Author: Iain Banks

Quotes

Technology determines the possibilities of society. It doesn't matter whether you start out from a fascist state or a communist state or a free-market state.

Technology determines the possibilities of society. It doesn't matter whether you start out from a fascist state or a communist state or a free-market state.

- Iain Banks

I'm not a great believer in awards-of course the fact that I've never won one has nothing to do with it at all!

I'm not a great believer in awards-of course the fact that I've never won one has nothing to do with it at all!

- Iain Banks

By the usual reckoning, the worst books make the best films.

By the usual reckoning, the worst books make the best films.

- Iain Banks

My point has always been that, ever since the Industrial Revolution, science fiction has been the most important genre there is.

My point has always been that, ever since the Industrial Revolution, science fiction has been the most important genre there is.

- Iain Banks

A lot of what the 'Culture' is about is a reaction to all the science fiction I was reading in my very early teens.

A lot of what the 'Culture' is about is a reaction to all the science fiction I was reading in my very early teens.

- Iain Banks

I think the future stopped looking American when you think back to Blade Runner and Neuromancer, when it started to look more Japanese.

I think the future stopped looking American when you think back to Blade Runner and Neuromancer, when it started to look more Japanese.

- Iain Banks

Most mainstream male fiction is littered with heroines, and female characters are basically so great, you want to fall in love with them.

Most mainstream male fiction is littered with heroines, and female characters are basically so great, you want to fall in love with them.

- Iain Banks

Science fiction is trying to find alternative ways of looking at realities.

Science fiction is trying to find alternative ways of looking at realities.

- Iain Banks

In so much of politics you're not allowed to disagree with what's been agreed.

In so much of politics you're not allowed to disagree with what's been agreed.

- Iain Banks

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