Summary Bibliography: Iain M. Banks

Author: Iain M. Banks Author Record # 100
Legal Name: Banks, Iain Menzies
Birthplace: Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland, UK
Birthdate: 16 February 1954
Deathdate: 9 June 2013
Language: English
Webpages: iainbanks.net, IMDB, SFE, Wikipedia-EN
Used These Alternate Names: Iain Banks
Author Tags: science fiction (25), space opera (25), artificial intelligence (13), nanotechnology (12), ship AI (7), 1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die (5), Kurd Laßwitz Award: Best Foreign Novel (4), transhuman (4), fantasy (3), mega-engineering (3), gas giant planet (3), hard sf (2), into-tv (2), war with aliens (2), ai citizens (2), female protagonist (2), assassination (2), first person point of view (2), terrorism (2), galactic empire (2) and 81 additional tags. View all tags for Iain M. Banks

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Fiction Series

Culture
- 1 Consider Phlebas (1987) also appeared as:
  - Translation: Bedenke Phlebas [German] (1989) [as by Iain Banks]
  - Translation: La mente di Schar [Italian] (1989)
  - Translation: Pensa em Phlebas [Portuguese] (1991)
  - Translation: Une forme de guerre [French] (1993)
  - Translation:
    Emlékezz Phlebasra^?Emlekezz Phlebasra
    [Hungarian] (2005)
  - Translation: Spectrul lui Phlebas [Romanian] (2007)
  - Translation: Pense em Phlebas [Portuguese] (2023)
- 2 The Player of Games (1988) also appeared as:
  - Translation: Das Spiel Azad [German] (1990) [as by Iain Banks]
  - Translation: L'impero di Azad [Italian] (1990)
  - Translation: L'homme des jeux [French] (1992)
  - Translation: El jugador [Spanish] (2007)
  - Translation:
    Jucătorul total^?Jucatorul total
    [Romanian] (2016)
  - Translation: O jogador [Portuguese] (2021)
- 3 The State of the Art (1989) [SF] also appeared as:
  - Translation: Der letzte Stand der Kunst [German] (1992) [as by Iain Banks]
  - Translation: L'état des arts [French] (1996)
  - Translation: L'essence de l'art [French] (2010)
  - Translation: Última generación [Spanish] (2011)
  - Translation: Vrhunsko stanje stvari [Croatian] (2014)
- 4 Use of Weapons (1990) also appeared as:
  - Translation: La guerra di Zakalwe [Italian] (1991)
  - Translation: Einsatz der Waffen [German] (1992) [as by Iain Banks]
  - Translation: L'usage des armes [French] (1992)
  - Translation: Fegyver a kézben [Hungarian] (2006)
  - Translation: Folosirea armelor [Romanian] (2016)
- 5 Excession (1996) also appeared as:
  - Translation: Die Spur der toten Sonne [German] (1997) [as by Iain Banks]
  - Translation: L'altro universo [Italian] (1997)
  - Translation: Excession [French] (1998)
  - Translation: Exzession [German] (2002) [as by Iain Banks]
  - Translation: Excesión [Spanish] (2004)
- 6 Inversions (1998) also appeared as:
  - Translation: Inversionen [German] (2000) [as by Iain Banks]
  - Translation: Inversions [French] (2002)
  - Translation: Inversioni [Italian] (2003)
- 7 Look to Windward (2000) also appeared as:
  - Translation: Le sens du vent [French] (2002)
  - Translation: Blicke windwärts [German] (2003) [as by Iain Banks]
- 8 Matter (2008) also appeared as:
  - Translation: Sphären [German] (2008) [as by Iain Banks]
  - Translation: Trames [French] (2008)
- 9 Surface Detail (2010) also appeared as:
  - Translation: Les enfers virtuels 1: Surface [French] (2011)
  - Translation: Les enfers virtuels 2: Détail [French] (2011)
  - Translation: Krieg der Seelen [German] (2012) [as by Iain Banks]
  - Translation: Les enfers virtuels [French] (2013)
- 10 The Hydrogen Sonata (2012) also appeared as:
  - Translation: La sonate hydrogène [French] (2013)
  - Translation: Die Wasserstoffsonate [German] (2014) [as by Iain Banks]
- A Gift from the Culture (1987) [SF] also appeared as:
  - Translation: Ein Geschenk der Kultur [German] (1990)
  - Translation: Ein Geschenk der Kultur [German] (1992) [as by Iain Banks]
  - Translation: Un cadeau de la culture [French] (1996)
  - Translation: Un dono dalla Cultura [Italian] (1998)
  - Translation: Un dono dalla Cultura [Italian] (2001)
  - Translation: Un cadeau de la Culture [French] (2010)
  - Translation: Cortesía de la Cultura [Spanish] (2011)
- Descendant (1987) [SF] also appeared as:
  - Translation: Heruntergekommen [German] (1992) [as by Iain Banks]
  - Translation: Pali [Croatian] (1999)
  - Translation: Descente [French] (2010)
  - Translation: El descendiente [Spanish] (2011)
- Excerpt: The Player of Games (1988) [SF]
- Look to Windward (excerpt) (2001) [SF]
- Das Kultur-Spiel [German] (2004) [O/2,4] [only as by Iain Banks]
- Matter (excerpt) (2008) [SF]
- Matter (excerpt) (2008) [SF]
- The Secret Courtyard (2010) [SF]
- Consider Phlebas (excerpt) (2011) [SF]
- The Culture (2012) [O/1,2,4]
- Excerpt from Consider Phlebas (2014) [SF]
- The Culture: The Drawings (2023) [NF]
- The Culture (unpublished) [NF] with Ken MacLeod

