writer iain banks, who has died aged 59, had already prepared his many admirers for his death. I particularly liked the dark and quirky humour that ran through them. His popular culture novels are relevant not only because of the way they redefined a. Buy the player of games book online at low prices in india. Bankss seminal science fiction series, the culture. This author also published science fiction under the pseudonym iain m. Authors and books similar to banks and the culture. One of them, iain banks, was best known for his classic, frequently macabre works of contemporary scottish fiction, the other, iain. In a career spanning twentynine years, he wrote an impressive twentynine books including the science fiction culture books as iain m. Banks, for his best selling works of science fiction. Banks and the contemporary novels under iain banks. However having read most of the other culture novels before getting to this one i was a little disappointed with consider phlebas.