Iain M Banks published his debut novel The Wasp Factory in 1984. He went on to write 28 more novels, with his literary fiction published as Iain Banks and his science fiction under what he called "the ...

(AP) Scottish writer Iain Banks says he has been diagnosed with late-stage gall bladder cancer and has just months to live. Banks says it is “extremely unlikely” he’ll live more than a year and that ...

The New Scientist Book Club has been reading the late Iain M. Banks’s science fiction novel The Player of Games. Banks’s friend and fellow sci-fi author Ken MacLeod joined us to chat about the book ...

Science fiction author Iain Banks, who has written some amazing novels including The Business and The Wasp Factory, posted a very sad announcement this morning: I have cancer. It started in my gall ...

I've got 2 Iain M. Banks books infront of me, Excession and Look to Windward. I've only read Inversions by this author and liked it a lot, so, which book ...

LONDON (AP) - Scottish writer Iain Banks, who alternately wowed and disturbed readers with his dark jokes and narrative tricks, has died, his publisher said. He was 59. Banks, whose writing took ...

LONDON (Reuters) - Scottish novelist Iain Banks, whose books include "The Wasp Factory" has revealed he is suffering from cancer and is unlikely to live "beyond a year". The author, who also wrote ...

As I understand it, licensing issues prevented this title from being released in the US in e-ink format. It's now coming to Kindle next week. This was always my personal favorite of the series, and ...