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Iain Banks has 3 past events. (show) From here to the sublime Iain Banks reads from The Hydrogen Sonata. 25 years after Consider Phlebas, one of the UK’s most talented and prolific novelists flings open the covers of the latest in his bestselling Culture series: The Hydrogen Sonata. How will an ancient civilisation elevate its existence to the richer, more complex Sublime? Sci-fi and general readers will be equally gripped. Limited places! (psutto)… (more) Event location: Waterstones, Bristol
 Oakland - The Seated Diesels discuss "The Wasp Factory" by Iain Banks Diesel, A Bookstore in Oakland welcomes The Seated Diesels (formerly Book Group #1) back to the store to discuss The Wasp Factory by Iain Banks on Tuesday, May 22nd at 7pm. In this notorious and controversial first novel, named "one of the top 100 novels of the century" by The Independent, 16-year-old Frank Cauldhame tells his story, which happens to include the murders of three other children. Stark and unsettling, The Wasp Factory marked the arrival of a major new talent.
Iain M. Banks, one of the United Kingdom's most popular authors of science fiction, has written such highly regarded novels as Consider Phlebas, Excession, and Inversions. As Iain Banks he also writes literary fiction, including such novels as The Wasp Factory and A Song of Stone. He lives in Scotland.
This event is free and all are welcome and encouraged to attend!
Location: Street: 5433 College Ave City: Oakland, Province: California Postal Code: 94618-1502 Country: United States (added from IndieBound)… (more)
Iain Banks Iain Banks, in Conversation. "With the publication of his first novel The Wasp Factory in 1984, Iain Banks sprang to immediate popular and critical acclaim. Since then he has gained an enormous fan base for both his fiction and science fiction published as Iain M. Banks. He will be in conversation with one of his former editors, Lincoln sceience-fiction agent John Jarrold, who also helped Iain with his book on malt whisky Raw Spirit." (Widsith)… (more)
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