{"product_id":"state-of-the-art-4-culture","title":"State of the Art #4 Culture","description":"A stunning new reissue edition of The State of the Art - a collection of short stories of stunning power and awesome imagination from Iain M. Banks, one of the most important and influential writers in modern science fiction.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e The first ever collection of Iain M. 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. All bear the indefinable stamp of Iain Banks's staggering talent.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Praise for the Culture series\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 'Epic in scope, ambitious in its ideas and absorbing in its execution' Independent on Sunday\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 'Banks has created one of the most enduring and endearing visions of the future' Guardian\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 'Jam-packed with extraordinary invention' Scotsman\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 'Compulsive reading' Sunday Telegraph \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e The Culture series:\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Consider Phlebas\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e The Player of Games\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Use of Weapons\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Excession\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Inversions\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Look to Windward\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Matter\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Surface Detail\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e The Hydrogen Sonata\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e The State of the Art\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Other books by Iain M. Banks:\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Against a Dark Background\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Feersum Endjinn\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e The Algebraist\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Also now available: \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e The Culture: The Drawings - an extraordinary collection of original illustrations faithfully reproduced from sketchbooks Banks kept in the 1970s and 80s, depicting the ships, habitats, geography, weapons and language of Banks' Culture series of novels in incredible detail.","brand":"Unity Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43582092869829,"sku":"","price":28.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0625\/6679\/3413\/files\/The_20State_20of_20the_20Art.jpg?v=1716577545","url":"https:\/\/unitybooks.myshopify.com\/products\/state-of-the-art-4-culture","provider":"Unity Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}