It does this by using narrators indigenous to the world and limited in Society rather than from the technological standpoint of Banks' previous With a developing civilisation is told from the viewpoint of the affected Inversion of the novel is that the tale of external interference With the rest of his science fiction oeuvre. 'mainstream' Ian Banks novel and would still have retained much of This novel could have been published in the black and white cover of a Potential to influence without political office, and their stories reflect the Personal doctor, who has reached that position through her inordinate skillĭespite being both a foreigner and a woman. Protector, the leader of a revolution which has overthrown a hereditary monarchyĪnd brought new power to the merchant classes. One has become the personal bodyguard of the Society in which they live but have each made themselves indispensable to the The main subjects of the narratives are strangers to the There are two narratives, intercutĬhapter by chapter and covering the same period but set in the capitals ofĭifferent countries. It is a time after the end of empire, with a new model ofĭevolved power emerging from the chaos. Galaxy-spanning civilization known as the Culture. His 'science fiction' has been moreĬlearly defined, with the majority of these works being shaped by the Significant fantastic and science fiction elements present even in his early Suggested a merging of the two streams of his career but this ignores the Reviews of his 'literary' works have occasionally Produced eight books of science fiction as Iain M. He has written ten non-genre novels as Ian Banks and Iain (M.) Banks is one of the more famous split personalities in recent

*grin*Ī novel of interlocking narratives which combines formal methods and informal prose into a strong story.

The book itself is a good story, but also has a very interesting writing style. Duncan Lawie, resident science fiction reviewer and world traveler has sent a review of Iain (M) Banks' Inversions.

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