Title: A Gift from the Culture
Title Record # 46456
Author: Iain M. Banks
Date: 1987-00-00
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: short story
Series: Culture
Language: English
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Author: Iain M. Banks
Date: 1987-00-00
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: short story
Series: Culture
Language: English
Note: First published in the magazine Interzone #20, Summer 1987.
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Title | Date | Author/Editor | Publisher/Pub. Series | ISBN/Catalog ID | Price | Pages | Format | Type | Cover Artist | Verif |
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Interzone, #20 Summer 1987 | 1987-00-00 | ed. Simon Ounsley, David Pringle | £1.95?£: UK pound |
64 | A4?21 cm by 29.7 cm or 8.3" by 11.7" magazine, used by some UK and European magazines |
mag | Paul Rickwood | |||
Atomic Avenue | 1990-00-00 | ed. Michael Nagula | Heyne (Heyne Science Fiction & Fantasy #4704) | 3-453-04287-5 | DM 18.80?DM: German (Deutsche) mark |
650+ [8] |
pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper. |
anth | Jan Heinecke | |
The State of the Art | 1991-00-00 | Iain M. Banks | Orbit | 0-356-19669-0 | £12.95?£: UK pound |
182 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
coll | ||
The State of the Art | 1991-03-00 | Iain M. Banks | Orbit | 0-356-19669-0 | £12.95?£: UK pound |
182 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
coll | ||
Ein Geschenk der Kultur | 1992-00-00 | Iain Banks | Heyne (Heyne Science Fiction & Fantasy #4904) | 3-453-05827-5 | DM 9.80?DM: German (Deutsche) mark |
286 | pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper. |
coll | John Harris | |
The State of the Art | 1993-00-00 | Iain M. Banks | Orbit | 1-85723-030-2 | £5.99?£: UK pound |
216 | tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep. |
coll | ||
The State of the Art | 1994-00-00 | Iain M. Banks | Orbit | 1-85723-030-2 | £5.99?£: UK pound |
216 | tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep. |
coll | ||
The State of the Art | 1996-00-00 | Iain M. Banks | Orbit | 1-85723-030-2 | £5.99?£: UK pound |
216 | tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep. |
coll | Mark Salwowski | |
The State of the Art | 1996-00-00 | Iain M. Banks | Orbit | 1-85723-030-2 | £0.00?£: UK pound |
216 | tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep. |
coll | Mark Salwowski | |
Galaxies, #1 | 1996-04-00 |
ed.
Stéphane Nicot?Stephane Nicot |
Galaxies | F60.00?F: French frank |
132 | digest?Digest-size magazine, including both standard digest size, at about 7" by 4.5", and also large digest, such as recent issues of Asimov's, which are about 8.25" by 5.125". |
mag | Gilles Francescano | ||
The State of the Art | 1997-00-00 | Iain M. Banks | Orbit | 1-85723-030-2 | £5.99?£: UK pound |
216 | tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep. |
coll | Mark Salwowski | |
The State of the Art | 1997-00-00 | Iain M. Banks | Orbit | 1-85723-030-2 | £5.99?£: UK pound |
216 | tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep. |
coll | Mark Salwowski | |
Cyber-Killers | 1997-06-00 | ed. Ric Alexander | Millennium / Orion | 0-7528-0980-6 | £9.99?£: UK pound |
vii+ 408 |
tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep. |
anth | ||
Cyber-Killers | 1997-06-00 | ed. Ric Alexander | Millennium / Orion | 0-7528-0783-8 | £16.99?£: UK pound |
viii+ 408 |
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
anth | ||
The State of the Art | 1998-00-00 | Iain M. Banks | Orbit | 1-85723-030-2 | £6.99?£: UK pound |
216 | tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep. |
coll | Mark Salwowski | |
Cyber-Killers | 1998-05-00 | ed. Ric Alexander | Orion | 0-7528-1633-0 | £6.99?£: UK pound |
ix+ 540 |
pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper. |
anth | ||
La macchina che uccide | 1998-12-15 | ed. Ric Alexander | Mondadori (Millemondi (quarterly) #18) | Lit 9,900?Lit: Italian lira |
352 | tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep. |
anth | Franco Brambilla | ||
The State of the Art | 1999-00-00 | Iain M. Banks | Orbit | 1-85723-030-2 | £6.99?£: UK pound |
216 | tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep. |
coll | Mark Salwowski | |
The State of the Art | 2001-00-00 | Iain M. Banks | Orbit | 1-85723-030-2 | £7.99?£: UK pound |
216 | tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep. |
