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Iain M. Banks
A stunning new reissue edition of Inversions - a space opera of stunning power and awesome imagination, from the modern master of science fiction, Iain M. Banks
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Iain Banks
Iain Banks’ momentous first novel, published in 1984 is being reissued with a new cover alongside other classic titles from the Abacus list in our 40th Anniversary year.
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A stunning new reissue edition of The Hydrogen Sonata - a space opera of stunning power and awesome imagination, from the modern master of science fiction, Iain M. Banks
A new edition to celebrate 40 years since the first publication of Iain Banks' classic debut novel, with an introduction by Neil Gaiman
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A stunning new reissue edition of Feersum Endjinn - a space opera of stunning power and awesome imagination, from the modern master of science fiction, Iain M. Banks
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A stunning new reissue edition of The Algebraist - a space opera of stunning power and awesome imagination, from the modern master of science fiction, Iain M. Banks
A stunning new reissue edition of Look to Windward - a space opera of stunning power and awesome imagination, from the modern master of science fiction, Iain M. Banks
A stunning new reissue edition of Surface Detail - a space opera of stunning power and awesome imagination, from the modern master of science fiction, Iain M. Banks
A stunning new reissue edition of the second Culture novel from the awesome imagination of Iain M. Banks, the modern master of science fiction
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25th anniversary edition of Iain Banks’ masterly novel THE CROW ROAD
Iain Banks’s classic novel reissued with a striking new cover
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Powerful, perverse, and engrossing, this controversial novel offers a graphic portrait of a serial killer told in the first-person. Read it if you dare! – The Daily Express .
Iain M Banks
As complex, turbulent and spectacular as the gas giant on which it is set, this novel from Iain M. Banks is space opera on a truly epic scale. "An enormously…
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A stunning, large-format hardback featuring original drawings by Iain M. Banks, giving a fascinating insight into the creation of his bestselling Culture universe - an essential collector's edition for all…
A stunning new reissue edition of Consider Phlebas - a space opera of stunning power and awesome imagination, from the modern master of science fiction, Iain M. Banks
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The only collection of Iain M. Banks's short fiction, including the Culture novella of the same name. From science fiction to horror, dark fantasy to twisted comedy, all eight stories…
A stunning new reissue edition of Excession - a space opera of stunning power and awesome imagination, from the modern master of science fiction, Iain M. Banks
A stunning new reissue edition of Matter - a space opera of stunning power and awesome imagination, from the modern master of science fiction, Iain M. Banks
A stunning reissue edition of the third Culture novel from the awesome imagination of Iain M. Banks, a modern master of science fiction
A stunning new reissue edition of The State of the Art - a collection of short stories of stunning power and awesome imagination, from the modern master of science fiction…
Katarzyna Pisarska
The book offers a detailed analysis of all mainstream novels of Iain Banks. It explores the question of mediation, the process of a semiotic (re)construction of the world on the…
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To celebrate the 25th anniversary of the publication of the first Culture novel, CONSIDER PHLEBAS, in 1987, this boxed set contains the first three books in the bestselling ‘Culture’ series.
Fresh off the bestselling success of Consider Phlebas and Use of Weapons, Banks traverses an amazing new universe in his latest space adventure–filledwith incredible characters, exotic adventure, unbounded imagination, and…
A thrilling new SF novel from the acclaimed author of The Wasp Factory. Count Alandre Sessine VII has already died seven times, but the wonders of the vast net of…
* Paperback reissue of a modern ‘Pilgrim’s Progress’ - Iain Banks’ WHIT.
* Paperback reissue of a modern classic, Iain Banks’ WALKING ON GLASS, inexorably powerful’ - OBSERVER
* Contemporary - and how! - novel by ‘the most imaginative British novelist of his generation’ - The Times
Iain Banks’s classic novel, reissued with a striking new cover
Twenty-fifth anniversary edition of a modern classic: ‘ingenious, daring and brilliant’ - Guardian
The new novel from Iain Banks, the bestselling author of The Wasp Factory.
* Paperback reissue of Iain Banks’ ESPEDAIR STREET, ‘the funniest, truest rock biopic yet’ - OBSERVER
By the author of Feersum Endjinn . The Excession has returned but the only person who is aware of its potential is living out her death in the immense Sleeper…
Set in a war-torn country not unlike Bosnia, this internationally bestselling novel concerns a band of soldiers who find refuge in a rural castle.
Iain Banks at his very best - his funniest, grittiest and most exciting novel yet.
‘Ingenious, daring and brilliant’ Guardian
Dark family secrets and a passionate love affair, full of his trademark warmth, humanity and ingenuity, Iain Banks’s classic novel is reissued with a striking new cover
Paperback reissue of Iain Banks’ masterly novel THE CROW ROAD
A fascinating journey through Scotland’s famous distilleries with legendary author Iain Banks No true Scotsman can resist the allure of the nation’s whisky distilleries.
Paul Kincaid
The 1987 publication of Iain M. Banks’s Consider Phlebas helped trigger the British renaissance of radical hard science fiction and influenced a generation of New Space Opera masters. The thirteen…
Local journalist Cameron Colley sticks up for the underdog, often exposing prominent people who take advantage of the less fortunate. The trouble is that a twisted serial killer seems to…
Cairns Craig
This is part of a new series of guides to contemporary novels. The aim of the series is to give readers accessible and informative introductions to some of the most…
This collection of 12 new essays draws together prominent literary experts to explore the importance of Scottish writer Iain (M.) Banks, both his mainstream and science fiction work. The essays…
This collection of papers on the archaeology of conflict covers a wide range in both time and space, running from Sub-Neolithic Finland to early Modern Ireland. The papers include a…
This volume draws together a series of new studies into various aspects of the archaeology of conflict. Part of the volume focuses on conflict in the twentieth century, with several…
