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Iain Banks
1954–2013·British
Iain Banks was a Scottish author born on 16 February 1954 who wrote literary fiction under his own name and science fiction as Iain M. Banks. He is best known for the Culture series, a sprawling space-opera universe exploring post-scarcity civilizations and artificial intelligences, beginning with Consider Phlebas in 1987. Banks died on 9 June 2013, leaving behind a celebrated dual legacy in both mainstream and speculative fiction.
