LEADER 02926nam 2200505 450 001 9910792961703321 005 20230124194145.0 010 $a0-252-09956-7 035 $a(CKB)3710000001380554 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC4866468 035 $a(StDuBDS)EDZ0001803621 035 $a(OCoLC)964243207 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse57506 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL4866468 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr11390649 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000001380554 100 $a20170622h20172017 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $2rdacontent 182 $2rdamedia 183 $2rdacarrier 200 10$aIain M. Banks /$fPaul Kincaid 210 1$aUrbana, Chicago, Springfield, [Illinois] :$cUniversity of Illinois Press,$d2017. 210 4$dİ2017 215 $a1 online resource (142 pages) $cillustrations 225 0 $aModern masters of science fiction 300 $aPreviously issued in print: 2017. 311 $a0-252-08250-8 311 $a0-252-04101-1 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 330 $a"It is almost impossible to fully express the influence that Scottish Author Iain M. Banks (1954-2013) has had on science fiction, particularly in the UK. The publication of Consider Phlebas in 1987 was one of the triggers for the British Renaissance. This exuberant left-wing space opera was also one of the foundational texts for the New Space Opera, and was a clear influence on Stephen Baxter, Paul J. McAuley, Justina Robson and Alistair Reynolds. Banks authored 14 sf novels, nine of them set in the universe of the Culture, exploring most of the major sf themes and genres: utopia and dystopia, interstellar warfare, interaction with alien life, the biology-technology divide, and perpetual surveillance. His writing is characterized by an exceptional attention to literary style and a signature dark sense of humor. He achieved mainstream success as one of the giants of Scottish literary fiction, Iain Banks: author of The Wasp Factory (1984), Walking on Glass (1985), The Bridge (1986), Espedair Street (1987), and thirteen other mainstream novels. Paul Kincaid argues that many of Banks's supposedly mainstream novels had science-fiction aspects, while mainstream techniques and sensibilities were incorporated into all of his science fiction. It is, therefore, impossible to consider one aspect of his fiction in isolation; the two feed into each other"--$cProvided by publisher. 410 0$aModern masters of science fiction. 606 $aScience fiction, English$xHistory and criticism 615 0$aScience fiction, English$xHistory and criticism. 676 $a823.914 686 $aLIT004260$aBIO007000$2bisacsh 700 $aKincaid$b Paul$01094553 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910792961703321 996 $aIain M. Banks$93848409 997 $aUNINA