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The Banksoniain #8 an Iain (M.) Banks Fanzine November 2005 The Banksoniain #8 An Iain (M.) Banks Fanzine November 2005 Editorial Banks’s Next Books Issue #8 marks somewhat of a departure from Details of the 2006 vintage Banks have begun the normal Banksoniain with a new (for us) to become available, with listings starting to writer, Martyn Colebrook, taking up the appear on Amazon and the like as Little, challenge of the book biography centre Brown, the publisher, makes pre-publication spread. information available about the work Untitled The diversity that makes up the Strange Iain Banks. Worlds of Iain (M) Banks is I believe pretty The various ISBNs that are floating about are: much illustrated by the contents of this issue. 0316731056 for the hardback; 0316731064 As well as the book biography focus on Canal for the trade paperback (the one you will find Dreams, we have news of his forthcoming in airport bookshops) and 1405501251 for the books, his Culture novels being a specialist CD audio-book abridgement. These all have subject on the TV quiz show, Mastermind, an the same prospective release date being academic conference being planned about his September 1st 2006, and somehow Amazon work, and more. manage, whilst Iain is still writing the book, There is a fair bit of Banks related Worldcon to claim that it will be 416 pages long. These news to catch up on and we also have a pieces of information should probably be personal view from Iain Banks Forum regular taken in descending order of credibility. Coercri as well as a few thoughts from your The further books of his current three book editor. deal should tentatively be expected around We also have brought back a popular regular mid 2007 and early 2009. column, travelling half way round the world to uncover a Not “THE” Iain Banks in New Zealand (although he does turn out to be Publication News Scottish). Meanwhile Banks in Translation Meanwhile back in the world of books that heads over to the Baltic States examining at physically exist. The US edition of The his impact over there, and eBayWatch looks Algebraist shipped in late September. Well at an interest bit of advertising. the limited edition did but the standard hardback is still listed as forthcoming. See: At Novacon, an annual weekend convention http://www.nightshadebooks.com in the Birmingham area, The Banksoniain was included in the vote for the best fanzine In the world of literary criticism a major award that is announced at the convention article on Banks is due to be published in the each year. More on this on the back page. next edition of Chapman Magazine, issue #108. The 5,000 word piece in what is This issue’s publication is a little later than subtitled “Scotland's Quality Literary the middle of the month release we try to aim Magazine” has been written by Edmund for, but it is the full dozen pages unlike the O'Connor and covers both mainstream and last one, and real life occasionally gets in the science fiction. It should be out about way. Thanks for this issue go to Martyn, Christmas time, and other features in this Coercri and, of course, Iain M Banks himself. issue include an interview with Ian Rankin. See you next year. The Banksoniain Issue #8, Page #1 Media Scanner Ian Holding (not his real name) said how glad and sad he was to hear Iain Banks's vitriolic Scotland on Sunday (24/07/05) had various denunciation of Tony Blair the previous writers including Banks comment on the new night. ‘In Zimbabwe, I couldn't say that and direction in Irvine Walsh's work. Iain, live the next day.’” described as author of The Crow Road and Charles Stross interviewed by Crows Nest Complicity, said: “It can get boring having to (01/09/05) was asked about trends in SF and be edgy and hip all the time sometimes you commented: “Certainly Iain Banks triggered a want to do other things. So I think it is good renewed interest in space opera with his for Irvine Welsh if he wants to do something culture novels in the late 80s, and a lot of us a bit more mainstream. I wouldn't take it that are still working through the implications. this is a new direction for perpetuity. It might Beyond that, though, it becomes hard to only last for one book. I would be surprised if discuss trends with any certainty.” See: Irvine writes himself into a corner, he is too http://www.computercrowsnest.com smart for that.” The closure of Andromeda, an SF bookshop For The Independent (05/08/05) Ed Caesar in Birmingham which was apparently the compiled a list of twenty-five literary location world’s oldest, was covered by the in Edinburgh which