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The Culture: The Drawings

Iain M. Banks (author)

Hardback Published on: 07/11/2023

£50.00

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Superb - well worth it for the hardcore fans.

This is an incredibly well put-together collection of drawings, diagrams, notes and schematics from one of the all-time greats of Science Fiction and Space... READ MORE

Jackson, Expert Bookseller

Synopsis

This extraordinary collection celebrates the dazzling worldbuilding of Iain M. Banks, one of the most important and influential writers in modern science fiction.

Faithfully reproduced from notebooks he kept in the 1970s and 80s, these annotated original illustrations depict the ships, habitats, geography, weapons and language of Banks' Culture series of novels in incredible detail.

Publisher information

Publisher: Little, Brown Book Group
ISBN: 9780356519425
Number of pages: 160
Dimensions: 362 x 258 x 20 mm
Weight: 1340g
Languages: English

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Lacking.

I appreciate it for what it is, but I can't help but feel disappointment in the absence of context for drawings and inclusion of other commisioned art from... READ MORE

David Inness

Art Book?

What is art? If Art is 'What artists do' then I would not consider this an art book I would suspect that if Iain were still alive he would have been relu... READ MORE

Shaun Smith