First she would go home.
After that, she had no idea what she might do.
The Antagonistic Undecagonstring, caught in the swirling breeze produced by the flier’s departure, hummed emptily.
The sound was swept away by the mindless air.
About the Author
Iain Banks came to widespread and controversial public notice with the publication of his first novel, The Wasp Factory, in 1984. Consider Phlebas, his first science fiction novel, was published under the name Iain M. Banks in 1987. He is now acclaimed as one of the most powerful, innovative and exciting writers of his generation. Iain Banks live in Fife, Scotland.
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By Iain M. Banks
Consider Phlebas
The Player of Games
Use of Weapons
The State of the Art
Against a Dark Background
Feersum Endjinn
Excession
Inversions
Look to Windward
The Algebraist
Matter
Surface Detail
The Hydrogen Sonata
By Iain Banks
The Wasp Factory
Walking on Glass
The Bridge
Espedair Street
Canal Dreams
The Crow Road
Complicity
Whit
A Song of Stone
The Business
Dead Air
The Steep Approach to Garbadale
Transition
Stonemouth
Copyright
Published by Hachette Digital
ISBN: 978-1-405-51284-8
All characters and events in this publication, other than those clearly in the public domain, are fictitious and any resemblance to real persons, living or dead, is purely coincidental.
Copyright © 2012 by Iain M. Banks
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