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Iain Banks email Q&A October 2008
http://www.iain-banks.net/2008/10/14/iain-banks-email-qa-october-2008/Welcome to the latest Q&A session with Iain Banks. The first two sessions can be found here: Q&A session I and Q&A session II. Read on for the latest Q's from Iain's readers and fans, with A's from the man himself... …
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Iain Banks talks to Writing Magazine
http://www.iain-banks.net/2008/10/10/iain-banks-talks-to-writing-magazine/Iain has been interviewed for the latest edition of Writer's News Writing Magazine and talks about a number of writing-related subjects, including plotting, character development, pre-planning and avoiding the temptation to polish work until the first draft has been finished. …
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Thoughts from the Vortex
http://annatar.sfblogs.netKiemelt linkek Iain (M.) Banks Sci-Fi Enciklopédia SFblogs.net SFportal.hu The Official How It Should Have Ended Website The Scifi World
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Fearless Fantasy
http://fearlessfantasy.wordpress.com11.11.08 I guess if you don’t know about it already, you will miss it despite my posting this. Anyway, in case you are interested in taking a look at it after the meeting, here are some Iain [M] Banks related links. His official web site An introduction to the Culture books Something about Iain Banks the mainstream author And here he is, talking about his latest Culture novel, Matter. The guy you see in the background is Ken MacLeod (another scottish science fiction author). Possibly
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Where's My Noose?
http://wheresmynoose.blogspot.comExcession by Iain M. Banks
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2 out of 10!
http://www.orbitbooks.net/2008/11/05/2-out-of-10/Jo Graham’s next book, Hand of Isis, will be out in March 2009. You can keep up with the author and enter to win an advance copy of the book at her livejournal. And at the official Iain M. Banks site you can catch up on our recent fan QAs with the author (part one, part two, part three) and read an extract from Matter.
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The Steep Approach to Garbadale
http://www.viewfromheremagazine.com/2008/11/steep-approach-t...widespread and controversial public notice with the publication of his first novel, THE WASP FACTORY, in 1984. He has since gained enormous popular and critical acclaim for both his mainstream and his science fiction novels. For Iain's web site click here. Coming soon The View From Here Interview with Iain.
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What I do to chill out
http://thewhacksterslair.blogspot.com/2008/11/what-i-do-to-c...now. So i've rationed myself to the occasional treat. Last couple I read were Terry Pratchett's 'Carpe Jugulum' and Isaac Asimov's 'Robots and Empire'. Mostly tend to stick to Sci-fi Fantasy stuff. have any of you guys heard of a chap called Iain M. Banks
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Where Have All the Raiders Gone?
http://oriniwen.wordpress.com/2008/10/23/where-have-all-the-...m a huge fan of the classic SciFi authors like Heinlein and Clarke and Asimov of course. Right now I’m brought to mind of a Clarke novel called Childhood’s End as well as the Culture series by one of my favourite modern authors, Iain M. Banks. In both series humankind is presented with a sort of conclusion. The purpose of their lives is taken away from them because they know that there is either an insurmountable barrier to face or they know for certain the answer to
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Iain M. Banks - an Interview (by readers and fans)
http://verbeat.org/blogs/pwt/2008/10/iain-m-banks---an-inter...Iain M. Banks´s official site has been publishing installments of a big interview where he answers questions made by his audience. There are very interesting questions in the three parts, that you can read in the following order:
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Iain M. Banks - an Interview (by readers and fans)
http://verbeat.org/blogs/pwt/2008/10/iain-m-banks---an-inter...has been publishing installments of a big interview where he answers questions made by his audience. There are very interesting questions in the three parts, that you can read in the following order: Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 Thanks to Kristen for the info.
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Integrated Language Skills
http://ggrupa.blogspot.comdebris east of the castle-crag's volcanic plug, deep underneath the civic core of this dormant capital, that old, cold utter darkness sits to this day. From Iain Banks' Complicity (a novel) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_King%27s_Close http://www.iain-banks.net/
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