Novels

Walking on Glass (1985) only appeared as:
- Variant: Walking on Glass (1985) [as by Iain Banks]
- Translation:
  Barfuß über Glas^?Barfuss ueber Glas
  [German] (1991) [as by Iain Banks]
- Translation:
  Pași pe sticlă^?Pasi pe sticla
  [Romanian] (2007)
The Bridge (1986) only appeared as:
- Variant: The Bridge (1986) [as by Iain Banks]
- Translation: ENtreFER [French] (1988) [as by Iain Banks]
- Translation:
  Die Brücke^?Die Bruecke
  [German] (1990) [as by Iain Banks]
- Translation: Corpo a corpo [Italian] (2001) [as by Iain Banks]
- Translation: De brug [Dutch] (2002) [as by Iain Banks]
- Translation: El puente [Spanish] (2007) [as by Iain Banks]
Against a Dark Background (1993) also appeared as:
- Translation: L'arma finale [Italian] (1993)
- Translation: Vor einem dunklen Hintergrund [German] (1998) [as by Iain Banks]
- Translation: La plage de verre [French] (2006)
Feersum Endjinn (1994) also appeared as:
- Translation: Criptosfera [Italian] (1995)
- Translation:
  Förchtbar Maschien^?Foerchtbar Maschien
  Forchtbar Maschien
  [German] (2000)
- Translation: Efroyabl ange1 [French] (2013)
The Algebraist (2004) also appeared as:
- Translation:
  L'algébriste^?L'algebriste
  [French] (2006)
- Translation: Der Algebraist [German] (2006) [as by Iain Banks]
- Translation: El algebrista [Spanish] (2008)
- Translation:
  A száműző^?A szamuzo
  A szaamuuezooe
  [Hungarian] (2009)
Transition (2009) also appeared as:
- Variant: Transition (2009) [as by Iain Banks]
- Translation: Welten [German] (2010) [as by Iain Banks]
- Translation: Transition [French] (2012)

Collections

The State of the Art (1991) also appeared as:
- Translation: Ein Geschenk der Kultur [German] (1992) [as by Iain Banks]
- Translation: L'essence de l'art [French] (2010)
- Translation: Última generación [Spanish] (2011)
The Spheres (2010)

Omnibus

Iain M. Banks Culture - 25th Anniversary Box Set (2012) [O/3N]

Anthologies

Poems (2015) with Ken MacLeod [only as by Iain Banks and Ken MacLeod]

Chapbooks

Cleaning Up (1987)
The State of the Art (1989) also appeared as:
- Translation: L'état des arts [French] (1996)

Nonfiction

Raw Spirit: In Search of the Perfect Dram (2003) [only as by Iain Banks]

Short Fiction

Scratch (1987) also appeared as:
- Translation: Kratzer [German] (1992) [as by Iain Banks]
- Translation:
  Éclat^?Eclat
  [French] (2010)
- Translation: Interferencias [Spanish] (2011)
Cleaning Up (1987) also appeared as:
- Translation: Entsorgung [German] (1992) [as by Iain Banks]
- Translation: Nettoyage [French] (2010)
- Translation: Operación limpieza [Spanish] (2011)
Road of Skulls (1988) also appeared as:
- Translation:
  Straße der Schädel^?Strasse der Schaedel
  [German] (1992) [as by Iain Banks]
- Translation:
  La route des crânes^?La route des cranes
  [French] (2010)
- Translation: La carretera de los cráneos [Spanish] (2011)
Piece (1989) also appeared as:
- Translation:
  Fundstück^?Fundstueck
  [German] (1992) [as by Iain Banks]
- Translation: Fragment [French] (2010)
- Translation: Retazo [Spanish] (2011)
Odd Attachment (1989) also appeared as:
- Translation: Ungerade [German] (1992) [as by Iain Banks]
- Translation: Curieuse jointure [French] (2010)
- Translation: Un acoplamiento extraño ... e impar [Spanish] (2011)
Against a Dark Background (Epilogue) (1994)
The Bridge (excerpt) (1997) [only as by Iain Banks]
Against a Dark Background (excerpt) (2009)
The Spheres (2010)

Poems

"Slight Mechanical Destruction" (1990)
Debriefing (1995)
New (1995)
Zakalwe's Song (2015) [only as by Iain Banks]

