Search results
Iain Banks (16 February 1954 – 9 June 2013) was a Scottish author, writing mainstream fiction as Iain Banks and science fiction as Iain M. Banks, adding the initial of his adopted middle name Menzies (/ ˈ m ɪ ŋ ɪ z / ⓘ). After the success of The Wasp Factory (1984), he began to write full time.
Iain M. Banks is the creator and the author of the Culture series. The first book in this series came out in 1987 and is titled Consider Phlebas. The second book came out the year after and is titled The Player of Games. The third book came out in 1990 and is titled Use of Weapons.
Explore the works of Iain Banks, one of the most influential and acclaimed science fiction writers of his generation. Discover his novels, his drawings, and his legacy.
This author also published science fiction under the pseudonym Iain M. Banks. Banks's father was an officer in the Admiralty and his mother was once a professional ice skater. Iain Banks was educated at the University of Stirling where he studied English Literature, Philosophy and Psychology.
- (212.7K)
- June 9, 2013
- February 16, 1954
Iain Banks was a Scottish writer who achieved success in two genres: mainstream, literary fiction, and science fiction. He wrote novels such as The Wasp Factory, The Crow Road, The Player of Games and The Algebraist, and died in 2013.
- Dunfermline, Scotland
- Little, Brown Book Group, Orbit
Jun 9, 2013 · A tribute to the Scottish writer who died in 2013 after announcing he had terminal cancer. He was known for his novels in both literary fiction and science fiction genres, such as The Wasp Factory and The Crow Road.
Iain Banks has 36 books on Goodreads with 421574 ratings. Iain Banks’s most popular book is The Wasp Factory.
