1863 0976236f-d4b6-4d86-9a73-664f1f13142e The State of the Art Iain M. Banks calibre (7.2.0) [https://calibre-ebook.com] 1997-09-14T23:00:00+00:00 <div>This first-ever collection of Iain Banks's short fiction includes a novella never before published in Britain - <i>The State of the Art</i>. A striking addition to the growing body of Culture lore, it adds definition and scale to the previous works by using the Earth of 1977 as contrast.<br><br>The other stories in this collection, all previously published in magazines and anthologies, range from science fiction to horror, dark-coated fantasy to morality tale.<br>All bear the indefinable stamp of Iain Banks's staggering talent.</div> Little, Brown Book Group Limited eng