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Iain M. Banks

Iain M. Banks

Banks, Iain Menzies

February 16, 1954 – June 9, 2013 (aged 59)

Birth place: Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland, UK

136 works in English-language magazines

Date Page Type Title Magazine
June 1986 41 Interview Iain Banks Interzone, Summer 1986
1987 92 Review Consider Phlebas Foundation, #40 Summer 1987
May 1987 13 Review Consider Phlebas Locus, #316 May 1987
June 1987 44 Short Fiction A Gift from the Culture Interzone, Summer 1987
June 1987 54 Review Consider Phlebas Interzone, Summer 1987
July 1987 38 Review Consider Phlebas Fantasy Review, July-August 1987
August 1987 Review Consider Phlebas Vector 139
August 1988 Review Consider Phlebas Paperback Inferno, #73
November 1988 15 Review Consider Phlebas Aboriginal Science Fiction, November-December 1988
November 1988 55|55.2 Review The Player of Games Interzone, November-December 1988
December 1988 17 Review The Player of Games Locus, #335 December 1988
December 1988 13 Review The Player of Games Vector 147
1989 10|10.3 Review The State of the Art Nova Express, Summer 1989
March 1989 178 Review Consider Phlebas Analog Science Fiction and Fact, March 1989
July 1989 183 Review The Player of Games Analog Science Fiction and Fact, July 1989
August 1989 19 Interview Iain Banks Interview Star Roots #1, August 1989
August 1989 13 Review The State of the Art Locus, #343 August 1989
December 1989 51 Interview Interview with Iain M. Banks Journal Wired, Winter 1989
1990 12 Review Consider Phlebas Weird Tales, Summer 1990
1990 80 Review The State of the Art Foundation, #49 Summer 1990
1990 90 Review Use of Weapons Foundation, #50 Autumn 1990
February 1990 22 Interview Eye to Eye: An Interview with Iain Banks Science Fiction Eye, #6, February 1990
February 1990 15 Review The State of the Art Vector 154
April 1990 9 Review The Player of Games Paperback Inferno, #83
August 1990 15 Review Use of Weapons Locus, #355 August 1990
October 1990 185 Review Consider Phlebas Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine, October 1990
November 1990 63|63.3 Review Use of Weapons Interzone, November 1990
December 1990 5 Interview Iain M. Banks Vector 158
December 1990 14 Review Use of Weapons Vector 158
April 1991 64 Review The State of the Art Fear, April 1991
April 1991 14 Review Use of Weapons The Lyre, Spring 1991
June 1991 15 Interview Dogged by Technology: Iain M. Banks Interview FTL, Summer 1991
June 1991 16 Review The State of the Art Locus, #365 June 1991
June 1991 65|65.1 Review The State of the Art Interzone, June 1991
July 1991 45 Interview Iain Banks Interview Exuberance, Spring 1991
April 1992 22 Review Use of Weapons Vector 166
August 1992 165 Review Use of Weapons Analog Science Fiction and Fact, August 1992
October 1992 6 Review Use of Weapons The New York Review of Science Fiction, October 1992
April 1993 316 Review Use of Weapons Asimov's Science Fiction, April 1993
April 1993 |9 Review Use of Weapons First Impressions, Installment Four
May 1993 19 Review Against a Dark Background Locus, #388 May 1993
June 1993 19 Review Against a Dark Background Vector 173
July 1993 60 Review Against a Dark Background Interzone, July 1993
August 1993 29 Review Against a Dark Background Locus, #391 August 1993
August 1993 |4 Review Against a Dark Background First Impressions, Installment Eight
August 1993 31 Review The State of the Art Vector 174
September 1993 15 Review Against a Dark Background Science Fiction Age, September 1993
December 1993 166 Review Against a Dark Background Analog Science Fiction and Fact, December 1993
March 1994 18 Review Against a Dark Background The New York Review of Science Fiction, March 1994
April 1994 317 Review Against a Dark Background Asimov's Science Fiction, April 1994
July 1994 63 Review Feersum Endjinn Locus, #402 July 1994
July 1994 33 Review Feersum Endjinn Locus, #402 July 1994
August 1994 22 Interview Cultural Differences Interzone, August 1994
August 1994 53|53.2 Review Feersum Endjinn Interzone, August 1994
August 1994 |5 Review The State of the Art First Impressions, Installment Fifteen
October 1994 7 Interview SFC Interview: Iain Banks: "Very likely impossible, but oh, the elegance..." Science Fiction Chronicle, #177 October 1994
1995 Review Against A Dark Background Vector 182 Spring 1995
1995 27 Review Feersum Endjinn Vector 184 Summer 1995
1995 111 Review Feersum Endjinn Foundation, #63 Spring 1995
February 1995 6 Review Feersum Endjinn The New York Review of Science Fiction, February 1995
February 1995 |1 Review Feersum Endjinn First Impressions, Installment Eighteen
April 1995 309 Review Feersum Endjinn Asimov's Science Fiction, April 1995
June 1995 45 Interview Iain M. Banks SFX, June 1995
July 1995 9 Review Feersum Endjinn Vector 183
July 1995 93 Review Feersum Endjinn SFX, #2
