macroscian t1_j9y3154 wrote
It's such a short read too! Great stuff. Not his best but certainly the most shock value.
Dammit but I wish Iain Banks was still with us. Every year I'd check if he'd put out a new novel and sure enough, more often than not there was a fresh great read waiting.
Akoites t1_j9zi7jl wrote
He had an amazing process as a writer, to produce about one book a year (alternating mainstream novels as Iain Banks and science fiction as Iain M. Banks).
He’d spend nine months of the year not writing. He’d think about the next novel, but not write anything, instead driving around Scotland to distilleries, making music, whatever. Then, having heavily thought through the book, he’d sit down and write it in three months. Then back to nine months off. Pretty much a dream schedule!
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