Iain Banks (1954–2013)
Auteur de Une forme de guerre
A propos de l'auteur
Iain Banks was born in Fife in 1954 and was educated at Stirling University where he studied English Literature, Philosophy and Psychology. Banks came to widespread and controversial public note with the publication of his first novel, The Wasp Factory, in 1984. His first science fiction novel, afficher plus Consider Phlebas, was published in 1987. He continued to write both mainstream fiction (as Iain Banks) and science fiction (as Iain M. Banks). Banks' mainstream fiction included The Wasp Factory (1984), Walking on Glass (1985), The Bridge (1986), Espedair Street (1987), Canal Dreams (1989), The Crow Road (1992), Complicity (1993), Whit (1995), A Song of Stone (1997), The Business (1999), Dead Air (2002) and The Steep Approach to Garbadale (2007). His final book, The Quarry, was released posthumously on June 20, 2013. Banks died on June 9, 2013 of terminal gall bladder cancer. (Bowker Author Biography) afficher moins
Notice de désambiguation :
(eng) There are multiple authors with the name Iain Banks. Do not combine this entry with any of them. The Iain Banks author entry is correctly split into sections for the different authors, and the books of Iain M. Banks listed there are included here by aliasing. You cannot combine this author page with just one of the split entries, it doesn't work that way.
Crédit image: Author photograph from official website.
Séries
Œuvres de Iain Banks
The Culture, Books 1-3 (Consider Phlebas ∙ The Player of Games ∙ Use of Weapons) (2012) 72 exemplaires, 2 critiques
The Culture, Books 1-9 (Consider Phlebas, The Player of Games, Use of Weapons, The State of the Art, Excession,… (2016) 61 exemplaires
Transition (extract) | A Gift from Culture | Piece 6 exemplaires
The Spheres 3 exemplaires
Personal Effects [CD] 3 exemplaires
Overload 1 exemplaire
Trames Tome 8 1 exemplaire
The New Science Fiction Novels 1 exemplaire
Culture Series 2 : 5 Books Collection Set By Iain M Banks (Inversions, Look To Windward, Matter, Surface Detail, The… (2021) 1 exemplaire
(Transition) [By: Banks, Iain] [Dec, 2013] 1 exemplaire
Oeuvres associées
Dark: Stories of Madness, Murder and the Supernatural (2000) — Contributeur — 58 exemplaires, 3 critiques
20 Under 35: Original Stories by Britain's Best New Young Writers (1988) — Contributeur — 11 exemplaires
Das Science Fiction Jahr 1994. Ein Jahrbuch für den Science Fiction Leser (1994) — Contributeur — 10 exemplaires
Étiqueté
Partage des connaissances
- Nom canonique
- Banks, Iain
- Nom légal
- Banks, Iain Menzies
- Autres noms
- Banks, Iain
- Date de naissance
- 1954-02-16
- Date de décès
- 2013-06-09
- Sexe
- male
- Nationalité
- UK
- Pays (pour la carte)
- Scotland, UK
- Lieu de naissance
- Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland, UK
- Lieu du décès
- Kirkcaldy, Fife, Scotland, UK
- Cause du décès
- Gallbladder cancer
- Lieux de résidence
- North Queensferry, Scotland, UK
Edinburgh, Scotland, UK - Études
- Gourock High School
Greenock High School
University of Stirling (BA 1975) - Professions
- writer
- Relations
- Hartley, Adele (wife)
- Organisations
- National Secular Society
Humanist Society of Scotland - Prix et distinctions
- Guest of Honour, Eastercon, UK (1990)
Granta's Best Of Young British Novelists (1993)
Guest of Honour (posthumous), Loncon 3 (World Science Fiction Convention) (2014) - Notice de désambigüisation
- There are multiple authors with the name Iain Banks. Do not combine this entry with any of them. The Iain Banks author entry is correctly split into sections for the different authors, and the books of Iain M. Banks listed there are included here by aliasing. You cannot combine this author page with just one of the split entries, it doesn't work that way.
Membres
Discussions
Group Reda, February 2022: The Crow Road à 1001 Books to read before you die (Mars 2022)
THE STATE OF THE ART discussion (The Culture group read) à 75 Books Challenge for 2014 (Août 2015)
MATTER discussion (The Culture group read) à 75 Books Challenge for 2014 (Juin 2015)
SURFACE DETAIL discussion (The Culture group read) à 75 Books Challenge for 2014 (Novembre 2014)
LOOK TO WINDWARD discussion (The Culture group read) à 75 Books Challenge for 2014 (Octobre 2014)
THE HYDROGEN SONATA discussion (The Culture group read) à 75 Books Challenge for 2014 (Octobre 2014)
INVERSIONS discussion (The Culture group read) à 75 Books Challenge for 2014 (Septembre 2014)
EXCESSION discussion (The Culture group read) à 75 Books Challenge for 2014 (Juillet 2014)
USE OF WEAPONS discussion (The Culture group read) à 75 Books Challenge for 2014 (Mai 2014)
The Culture group read (Organisational Thread) à 75 Books Challenge for 2014 (Avril 2014)
CONSIDER PHLEBAS discussion (The Culture group read) à 75 Books Challenge for 2014 (Avril 2014)
THE PLAYER OF GAMES discussion (The Culture group read) à 75 Books Challenge for 2014 (Mars 2014)
September 2013: Iain M. Banks à Monthly Author Reads (Janvier 2014)
Group Read: The Wasp Factory by Iain Banks à 75 Books Challenge for 2013 (Août 2013)
Sad news: Iain Banks Very Poorly à Science Fiction Fans (Août 2013)
Critiques
Listes
Overdue Podcast (1)
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Read in 2014 (1)
BitLife (1)
United Kingdom (1)
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Greatest Books (1)
Teens (1)
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A Novel Cure (1)
Five star books (1)
First Novels (1)
Best First Lines (1)
Jim's Bookshelf (1)
Null (1)
Books About Boys (1)
Unread books (2)
My TBR (2)
To Read - Horror (1)
Best War Stories (1)
io9 Book Club (1)
Sentient ships (1)
GeoCAT 2016 (1)
Finished in 2020 (1)
Prix et récompenses
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Statistiques
- Œuvres
- 63
- Aussi par
- 15
- Membres
- 85,700
- Popularité
- #128
- Évaluation
- 3.8
- Critiques
- 1,984
- ISBN
- 671
- Langues
- 24
- Favoris
- 271
L’histoire est comme le livre : sans surprise. On retrouve les trames habituelles, les vaisseaux travaillant à leur niveau et les humains au leur, avec les échanges que cela implique. Les personnages sont plaisant à suivre, mais on aurait aimé du nouveau.
Un bon libre typique de la série.