September 1995 4 Interview Shaking the Foundations: Iain M. Banks Interview The Zone, Autumn 1995
December 1995 163 Review Feersum Endjinn Analog Science Fiction and Fact, December 1995
December 1995 172 Review Feersum Endjinn Asimov's Science Fiction, December 1995
July 1996 80 Review Excession SFX, July 1996
July 1996 24 Interview Ship Shape SFX, July 1996
August 1996 53 Review Excession Interzone, August 1996
September 1996 25 Review Excession Locus, #428 September 1996
November 1996 Review Excession Vector 190
1997 116 Review Excession Foundation, #70 Summer 1997
January 1997 Review Excession Science Fiction Weekly, 27 January 1997
March 1997 51 Review Excession The Zone and Premonitions, Spring 1997
1998 36 Review Excession Nova Express, Winter/Spring 1998
January 1998 15 Interview Rock Songs: Iain M. Banks Interviewed Cold Print #2, 1998
February 1998 42 Review Excession Aboriginal Science Fiction, Spring 1998
March 1998 6 Review Excession The New York Review of Science Fiction, March 1998
March 1998 Review Excession SF Site, March 1998
July 1998 50 Review Inversions Interzone, July 1998
September 1998 20 Review Inversions Locus, #452 September 1998
October 1998 33 Interview Iain Banks Interview The Edge, Vol. 3, #1, 1998
November 1998 25 Review Inversions Vector 202
June 1999 |3 Review Excession First Impressions, Installment Forty-Nine
September 2000 16 Review Inversions The New York Review of Science Fiction, September 2000
September 2000 18 Review Look to Windward Vector 213
October 2000 131 Review Inversions Analog Science Fiction and Fact, October 2000
October 2000 29 Review Look to Windward Locus, #477 October 2000
December 2000 Review Look to Windward Strange Horizons, 18 December 2000
2001 29 Review Look to Windward Nova Express, Spring/Summer 2001
January 2001 15 Review Look to Windward The New York Review of Science Fiction, January 2001
March 2001 27 Review Look to Windward Locus, #482 March 2001
March 2001 61 Review Look to Windward Interzone, March 2001
September 2001 34 Review Look to Windward Vector 219
March 2002 132 Review Look to Windward Analog Science Fiction and Fact, March 2002
October 2004 29 Review The Algebraist Locus, #525 October 2004
February 2005 124 Review The Algebraist Andromeda Spaceways Inflight Magazine, Issue #17, February/March 2005
March 2005 25 Review The Algebraist Vector 240
September 2005 34 Review The Algebraist Vector 243
March 2006 30 Review The Algebraist Scifantastic, Easter 2006
2008 18 Review Matter SFRA Review #286
2008 30 Review Matter Vector 255 Spring 2008
February 2008 4 Interview The Facts of the Matter Interzone, February 2008
March 2008 29 Review Matter Locus, #566 March 2008
March 2008 1 Review Matter The New York Review of Science Fiction, March 2008
March 2008 4 Review Matter The New York Review of Science Fiction, March 2008
April 2008 20 Review Matter Locus, #567 April 2008
April 2008 Review Matter Strange Horizons, 14 April 2008
May 2008 23 Review Matter Locus, #568 May 2008
June 2008 84 Interview Dial 'M' for Matter: An Interview with Iain M. Banks Andromeda Spaceways Inflight Magazine, Issue #35
December 2008 114 Review Matter Aurealis, #41
February 2009 Review Matter StarShipSofa, No 62
November 2009 Review Transition Strange Horizons, 23 November 2009
December 2009 16 Review Transition Locus, #587 December 2009
December 2009 21 Review Transition Locus, #587 December 2009
January 2010 24 Review Transition Locus, #588 January 2010
November 2010 53 Review Surface Detail Interzone, November-December 2010
December 2010 58 Review Surface Detail Bull Spec, December 2010-January-February 2011
December 2010 118 Review Surface Detail Andromeda Spaceways Inflight Magazine, Issue #49
2011 39 Review Surface Detail Vector 266 Spring 2011
January 2011 21 Review Surface Detail Locus, #600 January 2011
January 2011 60 Review Surface Detail Locus, #600 January 2011
June 2011 Review Surface Detail Strange Horizons, 13 June 2011
December 2011 Interview Cultured Albedo One, #41
December 2011 11 Review Surface Detail Albedo One, #41
January 2012 27 Review Consider Phlebas Locus, #612 January 2012
November 2012 18 Review The Hydrogen Sonata Locus, #622 November 2012
November 2012 21 Review The Hydrogen Sonata Locus, #622 November 2012
November 2012 73 Review The Hydrogen Sonata Interzone, November-December 2012
March 2013 106 Review The Hydrogen Sonata Analog Science Fiction and Fact, March 2013
May 2013 85 Review The Hydrogen Sonata Galaxy's Edge, Issue 2: May 2013
November 2014 Interview A Few Questions About the Culture: An Interview with Iain Banks Strange Horizons, 3 November 2014
August 2017 212 Poem "Slight Mechanical Destruction" Shoreline of Infinity, Summer 2017 (Edinburgh International Book Festival Special Edition)
2022 84 Review Consider Phlebas Ultimate Sci-Fi Retro Collection

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May 2004 The Banksoniain, #2 Iain Banks's National Doodle Day Effort