achrilock · @achrilock
12 followers · 1702 posts · Server achrilock.social
Jabsonik · @jabsonik
145 followers · 2848 posts · Server mstdn.social
BBC’s #radioplay of #IainMBanks’ State of the Art available for 2 weeks here:
Ames · @runoutgroover
308 followers · 4084 posts · Server mastodon.nz
gimulnautti · @gimulnautti
88 followers · 633 posts · Server mastodontti.fiIain M Banksin ”Culture” novellisarjassa tekoälyt hallitsevat; mutta ne ovat pitäneet ihmiset mukana. Miksi? Yksi kymmenestä miljoonasta on kuitenkin niin fiksu, että loppujen pitäminen elossa kannattaa. Ja tekoälyt itsekin ”lisääntyvät”, ja tulevat hulluiksi, jne.
#iainmbanks #culture #bookstodon #amreading #scifi #ai
Jane Fanghanel · @jkfanghanel
419 followers · 5284 posts · Server mas.toTry #IainMBanks #books for #scifi. The series on #TheCulture are very good - first one #ConsiderPhlebas. Banks also writes as #IainBanks which are also very good - #TheWaspFactory was his first.
#thewaspfactory #IainBanks #considerphlebas #theculture #scifi #books #iainmbanks
kit yetts · @cour13r5
148 followers · 1813 posts · Server zirk.us
collection of iain m banks drawings of THE CULTURE coming later this year.
https://www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/iain-m-banks/the-culture/9780316572873/
Kristofferabild · @Kristofferabild
116 followers · 1326 posts · Server hachyderm.io
@knizer@toot.boston · @knizer
204 followers · 1053 posts · Server toot.boston#InterestGraph - #Introduction
#Books: @knizer@bookwyrm.social
#ScienceFiction #Fantasy #SolarPunk #Cyberpunk #Classics
#TerryPratchett #StanisławLem #UrsulaKLeGuin #NaomiNovik #AnnaleeNewitz #KatherineAddison
#SeananMcGuire #IainMBanks #TamsynMuir #SarahGailey #SarahReesBrennan #BeckyChambers #TKingfisher #MarthaWells #AlixEHarrow #CatValente #ArkadyMartine #WilliamGibson #BruceSterling #NKJemisin #AmalElMohtar #MaxGladstone #MurLafferty #KimStanleyRobinson #JamesSACorey #PeterWatts
#interestgraph #introduction #books #sciencefiction #fantasy #solarpunk #cyberpunk #classics #terrypratchett #stanislawlem #ursulakleguin #naominovik #annaleenewitz #katherineaddison #seananmcguire #iainmbanks #tamsynmuir #sarahgailey #SarahReesBrennan #beckychambers #TKingfisher #MarthaWells #alixeharrow #catvalente #arkadymartine #williamgibson #brucesterling #nkjemisin #amalelmohtar #maxgladstone #murlafferty #kimstanleyrobinson #JamesSACorey #peterwatts
By-Tor · @by_tor
111 followers · 747 posts · Server mastodon.scotAhhh. Ten years since the death of one of my favourite authors. Writer of strange fiction and science fiction, I'm raising a toast of a wee dram of malt whisky to Iain (M) Banks.
Here is a nice wee introduction to his oeuvre in The Guardian.
https://www.theguardian.com/books/2023/jun/29/where-to-start-with-iain-banks
#IainBanks #IainMBanks #sciencefiction #SciFi #scottishfiction #whisky #maltwhisky #literature #books
#books #literature #maltwhisky #whisky #scottishfiction #scifi #sciencefiction #iainmbanks #IainBanks
Assoc for Scottish Literature · @scotlit
975 followers · 789 posts · Server mastodon.scot
“A small, short war that rarely extended throughout more than .02% of the galaxy by volume and .01% by stellar population”
—CONSIDER PHLEBAS, by #IainMBanks
#SciFiFri #Scottish #literature #sciencefiction #scifibooks #TheCulture
#theculture #scifibooks #sciencefiction #literature #scottish #scififri #iainmbanks
Assoc for Scottish Literature · @scotlit
961 followers · 785 posts · Server mastodon.scot
x Don’t Make Me Tap The Sign (GSV, Plate class)
#SciFiFri #Scottish #literature #sciencefiction #scifibooks #IainMBanks #TheCulture
#theculture #iainmbanks #scifibooks #sciencefiction #literature #scottish #scififri
Assoc for Scottish Literature · @scotlit
958 followers · 783 posts · Server mastodon.scotWhere to start with: Iain Banks
This month marks 10 years since the award-winning novelist Iain Banks died aged 59. The beloved #Scottish writer, who wrote #literaryfiction as #IainBanks & #sciencefiction as #IainMBanks began his writing career with the hit novel The Wasp Factory in 1984, & went on to write more than 30 books. Steven Poole picks out some good ways in to his world.
