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The State of the Art
- Author
- Iain M. Banks
- Narrator
- Peter Kenny
- Publisher
- Hachette Audio
- Publish Date
- 2 April 2024
- Run Time
- 6 hours 22 minutes
- Format
- Audiobook
What to expect
“Banks is a phenomenon...writing pure science fiction of a peculiarly gnarly energy and elegance.” –William Gibson
This is a striking addition to the body of Culture lore, and adds definition and scale to the previous works by using the Earth of 1977 as contrast. The stories in the collection range from science fiction to horror, dark-coated fantasy to morality tale. All bear the indefinable stamp of Iain Banks's staggering talent.
“Few of us have been exposed to a talent so manifest and of such extraordinary breadth.” –New York Review of Science Fiction
“[Banks] can summon up sense-of-wonder Big Concepts you've never seen before and display them with narration as deft as a conjuror's fingers." –scifi.com
The Culture series:
Consider Phlebas
The Player of Games
Use of Weapons
The State of the Art
Excession
Inversions
Look to Windward
Matter
Surface Detail
The Hydrogen Sonata
Critics Review
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“Banks is a phenomenon...writing pure science fiction of a peculiarly gnarly energy and elegance.”—William Gibson
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“Banks writes with a sophistication that will surprise anyone unfamiliar with modern science fiction.”—The New York Times
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“Banks never lets up in a dizzying array of characters, mind-bending ideas, and dazzling action.”—Booklist
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“Few of us have been exposed to a talent so manifest and of such extraordinary breadth.”—New York Review of Science Fiction
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“[Banks] can summon up sense-of-wonder Big Concepts you've never seen before and display them with narration as deft as a conjuror's fingers." —scifi.com
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"Nobody does it better."—Times (UK)
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"Banks writes space opera on the grand scale: he measures time in eons, space in lightyears, tragedies in gigadeaths."—Time
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Details
- Author
- Iain M. Banks
- Narrator
- Peter Kenny
- Duration
- 6 hours 22 minutes
- Release Date
- 2 April 2024
- ISBN
- 9781668632987
- Format
- Audiobook
- Publisher
- Hachette Audio
- Genre
- Science fiction: space opera, Science fiction, Anthologies: general, Science fiction: space exploration
Synopsis
From New York Times bestselling and modern master of science fiction, Iain M. Banks, The State of the Art is the acclaimed collection of Banks's short fiction.  “Banks is a phenomenon...writing pure science fiction of a peculiarly gnarly energy and elegance.” –William Gibson This is a striking addition to the body of Culture lore, and adds definition and scale to the previous works by using the Earth of 1977 as contrast. The stories in the collection range from science fiction to horror, dark-coated fantasy to morality tale. All bear the indefinable stamp of Iain Banks's staggering talent. “Few of us have been exposed to a talent so manifest and of such extraordinary breadth.” –New York Review of Science Fiction   “[Banks] can summon up sense-of-wonder Big Concepts you've never seen before and display them with narration as deft as a conjuror's fingers." –scifi.comThe Culture series:Consider PhlebasThe Player of GamesUse of WeaponsThe State of the ArtExcessionInversionsLook to WindwardMatterSurface DetailThe Hydrogen Sonata
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