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The State of the Art by Iain Banks · Booklabria

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Iain Banks
The State of the Art

Short StoriesEnglish Science fiction

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CultureBook 4 of 9

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Book 4, The State of the Art, this book
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First published: 1989
Editions: 15 in 4 languages
Series: Culture, 4

Synopsis

The first ever collection of Iain Banks’s short fiction, this volume includes the acclaimed novella, The State of the Art. This is a striking addition to the growing body of Culture lore, and adds definition and scale to the previous works by using the Earth of 1977 as contrast. The other stories in the collection range from science fiction to horror, dark-coated fantasy to morality tale.

Subjects: Short Stories
English Science fiction

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15 in 4 languages

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English11 French1 German1 Spanish1

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