From New York Times b estselling and modern master of science fiction, Iain M. -scifi.com The Culture series: Consider Phlebas The Player of Games Use of Weapons The State of the Art Excession Inversions Look to Windward Matter Surface Detail The Hydrogen Sonata. - New York Review of Science Fiction [Banks] can summon up sense-of-wonder Big Concepts you\'ve never seen before and display them with narration as deft as a conjuror\'s fingers.
Few of us have been exposed to a talent so manifest and of such extraordinary breadth.
All bear the indefinable stamp of Iain Banks\'s staggering talent.
The stories in the collection range from science fiction to horror, dark-coated fantasy to morality tale. -William Gibson This is a striking addition to the body of Culture lore, and adds definition and scale to the previous works by using the Earth of 1977 as contrast.
Banks is a phenomenon...writing pure science fiction of a peculiarly gnarly energy and elegance.
Banks, The State of the Art is the acclaimed collection of Banks\'s short fiction.
From New York Times b estselling and modern master of science fiction, Iain M
