Culture Series of Iain M. Banks

A Critical Introduction

Häftad, Engelska, 2015

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Beskrivning

This critical history of Iain M. Banks' Culture novels covers the series from its inception in the 1970s to the The Hydrogen Sonata (2012), published less than a year before Banks' death. It considers Banks' origins as a writer, the development of his politics and ethics, his struggles to become a published author, his eventual success with The Wasp Factory (1984) and the publication of the first Culture novel, Consider Phlebas (1987). His 1994 essay "A Few Notes on the Culture" is included, along with a range of critical responses to the 10 Culture books he published in his lifetime and a discussion of the series' status as utopian literature.Banks was a complex man, both in his everyday life and on the page. This work aims at understanding the Culture series not only as a fundamental contribution to science fiction but also as a product of its creator's responses to the turbulent times he lived in.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2015-04-01
Mått:152 x 229 x 13 mm
Vikt:340 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:252
Förlag:McFarland & Co Inc
ISBN:9780786494477

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Simone Caroti is the course director of Science Fiction and Fantasy for the Creative Writing BFA at Full Sail University. He is a senior research scientist for the Astrosociology Research Institute (ARI), a nonprofit organization devoted to bringing the arts, humanities and social sciences into the debate on the future of humanity in space.

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“Caroti’s smoothly written, thoroughly researched and documented book serves as a monument to Banks and his Culture series. I recommend it both as a resource on Banks and as a model for other [writers] to follow”—SFRA Review

Innehållsförteckning

Table of ContentsPreface: The Early Days of a Better NationIntroduction: The Many Faces of Iain (M.) Banks1. Beginnings2. The Culture Militant: Consider Phlebas3. The Morality of the Rule Set: The Player of Games4. Diziet Sma’s Dilemmas of Intervention: The State of the Art and Use of Weapons5. The Years of Taking Stock: The Culture as a Critical Utopia6. The View from Above, the View from Below: Excession and Inversions7. The Encroachment of Reality: Look to Windward8. The Last Trilogy: Matter, Surface Detail, and The Hydrogen SonataConclusion: The Future of the CultureChapter NotesBibliographyIndex