Iain Banks email Q&A August 2008
August 29, 2008Welcome to the second Q&A session with Iain Banks. Iain enjoyed the first Q&A session back in July that he asked us to set up another one pretty much right away.
And so - without any further ado - we present Iain's Email Q&A, episode II:
More reviews, Q&A II on the way…
August 29, 2008We're just putting the finishing touches to the next Iain Banks Q&A session and are hoping to post that later today. But in the meantime, here are a few more recently-posted reviews of two Banks classics:
Hungarian webzine Ekultura has posted Bors Csaba's review of The Player of Games (the link is to an English translation). Bors concludes: "[T]he novel rocks. The plot is thick with thrills and chills, twists and turns, it grasps the reader and just won’t let go. It is an absolute page-turner."
Over at Highlander's Book Reviews, the eponymous Highlander has posted his reaction to A Song of Stone: "[it's] not a 'nice' book ... but it stands out as an example of Banks' ability to cross and mix genres and come up with something compelling, memorable and original."
Writing for the Malaysian Star newspaper, Martin Spice reviews The Steep Approach to Garbadale, saying: "[The Steep Approach to Garbadale] is a somewhat rambling and picaresque novel, but I found it gripping and its main character beguiling."
Quick update - a few Banks-esque links
August 11, 2008First up, we've just added a couple of links to reviews of The Steep Approach to Garbadale to the reviews page.
Dave H sent us a link to a Guardian podcast of the recent discussion panel on The Wasp Factory that was chaired by John Mullan.
On the subject of The Wasp Factory, there's a lengthy analysis-piece over at a blog called The Anatomy Lesson, which probably deserves a few comments.
Readers might also be interested in visiting Jon's Soap Box, where you can read (and discuss) a comparison of the world-building techniques of Iain Banks and William Gibson.
And blogger Cobb ponders The Sybaritic Side of The Culture.
Iain Banks FinancialRadio.co.uk audio interview
August 4, 2008Iain Banks has been interviewed by market news and interviews webzine Financial Radio. It appears that the interview was carried out and posted to the website back in April, but was added to YouTube a couple of weeks ago and subsequently discovered by Gary W, who sent in the link (cheers, Gary!)
Here's the link to the original article: www.financialradio.co.uk.
And here are the three YouTube links:
Embedded audio after the jump, click on 'read more' to access.
