21. Iain Banks: A Song Of Stone - An Infinity Plus Review An Infinity Plus review of a 1997 mainstream novel by the author. http://www.infinityplus.co.uk/nonfiction/stone.htm

A Song of Stone by Iain Banks A Song of Stone is the latest of Iain Banks' mainstream novels, but like a number of his other non-genre works, there is much here of interest for the SF fan. In this latest offering there is a Banksian take on a subject very reminiscent of J G Ballard, of a society coming apart at the seams, falling under the weight of its own idiocies. This is a story without a definite place in space or time. The setting seems relatively modern, though it could be any time since the thirties, and almost any European, or at least European settled, country in the world. Wherever and whenever it is, it represents a nation in collapse. The countryside is filled with refugees from an unremarked upon war, probably civil, with small forces of soldiers intent on following their own agendas. The uncertainty of time and place is matched by that of the characters, who are known only by their first names, or by nicknames in the case of the soldiers. Two themes run through the book. The first concerns the relationship between an aristocratic couple, Abel and Morgan, owners of the castle that acts as the focal point of the novel. Banks parcels out information about the past via Abel (acting as narrator) reflecting on his life, and gradually unveiling the truth about the pair's strange love affair, slowly uncovering the twisted and destructive decadence at the heart of the castle. Against that is opposed the simpler damage wrought by the soldiers indulging themselves in the food and prolific wine available in the castle while they have the chance. Almost as a by-product the troop causes a slow deconstruction of the castle's historical contents, the building's inhabitants and finally the place itself.

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Iain M. Banks aus Wikipedia, der freien Enzyklopädie Wechseln zu: Navigation Suche Iain M. Banks Iain Menzies Banks 16. Februar in Dunfermline Fife Schottland ) ist ein schottischer Schriftsteller Inhaltsverzeichnis Leben Werke Kritik Literatur ... Bearbeiten Leben Seine Mutter ist eine ehemalige Eiskunstläuferin, sein Vater Matrose. Mit 14 Jahren entschied sich Banks dazu, Schriftsteller zu werden und stellte zwei Jahre später seine erste Erzählung fertig. Banks studierte bis 1974 in Stirling Philosophie, Englisch und Psychologie. Nach dem College arbeitete er als Portier eines Krankenhauses, Angestellter, Gärtner und Techniker. Alle Berufe ließen ihm ausreichend Zeit, seine schriftstellerischen Ambitionen zu verfolgen. Danach trampte er durch Europa und arbeitete als Techniker für British Steel . Nachdem er 1978 die USA von Washington, D.C. bis Los Angeles durchquert hatte, arbeitete er für IBM in Greenock und zog 1979 nach London. 1980 schrieb Banks in London seinen ersten Roman Die Wespenfabrik , der 1984 veröffentlicht wurde und mit dem er auf einen Schlag weltberühmt wurde. Seither schreibt Banks regelmäßig Romane und gelegentlich Kurzgeschichten, die in Großbritannien fast alle Bestseller wurden. In Deutschland sind die Bücher jedoch weniger bekannt. Seit der ersten Buchveröffentlichung 1984 lebt er in Kent Iain Menzies Banks schreibt unter dem Namen Iain Banks Romane im Allgemeinen und unter dem Namen Iain M. Banks

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Die Welten des Iain Banks Herzlich Willkommen! Biografie Bibliografie Die Kultur Alles Wichtige rund um Die Kultur , dem Schauplatz fast aller Science Fiction-Romane von Banks. Interviews Artikel Autoren Neben Iain Banks gibt es natürlich noch andere gute Autoren. Bibliographien zu einigen von ihnen befinden sich hier. Letzte Aktualisierung: 24. März 2010 mostral@gmx.de

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CacheBuster('') Printer Friendly 18,340,491 articles and books Periodicals Literature Keyword Title Author Topic Member login User name Password Remember me Join us Forgot password? Submit articles free The Free Library ... Kliatt artId=111305173;usrSelf=false; Banks, Iain M. Look to windward. Pocket Books. 483p. c2000. 0-7434-2192-2. $6.99. A The setting is in the far future on an artificial satellite world called Masaq' Orbital, home to about 50 billion members of the Culture. This story takes place some 800 years after the particularly nasty Idiran war, which took out several planets, killing all inhabitants This article is about the video game. For Inhabitants of housing, see Residency Inhabitants is an independently developed commercial puzzle game created by S+F Software. Details The game is based loosely on the concepts from SameGame . Composer Ziller, who lives on Masaq', is informed that an emissary EMISSARY. One who is sent from one power or government into another nation for the purpose of spreading false rumors and to cause alarm. He differs from a spy. (q.v.) , Major Quilan, from Chel will arrive soon. Everyone thinks Quilan is coming to bring the extremely talented composer home to Chel, while Ziller thinks Quilan is coming to kill him; in fact, Quilan is a plant with deep-seeded instructions to blow up the entire orbital as retribution for the souls lost during the war. It seems the Chel believe that these lost souls will only reach heaven by taking an equal number of Culture casualties.

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