https://www.theguardian.com/books/2023/jun/29/where-to-start-with-iain-banks
#iainmbanks #sciencefiction #IainBanks #literaryfiction #scottish
Roseanna Cunningham 🏴🖖 · @strathearnrose
372 followers · 1801 posts · Server mastodon.scot@CurlyParakeet but you can let a year or two go by then read them all again! Pure class & wonderful AI characters #ScienceFiction #SciFi #IainMBanks #Books #Bookstodon #ScottishWriters
#scottishwriters #bookstodon #books #iainmbanks #scifi #sciencefiction
Oggie · @Oggie
28 followers · 938 posts · Server woof.group#IainMBanks
#RogerZelazny
#AlastairReynolds
#IsaacAsimov
#TerryPratchett
#PhilipKDick
Honestly, I have a lot, so I kinda just picked the last few off my kindle.
#iainmbanks #rogerzelazny #alastairreynolds #isaacasimov #terrypratchett #philipkdick
Alex Ringess :verified: · @alexringess
54 followers · 324 posts · Server piaille.frI made this
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YTsTRaQVpYs
#bandcamp #YouTube #idm #ambient #ambientmusic #spacemusic #scifi #IainMBanks #ocp
#bandcamp #youtube #idm #ambient #ambientmusic #spacemusic #scifi #iainmbanks #ocp
LordWoolamaloo · @LordWoolamaloo
674 followers · 2016 posts · Server mastodon.scot
Delighted to hear from fine @orbitbooks crew that long-gestating project to bring The Culture drawings of the late, & still much-missed Iain M Banks to print, now has a November 2023 release.
"Faithfully reproduced from sketchbooks kept in the 1970s & 80s, these annotated original illustrations depict the ships, habitats, geography, weapons and language of Banks' Culture series of novels in incredible detail."
#theculture #iainmbanks #sciencefiction #livres #books
Roseanna Cunningham 🏴🖖 · @strathearnrose
357 followers · 1499 posts · Server mastodon.scotJust finished Ann Leckie’s Ancillary Justice trilogy. Hugely enjoyable. Science fiction’s ability to present different possibilities is so welcome & her AIs are very much more nuanced than present debate would allow.
It is one of the reasons I love Iain M Banks’ Culture world - the AIs were the quirky stars of his novels!
PS please don’t @ me with a flood of techie detail!
#ScienceFiction #SciFi #Bookstodon #AnnLeckie #IainMBanks #TheCulture #AncillaryJustice #AI #ArtificialIntelligence
#artificialintelligence #ai #ancillaryjustice #theculture #iainmbanks #annleckie #bookstodon #scifi #sciencefiction
Misinformation-Superhighwayman · @DamienWise
380 followers · 2072 posts · Server aus.socialFans of Iain M. Banks and his "Culture" books may be interested in this book:
https://www.orbit-books.co.uk/titles/iain-m-banks-3/the-culture-the-drawings/9780356519425/
#iainmbanks #IainBanks #theculture
Greg Lloyd · @Roundtrip
168 followers · 429 posts · Server federate.socialFor a complete list of #IainMBanks #CultureShip names, classes, descriptions, and the novels they appear in, see https://theculture.fandom.com/wiki/List_of_spacecraft
Greg Lloyd · @Roundtrip
168 followers · 428 posts · Server federate.socialCulture ship ‘Mistake Not’ is one of Bank’s most memorable characters.🚀
‘Mistake Not’ is short for: ‘Mistake Not My Current State Of Joshing Gentle Peevishness For The Awesome And Terrible Majesty Of The Towering Seas Of Ire That Are Themselves The Mere Milquetoast Shallows Fringing My Vast Oceans Of Wrath’ an Eccentric Offensive Unit
It’s wonderful hear Peter Kenney *repeatedly* perform ‘Mistake Not’s full name in Ship conversations of the Audible ‘Hydrogen Sonata’