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The state of the art / Iain M. Banks.

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Shelf Location	Collection	Volume Ref.	Branch	Status	Due Date
AF BANK	Adult Fiction		Bankstown .	. Available .

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Field name	Details
ISBN	9781857230307 (paperback)
Name	Banks, Iain, 1954-2013 author.
Title	The state of the art / Iain M. Banks.
Published	London : Orbit, 2005.
Published	©1989
Description	224 pages ; 20 cm
Notes	Originally published: 1989.
Summary	The first ever collection of Iain 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.
Genre	Science fiction
Genre	Short stories
Series	Culture novel 04.
Links to Related Works	Subject References: Science fiction . Short stories . See Also: Adventure stories . Fantasy fiction . Fiction . Literature and science . Star Trek fiction . Fiction . Authors: Banks, Iain, 1954-2013 . Series: Culture novel .