{"product_id":"state-of-the-art-iain-m-banks-9780356521664","title":"State Of The Art","description":"The works of Iain M. Banks have forever changed the face of modern science fiction. With breathtaking imagination and extraordinary storytelling, they have secured his reputation as one of the most extraordinary and influential writers in the genre.\n'Banks is a phenomenon' William Gibson\n The State of the Art is the only collection of Iain M. Banks's short ­fiction and includes the acclaimed Culture novella of the same name.\nFrom science ­fiction to horror, dark fantasy to twisted comedy, all eight stories bear the inde­finable stamp of Banks's staggering talent.\nPraise for the novels of Iain M. Banks:\n'Epic in scope, ambitious in its ideas and absorbing in its execution' Independent on Sunday\n'Banks has created one of the most enduring and endearing visions of the future' Guardian\n'Jam-packed with extraordinary invention' Scotsman\n'Compulsive reading' Sunday Telegraph \nThe novels of Iain M. Banks: \nThe Culture series\nConsider Phlebas\nThe Player of Games\nUse of Weapons\nExcession\nInversions\nLook to Windward\nMatter\nSurface Detail\nThe Hydrogen Sonata\nThe State of the Art\nOther books by Iain M. Banks\nAgainst a Dark Background\nFeersum Endjinn\nThe Algebraist\nAlso now available: \nThe 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":"Little, Brown Book Group","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50246367609120,"sku":"9780356521664","price":9.34,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0753\/2812\/7264\/files\/9780356521664.jpg?v=1785357905","url":"https:\/\/bookcorner.com\/products\/state-of-the-art-iain-m-banks-9780356521664","provider":"The Book Corner","version":"1.0","type":"link"}