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Banks was born on february 16, 1954 in fife, scotland. Following the publication and success of the wasp factory 1984, banks began to write on a fulltime basis. Iain banks came to controversial public notice with the publication of his first novel, the wasp factory, in 1984. Dec 01, 2009 consider phlebas ebook written by iain m. He wrote mainstream fiction under the name iain banks, and science fiction as iain m. The culture a humanmachine symbiotic society has thrown up many great game players, and one of the greatest is. To my shame, ive largely not read very many of these though i would recommend the. The fifth culture book from the awesome imagination of iain m. Jun 25, 20 iain banks, who died this month, was one of my favourite writers. The sixth culture book from the awesome imagination of iain m.
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