R.I.P. Iain Banks

[Bad Robot]

http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2013/jun/09/iain-banks-dies-59-cancer

One of my favourite Sci-Fi writers has passed away at 59 to cancer. Will be sorely missed. R.I.P Iain.

 

[Haggises]

I was just looking for some of his books yesterday. His Culture books were my favorite Sci-Fi novels by far.
His non-SF books were pretty great too.

RIP

 

[Galengwath]

I'm also a big fan of his Culture series. He'll be indeed be missed.

 

[mdevine]

RIP. if you haven't read "Player of Games", now would be a good time. It's one of the best books I've read in recent years. If you can't find it, pick up any of the other Culture novels.

Mike

 

[Lexicon Devil]

The Culture books were excellent, his non Culture SF is great and "The Wasp Factory" was excellent, literary and savage. Unfortunate to the extreme to the reading community, worse yet that someone is gone with so much life yet to be lived.

 

[Haggises]

RIP. if you haven't read "Player of Games", now would be a good time. It's one of the best books I've read in recent years. If you can't find it, pick up any of the other Culture novels.

Mike

my favorite, alongside Excession.

 

[Cornishman]

May he rest in peace. He will be missed by a lot of friends and fans.

 

[Charms434]

Could someone make me aware of novels of his I should check out?

 

[Bad Robot]

Of his fiction, Wasp Factory, Crow Road and Complicity are probably the best of the crop. For his Sci-Fi, start at Player of Games and be prepared to read the rest one after the next!

 

[Haggises]

If you can read Glaswegian, The Bridge is highly recommended,

Agree with Rich, on the sci-fi side - start with Player of Games and work your way through.

 

[Legion]

The Culture books were excellent, his non Culture SF is great and "The Wasp Factory" was excellent, literary and savage. Unfortunate to the extreme to the reading community, worse yet that someone is gone with so much life yet to be lived.

I've read The Wasp Factory. That was an interesting one.