Iain Banks

Iain Banks
Osnovni podaci
Rođenje	Dunfermline, Fife, Škotska
Zanimanje	pisac
Nacionalnost	britansko
Djelo
Period	(1984 - present)
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Iain Menzies Banks (Dunfermine, Fife, 16.2. 1954 in Dunfermline, Fife) je škotski pisac. Kao Iain M. Banks piše science fiction; kao Iain Banks piše beletristiku.

Bibliografija

Romani kao Iain Banks

• The Wasp Factory (1984)
• Walking on Glass (1985)
• The Bridge (1986)
• Espedair Street (1987) – adaptiran za BBC radio 1998. (režija Dave Batchelor)
• Canal Dreams (1989)
• The Crow Road (1992) – adaptiran ua BBC TV godine 1996. (režija Gavin Millar)
• Complicity (1993) – ekraniziran 2000. godine (režija Gavin Millar)
• Whit (1995)
• A Song of Stone (1997)
• The Business (1999)
• Dead Air (2002)
• The Steep Approach to Garbadale (2007)

Romani kao Iain M. Banks

Većina Banksovog science fiction opusa se bavi velikom interstelarnom civilizacijom Kulturom, koju je detaljno opisao u šest romana i brojnim novelama.

• Consider Phlebas (1987)
• The Player of Games (1988)
• Use of Weapons (1990)
• Excession (1996)
• Inversions (1998)
• Look to Windward (2000)
• Matter (2008)

Ostali science fiction romani su:

• Against a Dark Background (1993)
• Feersum Endjinn (1994)
• The Algebraist (2004)

Kratke priče

Banks je objavio jednu zbirku kao Iain M. Banks:

• The State of the Art (1989)

U njoj postoje science fiction i "obične" priče.

Publicistika

• Raw Spirit (2003) (putopis o Škotskoj i njenim destilerijama viskija)

Predgovori

Banks je napisao brojne predgovore za djela drugih psaca:

• M. John Harrison: Viriconium (1988) , the Unwin edition, ISBN 0-04-440245-7.
• Bryan Talbot : The Adventures of Luther Arkwright: Book 3, Gotterdammerung (1989) Proutt Publishing, ISBN 0-907865-03-8.
• The Orbit Science Fiction Yearbook Three (1990) uredio David S. Garnett, ISBN 0-07-088833-7.
• 'Ken MacLeod: 'The Human Front (2001), the PS Publishing edition, ISBN 1-902880-30-7 (hbk) and ISBN 1-902880-31-5 (pbk).

Vanjske veze

U Wikimedijinom spremniku nalazi se još materijala vezanih uz temu:

Iain Banks

• Official site
• Culture Shock
• The Banksoniain - Fanzine
• Iain Banks FAQ
• The Culture Data Repository
• http://c2.com/cgi/wiki?IainBanks
• Iain M. Banks na Internet Speculative Fiction Database
• Šablon:Contemporary writers
• Iain Banks na Internet Book List
• Iain Banks na Internet Movie Database
• Profile at Guardian Books
• A Few Notes on the Culture - essay by Banks

= Intervjui

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• http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,20867,21296802-5001986,00.html
• Interview at Wells Literature Festival 2006
• Spike Magazine Interview
• Interview
• BBC Five Live interview on whisky, the creative process and The Steep Approach to Garbadale