included the Grassmarket newspapers of that city, the Evening Mail as featured in Complicity which mentions The (20/09/05) and Post (21/09/05) both Last Drop and its proximity to an un-named mentioned Iain Banks in their stories. The Indian restaurant. latter put banks in the company of Douglas The Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament Adams, Terry Pratchett, Gerry Anderson and published an advertisement in The Isaac Asimov, whilst the former recalled the Independent (06/08/05) marking the 60th move to three units in Suffolk Street “opened anniversary of the nuclear attacks on with a fanfare by Terry Pratchett, Iain M Hiroshima and Nagasaki and asking that such Banks and David Gemmell”. things never happen again. It was paid for Some Scottish author confusion was reported and signed by many people whose names by Andrew Pierce in The Times (09/09/05). were listed on the advert. One of these was Ian Rankin won best author at the GQ Men of Iain Banks. the Year Awards and was congratulated by “a The Daily Mail, through Jeremy Hodges, fellow diner accosted him to say that he recommended Iain's talk at the Edinburgh [Rankin] was his second favourite writer, International Book Festival on the 19th in an after McEwan. ‘He went on to discuss my article (15/08/05) which said: “Those who go science fiction efforts,’ Rankin said, ‘at which to see Banks at the Book Festival will find point I realised he was confusing me with Iain him a thoroughly nice chap, on the surface Banks.’”. Banks tells his story of being quite ordinary and approachable. It's only mistaken for Rankin at a distillery in Raw when you see into his head that you realise Spirit. why he remains one of the most astonishingly A bizarre analogy was used by Amanda inventive and imaginative creative talents in Mitchison in an interview with Jane Asher Scotland today.” (03/10/05) in the Daily Telegraph, when the Sam Dunn in the Business section of the discussion reached her novels which are Independent (21/08/05) had an eye-catching apparently not the sort of thing you expected opening sentence: “Iain Banks or inheritance from the famous-for-cake-baking actress: tax? For preferred holiday reading, that's not “When The Longing was published the press a tough one. Few are the sunseekers who jet behaved as if Martha Stewart had secretly off with a book about personal finance.” penned all the Iain Banks novels.” Martha Stewart is the American head of a corporation Iain's political comments at the events made built on her cooking, gardening and the news with The Scotsman (22/08/05) entertaining (although she then went to jail for reporting: “In the Imprisoned Writers event, perjury over an allegation of insider dealing). The Banksoniain Issue #8, Page #2 now about once every two months rather than Stephen Hawking’s book A Brief History of once very month. Time famously only includes the equation E = mc2 as he was advised that each equation Iain complained of having been busy and would cut the readership by half. I am hoping away on September 24th which had that Banksoniain readers are made of sterner interrupted his flying lessons and so he was stuff as I am recommending those who like to going to just keep it ticking over until Spring think a bit deeper about his SF to read a four and then get back to it seriously. Presumably page article by Dr. Richard Kennaway that this will be after he has delivered the next has quite a few equations in its discussion of book and he and his publishers have made Dynamics of Iain M. Banks’ Orbitals. It is any editorial changes. Reviews of The Fall, still in a draft form and Richard wants to gets Beta Band, and Francoise Breut then some illustrations to brighten it up a bit. He followed. wrote it just for fun after and would be happy Banks also appeared on November 12th to to receive any comments on the piece from review albums from Jim Noir, Jeffrey & Jack interested readers. The paper is available to Lewis, and Sun Kill Moon. They indulged a download from: little banter before the reviews and Iain http://www.cmp.uea.ac.uk/~jrk/distribution/orbital.pdf revealed he was hard at work “thinking and Newsday (14/10/05) reported that the Franz planning the next novel”. Marc also Ferdinand member Alex Kapranos looked to mentioned “that guy” on Mastermind, and dramas like Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, Iain said that he [Pat Gibson] had got more Hedda Gabler, and The Wasp Factory as answers right that he had himself, although he inspiration. It looks like he did mean the did get right the one that Pat had got wrong.
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