coll | Mark Salwowski | |
L'universo Cyber 1 | 2001-10-00 | ed. Piergiorgio Nicolazzini | Editrice Nord (Cosmo Collana di Fantascienza #319) | 88-429-1189-5 | Lit 22,000?Lit: Italian lira |
288 | tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep. |
anth | ||
The State of the Art | 2004-11-00 | Iain M. Banks | Night Shade Books | 1-892389-38-X | $25.00?$: US dollar |
188 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
coll | Les Edwards | |
The State of the Art | 2004-11-00 | Iain M. Banks | Night Shade Books | 1-892389-99-1 | $45.00?$: US dollar |
188 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
coll | Les Edwards | |
The State of the Art | 2005-00-00 | Iain M. Banks | Orbit | 1-85723-030-2 | £7.99?£: UK pound |
216 | tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep. |
coll | ||
The State of the Art | 2006-00-00 | Iain M. Banks | Orbit | 1-85723-030-2 | £7.99?£: UK pound |
216 | tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep. |
coll | ||
The Space Opera Renaissance | 2006-07-00 | ed. Kathryn Cramer, David G. Hartwell | Tor | 0-765-30617-4 | $39.95?$: US dollar |
941 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
anth | NASA | |
The Space Opera Renaissance | 2006-08-00 | ed. Kathryn Cramer, David G. Hartwell | Tor / SFBC | 1215904 | $34.95?$: US dollar |
941 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
anth | NASA | |
The State of the Art | 2007-04-00 | Iain M. Banks | Night Shade Books | 978-1-59780-074-7 | $14.95?$: US dollar |
188 | tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep. |
coll | Les Edwards | |
The Space Opera Renaissance | 2007-07-00 | ed. Kathryn Cramer, David G. Hartwell | Orb | 0-765-30618-2 | $24.95?$: US dollar |
941 | tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep. |
anth | NASA | |
The Space Opera Renaissance | 2007-07-10 | ed. Kathryn Cramer, David G. Hartwell | Tor | 978-1-4668-0825-6 | $7.99?$: US dollar |
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF. |
anth | NASA | ||
L'essence de l'art | 2010-03-00 | Iain M. Banks | Le Bélial'?Le Belial' |
978-2-84344-097-7 | €21.00?€: Euro |
278 | tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep. |
coll | Manchu | |
The State of the Art | 2010-03-04 | Iain M. Banks | Hachette Digital | 978-0-7481-1007-0 | £5.99?£: UK pound |
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF. |
coll | Blacksheep | ||
The State of the Art | 2011-00-00 | Iain M. Banks | Orbit | 978-1-85723-030-7 | £8.99?£: UK pound |
214 | tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep. |
coll | Blacksheep | |
Última generación | 2011-05-00 | Iain M. Banks | La Factoría de Ideas (Solaris Ficción #150) | 978-84-9800-692-6 | €20.95?€: Euro |
279 | tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep. |
coll | Koldo Campo | |
The State of the Art | 2013-00-00 | Iain M. Banks | Orbit | 978-1-85723-030-7 | £8.99?£: UK pound |
214 | tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep. |
coll | Blacksheep | |
The State of the Art | 2013-00-00 | Iain M. Banks | Orbit | 978-1-85723-030-7 | £8.99?£: UK pound |
214 | tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep. |
coll | Blacksheep | |
L'essence de l'art | 2013-02-00 | Iain M. Banks | Le Livre de Poche (Le Livre de Poche - Science Fiction #32868) | 978-2-253-15990-2 | €7.10?€: Euro |
309 | pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper. |
coll | ||
The State of the Art | 2013-11-30 | Iain M. Banks | Orbit | 978-0-356-52166-4 | £10.99?£: UK pound |
224 | tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep. |
coll | ||
The Big Book of Science Fiction: The Ultimate Collection | 2016-07-12 | ed. Ann VanderMeer, Jeff VanderMeer | Vintage Crime / Black Lizard / Vintage Books | 978-1-101-91009-2 | $25.00?$: US dollar |
xxxi+ 1178 |
tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep. |
anth | Bruce Pennington | |
The Big Book of Science Fiction: The Ultimate Collection | 2016-07-12 | ed. Ann VanderMeer, Jeff VanderMeer | Vintage Crime / Black Lizard / Vintage Books | 978-1-101-91010-8 | $25.00?$: US dollar |
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF. |
anth | Bruce Pennington | ||
The Big Book of Science Fiction: The Ultimate Collection | 2016-07-12 | ed. Ann VanderMeer, Jeff VanderMeer | Vintage Crime/Black Lizard / SFBC | 14-1016912 | $19.55?$: US dollar |
xxxi+ 1178 |
tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep. |
anth | Bruce Pennington |