State of the ArtRecommendations

This is the first collection of short fiction by Iain M. Banks, and it includes the famous novella The State of the Art. This is a remarkable contribution to the increasing collection of Culture lore, and by utilizing the Earth of 1977 as a contrast, it provides clarity and size to the preceding pieces. The collection's other pieces span from science fiction to horror to dark fantasy to morality tales. Iain Banks' incomparable brilliance can be seen in all of them.

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