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There are multiple authors with the name Iain Banks. Please do not combine this entry with any of them. The Iain Banks author entry is correctly split into sections for the different authors, and the books of Iain M. Banks listed there are included here by aliasing. - Consider Phlebas 5,385 copies, 150 reviews
- The Wasp Factory 5,263 copies, 154 reviews
- The Player of Games 4,444 copies, 124 reviews
- Use of Weapons 3,906 copies, 87 reviews
- Excession 3,508 copies, 70 reviews
- The Algebraist 3,381 copies, 77 reviews
- Look to Windward 3,071 copies, 58 reviews
- Matter (Author) 2,654 copies, 72 reviews
- Inversions 2,539 copies, 41 reviews
- The Crow Road 2,524 copies, 37 reviews
- Against a Dark Background 2,280 copies, 33 reviews
- Feersum Endjinn 2,105 copies, 36 reviews
- The State of the Art 2,047 copies, 31 reviews
- Complicity 1,991 copies, 15 reviews
- The Bridge 1,738 copies, 20 reviews
- The Business 1,614 copies, 21 reviews
- Surface Detail (Author) 1,545 copies, 62 reviews
- Transition 1,411 copies, 52 reviews
- Dead Air 1,383 copies, 16 reviews
- Whit 1,366 copies, 8 reviews
- A Song of Stone 1,359 copies, 21 reviews
- Walking on Glass 1,288 copies, 7 reviews
- Espedair Street 1,137 copies, 11 reviews
- The Steep Approach to Garbadale 1,073 copies, 33 reviews
- The Hydrogen Sonata 1,014 copies, 47 reviews
- Canal Dreams 998 copies, 13 reviews
- Raw Spirit: In Search of the Perfect Dram 459 copies, 16 reviews
- Stonemouth 416 copies, 25 reviews
- The Quarry 359 copies, 26 reviews
- The State of the Art [short story] 111 copies, 1 review
- The Culture Boxed Set: Consider Phlebas, Player of Games and Use of… 24 copies, 2 reviews
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Iain M. Banks has 6 past events. (show)  Kayti Nika Raet Author Reading & Book Signing Kayti Nika Raet author of The Outsider Chronicles- Niko, Harm, Outsider, and Monster, will be having a reading and book signing on May 5th from 5:30 to 6:30 P.M. Books will be available for purchase. (mrmapcase)
LonCon 3: The 72nd World Science Fiction Convention
 Great Novels of the 22nd Century: Consider Phlebas Join us for a reading group discussion of Consider Phlebas by Iain M. Banks! Left Bank Books - Central West End (downstairs) In the midst of a war between two galactic empires, a shapechanging agent of the Iridans undertakes a clandestine mission to a forbidden planet in search of an intelligent, fugitive machine whose actions could alter the course of the conflict.
Parking: Lots one block north and one block east; street parking (meters free after 7pm)
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Location: Street: Left Bank Books - Central West End (downstairs) Additional: 399 N. Euclid Ave. City: Saint Louis, Province: Missouri Postal Code: 63108 Country: United States (added from IndieBound)… (more)
Iain M. Banks Iain M. Banks discusses Stonemouth. Iain Banks discusses Stonemouth. Book signing to follow. £12 Adults, £3 Under 18s (r.orrison) Event location: Nairn Community Arts Centre
Star Base Andromeda Book Discussion NuVibe, Tuesday, July 10, 2012 at 6:30pm Iain M. Banks, The Player of Games. Star Base Andromeda is a Lincoln science fiction, fantasy, horror and action/adventure club, which holds weekly meetings in downtown Lincoln. Approximately every six weeks, we hold a Book Discussion meeting, for which all attendees are encouraged to have read the same book for group discussion. Our book selection for July 10, 2012, is "The Player of Games", by Iain M. Banks, a novel in his Culture series. SBA meetings are open to anyone who wishes to attend and participate. Please help us continue to get free use of NuVibe's meeting room by helping us meet our quota of $25 worth of food purchases from the entire group for this evening. (cannellfan)… (more)
Iain M. Banks Iain M. Banks reads from Surface Detail. Come and meet Iain M. Banks at Waterstone's Edinburgh West End. He'll be reading from his new book 'Surface Detail' and signing copies afterwards. (timspalding)
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