Against a Dark Background is a science fiction novel by Scottish writer Iain M. Banks, first published in 1993. It was his first science fiction novel not to be based or set in the Culture.
Algebraisti on Iain M. Banksin vuonna 2004 ilmestynyt tieteisromaani. Teos ilmestyi suomeksi vuonna 2008 Loki-kirjojen kustantamana. Suomentaja on Niko Aula.
The polarizing literary debut by Scottish author Ian Banks, The Wasp Factory is the bizarre, imaginative, disturbing, and darkly comic look into the mind of a child psychopath.Meet Frank Cauldhame. Just sixteen, and unconventional to say the least: Two years after I killed Blyth I murdered my young brother Paul, for …
Aseiden käyttö on Iain M. Banksin kirjoittama tieteiskirja. Kirjan päähenkilö Cheradenine Zakalwe on antisankari, joka työskentelee agenttina Kulttuurin erityisolojen jaoksessa. Erityisolojen jaos on hajanainen organisaatio, joka suorittaa salaisia ja jopa moraalisesti arveluttavia tehtäviä Kulttuurin päämäärien …
From its bravura opening onwards, THE CROW ROAD is justly regarded as an outstanding contemporary novel. 'It was the day my grandmother exploded. I sat in the crematorium, listening to my Uncle Hamish quietly snoring in harmony to Bach's Mass in B Minor, and I reflected that it always seemed to be death that drew me …