Of the British science-fiction and fantasy writers who began their careers in the 1980s, Iain M. Banks is one of the most important--and is certainly the most diverse in terms of the range of his published work. Primarily a novelist, he has tried his...

Iain Banks's fiction captures the complexities of subjectivity and locale. At its best his writing offers insights into the tensions of masculine identity in a competitive consumerist culture. His prose can be vibrant, flexible, and stylish. It can...

Iain Banks was born in Fife in 1954. An only child, his father was an admiralty officer and his mother a professional ice skater. During vacations, he took odd jobs including working as a road worker and a pier porter on Clydeside docks. He...

After BBC2's hit adaptation of 'The Crow Road', another Iain Banks novel, 'Espedair Street', is being dramatised by Radio 4. As Banks tells Jasper Rees, the saga of a Seventies rock group - complete with original songs - was once nearer truth than fiction....