Essays

Introduction (Viriconium) (1988) [only as by Iain Banks]
Iain Banks' Guest of Honour Speech, Eastercon '90 (1990) [only as by Iain Banks]
Introduction (The Orbit Science Fiction Yearbook Three) (1990)
Auf der Flucht vor den Gesetzen der Physik [German] (1994) [only as by Iain Banks]
Ein paar Anmerkungen zur Kultur [German] (1994)
Extracts: A Few Notes On the Culture (1996) [only as by Iain Banks]
Introduction (The Human Front) (2001)
A Few Notes on the Culture (The State of the Art) (2004) also appeared as:
- Translation: Quelques notes sur la Culture [French] (1996)
- Translation: Einige Anmerkungen zur Kultur [German] (2002) [as by Iain Banks]
- Translation: Unas cuantas notas sobre la Cultura [Spanish] (2011)
Ken MacLeod (2006) [only as by Iain Banks]
Appendix (Matter) (2008)
Meet the Author (The Player of Games) (2008)
Introduction (The Wasp Factory) (2013) [only as by Iain Banks]
Preface (The Wasp Factory) (2013) [only as by Iain Banks]

Interior Art

Iain Banks's National Doodle Day Effort (2004)

Interviews with This Author

Iain Banks (1986) by Kim Newman
Iain Banks Interview (1989) by Warren Scott-Morrow
Interview with Iain M. Banks (1989) by David Garnett
Eye to Eye: An Interview with Iain Banks (1990) by Michael Cobley
Iain M. Banks (1990) by Andy Sawyer
Dogged by Technology: Iain M. Banks Interview (1991) by Robert Neilson
Iain Banks Interview (1991) by Gary Gibson
Ein Gespräch mit Iain M. Banks [German] (1992) by Matthias Hofmann
Rencontre avec Iain M. Banks [French] (1992) by Ian Murphy
Iain M. Banks: Makes Up Good Tunes (1993) by Stan Nicholls
Cultural Differences (1994) by Stan Nicholls
SFC Interview: Iain Banks: "Very likely impossible, but oh, the elegance..." (1994) by Sally-Ann Melia
Shaking the Foundations: Iain M. Banks Interview (1995) by Paul McDonald
Iain M. Banks (1995) by Mary Branscombe
Ship Shape (1996) by Mary Branscombe
Rock Songs: Iain M. Banks Interviewed (1998) by John Ratcliffe
Iain Banks Interview (1998) by Andy Hedgecock
Entretien: Un budget "effets spéciaux" illimités [French] (2006) by Tom Clegg
The Facts of the Matter (2008) by Paul Raven
Dial 'M' for Matter: An Interview with Iain M. Banks (2008) by Simon Petrie
Interview (Matter) (2009) by Mary Branscombe
Cultured (2011) by David Conyers
A Few Questions About the Culture: An Interview with Iain Banks (2014) by Jude Roberts
A Conversation with Iain (M.) Banks (2018) by David Smith (I)

Non-Genre Titles

Novels

The Wasp Factory (1984) only appeared as:
- Variant: The Wasp Factory (1984) [as by Iain Banks]
- Translation: Le seigneur des guêpes [French] (1984) [as by Iain Banks]
- Translation: De Wespenfabriek [Dutch] (1985) [as by Iain Banks]
- Translation: Le seigneur des guêpes [French] (1985)
- Translation: Ampiaistehdas [Finnish] (1986) [as by Iain Banks]
- Translation: Die Wespenfabrik [German] (1991) [as by Iain Banks]
- Translation: De Wespenfabriek [Dutch] (1997) [as by Iain Banks]
- Translation: La fábrica de las avispas [Spanish] (1999) [as by Iain Banks]
Espedair Street (1987) [only as by Iain Banks]
Canal Dreams (1989) only appeared as:
- Variant: Canal Dreams (1989) [as by Iain Banks]
- Translation:
  Träume vom Kanal^?Traeume vom Kanal
  [German] (1997) [as by Iain Banks]
The Crow Road (1992) only appeared as:
- Variant: The Crow Road (1992) [as by Iain Banks]
- Translation: Straße der Krähen [German] (1996) [as by Iain Banks]
- Translation: Het Kraaienpad [Dutch] (1998) [as by Iain Banks]
Complicity (1993) [only as by Iain Banks]
Whit (1995) only appeared as:
- Variant: Whit (1995) [as by Iain Banks]
- Translation: Die Auserwählte [German] (1997) [as by Iain Banks]
A Song of Stone (1997) only appeared as:
- Variant: A Song of Stone (1997) [as by Iain Banks]
- Translation: Uma canção de pedra [Portuguese] (1999) [as by Iain Banks]
- Translation: Un chant de pierre [French] (2016) [as by Iain Banks]
The Business (1999) only appeared as:
- Variant: The Business (1999) [as by Iain Banks]
- Translation: In Zaken [Dutch] (2000) [as by Iain Banks]
- Translation: Die Aufsteigerin [German] (2002) [as by Iain Banks]
Dead Air (2002) [only as by Iain Banks]
The Steep Approach to Garbadale (2007) [only as by Iain Banks]
Stonemouth (2012) [only as by Iain Banks]
The Quarry (2013) [only as by Iain Banks]

Short Fiction

from The Wasp Factory (excerpt) (1984) [only as by Iain Banks]

Summary Bibliography: Iain M. Banks

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