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Iain Banks (16 February 1954 – 9 June 2013) was a Scottish author. He wrote mainstream fiction under the name Iain Banks, and science fiction as Iain M. Banks, including the initial of his adopted middle name Menzies (/ˈmɪŋɨz/).Following the publication and success of The Wasp Factory (1984), Banks began to write on a full-time basis. His first science fiction book, Consider Phlebas, was released in 1987, marking the start of the popular The Culture series.

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rdfs:comment	Iain Banks (16 February 1954 – 9 June 2013) was a Scottish author. He wrote mainstream fiction under the name Iain Banks, and science fiction as Iain M. Banks, including the initial of his adopted middle name Menzies (/ˈmɪŋɨz/).Following the publication and success of The Wasp Factory (1984), Banks began to write on a full-time basis. His first science fiction book, Consider Phlebas, was released in 1987, marking the start of the popular The Culture series.
foaf:name	Banks, Iain Iain Banks
foaf:homepage	http://iain-banks.net
foaf:depiction
dc:description	Scottish science-fiction novelist
alias	Banks, Iain M
birth date	1954-02-16(xsd:dateTime)
birth place	Dunfermline dbpedia:Fife
birth year	1954-01-01(xsd:dateTime)
death date	2013-06-09(xsd:dateTime)
death year	2013-01-01(xsd:dateTime)
genre	dbpedia:Literary_fiction dbpedia:Science_fiction
influenced	Ken MacLeod
influenced by	Sir Arthur C. Clarke Brian Aldiss Dan Simmons Asimov, Isaac Harrison, M. John Heinlein, Robert Anson
pseudonym	Iain M. Banks
thumbnail	http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/IainBanks2009.jpg?width=300
is author of	The Bridge Matter Transition Dead Air Complicity The Algebraist Walking on Glass Raw Spirit The Business A Song of Stone Canal Dreams Stonemouth The Hydrogen Sonata Against a Dark Background Consider Phlebas Espedair Street Excession Feersum Endjinn Inversions Look to Windward The Crow Road The Player of Games The State of the Art The Wasp Factory Use of Weapons Whit The Steep Approach to Garbadale Surface Detail The Quarry
is influenced of	Sir Arthur C. Clarke Brian Aldiss Dan Simmons Harrison, M. John Heinlein, Robert Anson Alasdair Gray
is influenced by of	Andrew J McKiernan S. Spencer Baker Ken MacLeod Conyers, David Haines, Paul

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