Description
The first-ever collection of Iain Banks's short fiction, this volume includes the acclaimed novella The State of the Art. This is a striking addition to the growing body of Culture lore and adds definition and scale to his previous work by contrasting it with the Earth of 1977. The other stories in the collection range from science fiction to horror, dark-coated fantasy to morality tales. All bear the indefinable stamp of Iain Banks's staggering talent.