Title: Descendant

Title: Descendant Title Record # 91904
Author: Iain M. Banks
Date: 1987-08-00
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: novelette
Series: Culture
Language: English

Note: No direct quote of "the Culture", but features a drone, knife missiles, AI levels measured in decimal numbers and Orbitals. The copyright page of State of the Art (Orbit trade paperback edition, ISBN 1-85723-030-2) does not mention this story. It states that a different story, "Odd Attachment," was first published in Tales from the Forbidden Planet. This appears to be mistaken -- the story "Descendant" first appeared in Tales from the Forbidden Planet, and "Odd Attachment" first appeared in "Arrows of Eros."

Synopsis: A shot-down spaceman has to walk around a large part of a planet in an intelligent powered space suit.

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Year	Language	Title
1992^ⓘTranslated by Irene Bonhorst	German	Heruntergekommen [as by Iain Banks]
2010^ⓘTranslated by Sonia Quémener	French	Descente
2011^ⓘTranslated by Cristina Gómez Llorente	Spanish	El descendiente

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Title	Date	Author/Editor	Publisher/Pub. Series	ISBN/Catalog ID	Price	Pages	Format	Type	Cover Artist
Tales from the Forbidden Planet	1987-08-00	ed. Roz Kaveney	Titan Books	1-85286-005-7	£9.95^?£: UK pound	256	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth	Brian Bolland
Tales from the Forbidden Planet	1987-08-00	ed. Roz Kaveney	Titan Books	1-85286-004-9	£4.95^?£: UK pound	256	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	Brian Bolland
Tales from the Forbidden Planet	1987-10-00	ed. Roz Kaveney	Titan Books	1-85286-006-5	£30.00^?£: UK pound	256	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth
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
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
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
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
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
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 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 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
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

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