![]() ![]() ![]() This is just that book.Ĭaroti comprehensively surveys the dual nature of Iain Banks and Iain M. Caroti fell harder for Banks and his work than I did, for while I was immediately entranced by his take on space opera and aware something special was afoot in the field, Caroti decided upon his first reading of Banks to write a book. Thirty years ago, as a graduate student in northwestern Ohio, I cracked open the first of the Culture novels, Consider Phlebas (1987). ![]() Like Caroti, I remember my first encounter with Iain M. In its eight chapters (and preface, introduction, conclusion, chapter notes, bibliography and index) Caroti presents what he promises: a critical introduction to this important writer’s Culture series. Thank you for everything, Sir.” As Banks fell ill and passed away unexpectedly, Caroti did not intend for his book to bear this inscription, but this text serves as an admirable cenotaph to Banks, taken from us with books unwritten and years unlived. “To the Memory of Iain Menzies Banks (1954-2013). Banks in his dedication to The Culture Series of Iain M. ![]()
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