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Iain M. Banks, Please Destroy The Culture!

The Guardian's Damien G. Walter issues a passionate plea to Iain M. Banks to complete an unofficial Culture trilogy that began with Consider Phlebas and Look To Windward. But really, Walter seems to want the Culture to die. More »

02/19/10

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By Charlie Jane Anders

#booklists

If You Like These Recent Movies, Here Are Books You'll Love

Movies may thrill us with their huge ideas and set pieces, but you always know that anything a movie did, a novel did it first... and better. If you liked these dozen recent movies, here are some books you'll love. More »

11/17/09

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By Charlie Jane Anders

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How Will Iain M. Banks' Culture Translate To The Big Screen?

Iain M. Banks' Culture novels helped energize a whole new movement in vast, thrilling space opera. But the news of a big-screen Culture adaptation makes me nervous. Will the celluloid version of the Culture lose its Minds? Spoilers below. More »

10/22/09

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By Charlie Jane Anders

Log1c 10/22/09

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Apparently The Culture is currently being adapted for Hollywood with the short story A Gift From the Culture.

I've yet to read any of The Culture... so I'm agnostic on this, what does everyone else think?

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Edited by Log1c at 10/22/09 11:15 AM

#bookreview

Bad Boys of the Multiverse: An Alternate Universe Reading Guide

Have we gone multiverse crazy? Iain Banks' latest novel, Transition, is just the latest of a long line of sideways-traveling books, and this theme is more prevalent than ever. Here are some of my favorites, with spoilers and foul language. More »

10/02/09

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By Grey_Area

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With "Transition," Iain M. Banks Reinvents The Multiverse Novel

Iain M. Banks' latest novel Transition, in bookstores this week, will jelly your brains in brilliant weirdness. Banks turns political world-building on its head in this exciting tale of an Earth-based multiverse in turmoil, where dimension-hopping assassins jockey for power. More »

09/23/09

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By Annalee Newitz

#audiobooks

Listen To Iain Banks' New Novel For Free

Iain Banks' free podcast of his new novel Transition just launched in the U.S. today, and it's already #11 on the iTunes Top 20 in the U.K. The author is reading 15-minute installments from an abridged version twice a week.

09/22/09

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By Charlie Jane Anders

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Iain M. Banks' New Novel: Literary In The U.K., Science Fiction In The U.S.

Iain M. Banks is a giant of modern-day science fiction, so it's dispiriting to read his slightly down-at-the-mouth interview in the Guardian. His book advances are getting smaller, but the good news is he'll be writing more books in response. More »

09/08/09

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By Charlie Jane Anders

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Why You Should Discover Iain M. Banks' Evil Twin

Iain M. Banks, one of the best writers of contemporary science fiction, has an evil twin: Iain Banks, without the M, crafts sadistic, often surreal, novels about religion, politics and disturbed families. Here's why science-fiction afficionados should read both Bankses. More »

08/07/09

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By Charlie Jane Anders

#lastlines

Our Favorite Last Lines From Science Fiction Novels

Science fiction is the literature of the future. So the best SF novels have endings that resolve the story and leave you feeling as though it continues after the last page. Here are our favorite last lines from SF books. More »

07/31/09

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By Charlie Jane Anders

#triviagasm

The Most Badass Female Space Pilots Of All Time

Some of the hottest hot-shot pilots in space opera are women. It's a longstanding tradition in science fiction to show women taking the controls of starships, space fighters and star-cruisers, and here are our favorite badass female cockpit jockeys. More »

07/10/09

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By Charlie Jane Anders

#quoteoftheday

Michael Moorcock Can't Read "Transhumanist" Fiction Because It's Not About People

06/19/09

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#triviagasm

13 Alien Languages You Can Actually Read

Inventing an alien language? Easy. Creating an entire writing system to go along with it? Now that's impressive. Here are thirteen alien alphabets (complete with downloadable fonts!) you should totally use to write your novel. More »

04/19/09

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By Alasdair Wilkins

#sflitinflux

How Realistic Should Sci-Fi Be?

03/20/09

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#books

A First Stab At A Science Fiction Canon

01/26/09

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#thewhoeffect

Brit Actors Want A Part In Sexy Sci-Fi

01/21/09

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#democracyinaction

Scientists Pick The Greatest Books And Movies Of All Time

10/01/08

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#bbcradio

Science Fiction Was Made For Radio, BBC Says

09/30/08

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Iain M. Banks: Humans Could Join the Culture via Genetic Engineering

Apparently scifi author Iain M. Banks (Matter, Consider Phlebas) believes that future humans could conceivably reach the advanced techno-political state of the Culture, a vast, intragalactic society he describes in several of his novels. And we'll get there via designer babies. Over at Biology in Science Fiction, Peggy quotes the author saying we'll become like his A.I.-loving Culture folk by "genetically modifying ourselves, I suspect." And he's figured out exactly how we'll do it. More »

07/30/08

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By Annalee Newitz

#spacecocktails

Soak Your Head With The Greatest Cocktails From Science Fiction

After a long week of conquering the stars — which may seem like decades to a stationary observer — you deserve a stiff drink. Luckily, science fiction has a huge selection of bizarre cocktails, from the Pan-Galactic Gargle Blaster to the Flaming Rum Monkey. Sure, some of them may be poisonous to humans, but that's just part of the fun. Here's our round-up of the awesomest cocktails from SF. Just make sure to strap your drinks tray down, and away we go. More »

05/09/08

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By Charlie Jane Anders

#megasentients

The Largest Mega-Sentients In The Entire Universe

Are you ashamed of your size? You should be! Compared to Ego The Living Planet or Unicron the planet who turns into a giant robot, you're not only puny and tiny, you're kind of dumb as well. If there's one thing that science fiction teaches us, it's that you need a sun-sized brain to think truly cosmic thoughts. (And to eat other planets for lunch, too.) But which life form in scifi is the hugest (and therefore the smartest)? We've got the answer. More »

05/06/08

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