I. M. Banks Knihy

Iain M. Banks, známý také jako Iain Banks, byl skotský autor, jehož díla zkoumala hluboká témata lidské společnosti a budoucnosti. Pod pseudonymem Iain M. Banks psal rozsáhlá a ambiciózní sci-fi díla, často zasazená do propracovaného vesmíru s komplexními politickými a filozofickými podtexty. Jeho styl se vyznačoval bystrým humorem, ostrým sociálním komentářem a fascinací technologickým pokrokem a jeho dopadem na lidstvo. Jeho psaní často odráželo jeho levicové přesvědčení a zájem o utopické a anarchistické společenské systémy.

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Two and a half millennia ago, the artifact appeared in a remote corner of space, beside a trillion-year-old dying sun from a different universe. It was a perfect black-body sphere, and it did nothing. Then it disappeared. Now it is back. 'Banks is a phenomenon ... wildly successful, fearlessly creative' William Gibson 'Thrilling, affecting and comic ... probably the finest science fiction he has written to date' New Scientist 'Banks has rewritten the libretto for the whole space-opera genre' The Times
Look to windward
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It was one of the less glorious incidents of a long-ago war. It led to the destruction of two suns and the billions of lives they supported. Now, eight hundred years later, the light from the first of those ancient mistakes has reached the Culture Orbital, Masaq'. The light from the second may not. 'Confirms Banks as the standard by which the rest of SF is judged' GUARDIAN 'In terms of sheer storytelling prowess and verve, Look to Windward is a work of genius' SFX 'A great book' NEW SCIENTIST

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Look to windward