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005			20240726105034.0
008			161122s2017 ilu ob s001 0 eng
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020			_a9780252099564 _q((electronic)l(electronic)ctronic)
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043			_ae-uk-en
050	1	0	_aPR6052 _b.I256 2017
049			_aMAIN
100	1		_aKincaid, Paul, _e1
245	1	0	_aIain M. Banks /Paul Kincaid.
260			_aUrbana : _bUniversity of Illinois Press, _c(c)2017.
300			_a1 online resource.
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_acomputer _bc _2rdamedia
338			_aonline resource _bcr _2rdacarrier
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490	0		_aModern masters of science fiction
520	0		_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.
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505	0	0	_aCover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgments; Chapter 1 Crossing the Bridge; Chapter 2 Backing into the Culture; Chapter 3 Outside Context Problems; Chapter 4 Approaching the WorldGod; Chapter 5 Aftermath; A Few Questions on the Culture; An Iain M. Banks Bibliography; Notes; Bibliography of Secondary Sources; Index
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600	1	0	_aBanks, Iain, _d1954-2013 _xCriticism and interpretation.
650		0	_aScience fiction, English _xHistory and criticism.
655		1	_aElectronic Books.
856	4	0	_uhttps://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=1428859&site=eds-live&custid=s3260518 _zClick to access digital title | log in using your CIU ID number and my.ciu.edu password
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902			_a1 _bCynthia Snell _c1 _dCynthia Snell