Author lain Banks died in 2013, what initial did he add to his name for his science fiction books?
"inquired about the possibility of omitting the 'M' as it appeared ""too fussy"" and the potential existed for confusion with Rosie M. Banks, a romantic novelist in the Jeeves novels by P.G. Wodehouse; Banks agreed to the omission. After three mainstream novels, Banks's publishers agreed to publish his first science fiction (SF) novel ""Consider Phlebas"". To create a distinction between the mainstream and SF novels, Banks suggested the return of the 'M' to his name, and it was used in all of his science fiction works. By his death in June 2013 Banks had published 26 novels. His twenty-seventh novel"
"Iain Banks Iain Banks (16 February 1954 – 9 June 2013) was a Scottish author. He wrote mainstream fiction under the name Iain Banks and science fiction as Iain M. Banks, including the initial of his adopted middle name Menzies (). After the publication and success of ""The Wasp Factory"" (1984), Banks began to write on a full-time basis. His first science fiction book, ""Consider Phlebas"", was released in 1987, marking the start of the Culture series. His books have been adapted for theatre, radio and television. In 2008, ""The Times"" named Banks in their list of ""The 50 greatest"
"Harrison and Dan Simmons as literary influences. ""The Crow Road"", published in 1992, was adapted as a BBC television series. Banks continued to write both science fiction and mainstream novels, with his final novel ""The Quarry"" published in June 2013, the month of his death. Banks published work under two names. His parents had intended to name him ""Iain Menzies Banks"", but his father made a mistake when registering the birth and ""Iain Banks"" became the officially registered name. Despite this error, Banks used the middle name and submitted ""The Wasp Factory"" for publication as ""Iain M. Banks"". Banks's editor"
"the Culture series; and a short story collection called ""The State of the Art"" (1991) includes some stories set in the same universe. These works focus upon characters that are usually on the margins of the Culture, a post-scarcity anarchist utopia; in the same universe are other civilizations, with which the Culture sometimes enters into conflict, and sentient artificial intelligences. Banks wrote introductions for works by other writers including: Iain Banks Iain Banks (16 February 1954 – 9 June 2013) was a Scottish author. He wrote mainstream fiction under the name Iain Banks and science fiction as Iain M. Banks,"
"""The Quarry"" was published posthumously. His final work, a collection of poetry, was released in February 2015. In an interview January 2013, he also mentioned he had the plot idea for another novel in the Culture series, which would most likely be his next book and planned for publication in 2014. He wrote in different categories, but enjoyed writing science fiction the most. In September 2012 Banks was revealed as one of the Guests of Honour at the 2014 World Science Fiction Convention, Loncon 3. Banks was the subject of ""The Strange Worlds of Iain Banks"" ""South Bank Show"" (1997),"
"British writers since 1945"". In April 2013, Banks announced that he had inoperable cancer and was unlikely to live beyond a year. He died on 9 June 2013. Banks was born in Dunfermline, Fife, to a mother who was a professional ice skater and a father who was an officer in the Admiralty. An only child, Banks lived in North Queensferry until the age of nine, near the naval dockyards in Rosyth where his father was based. Banks's family then moved to Gourock due to the requirements of his father's work. When someone introduced him to science fiction by giving"
"Rankin, Alastair Reynolds, and David Brin also paid tribute to Banks, in their blogs and elsewhere. The asteroid 5099 Iainbanks was named after him shortly after his death. On 23 January 2015, SpaceX's CEO and Chief Designer Elon Musk named two of the company's autonomous spaceport drone ships ""Just Read The Instructions"" and ""Of Course I Still Love You"", after ships from Banks's novel ""The Player of Games"". Another, ""A Shortfall of Gravitas"", began construction in 2018. The name is a reference to the ship ""Experiencing A Significant Gravitas Shortfall"", first mentioned in ""Look to Windward"". On 20 July 2017,"
"at Banks's request, to 20 June 2013 in the UK and 25 June 2013 in the US. Banks died on 9 June 2013. Banks's publisher stated that the author was ""an irreplaceable part of the literary world"", a sentiment that was reaffirmed by fellow Scottish author and friend since secondary school Ken MacLeod, who observed that Banks's death ""left a large gap in the Scottish literary scene as well as the wider English-speaking world."" British author Charles Stross wrote that ""One of the giants of 20th and 21st century Scottish literature has left the building."" Authors, including Neil Gaiman, Ian"
"Aldiss, another British science fiction writer, disparagingly labelled some of them ""cosy catastrophes"", especially ""The Day of the Triffids"", but the critic L.J. Hurst pointed out that in ""Triffids"" the main character witnesses several murders, suicides and misadventures, and is frequently in mortal danger himself. Notes Citations John Wyndham John Wyndham Parkes Lucas Beynon Harris (; 10 July 1903 – 11 March 1969) was an English science fiction writer best known for his works written using the pen name John Wyndham, although he also used other combinations of his names, such as John Beynon and Lucas Parkes. Some of his"
"Banks exchanged all of the vehicles for a Lexus RX 400h hybrid – later replaced by a diesel Toyota Yaris – and said in the future he would fly only in emergencies. In April 2012 Banks became the ""Acting Honorary Non-Executive Figurehead President Elect pro tem (trainee)"" of the Science Fiction Book Club based in London. The title was his own creation and on 3 October 2012 Banks accepted a T-shirt decorated with this title. Banks lived in North Queensferry, on the north side of the Firth of Forth, with the author and founder of the Dead by Dawn film"
"Leslie Esdaile Banks Leslie Esdaile Banks, ""née"" Peterson (December 11, 1959 – August 2, 2011), was an American writer under the pen names of Leslie Esdaile, Leslie E. Banks, Leslie Banks, Leslie Esdaile Banks and L. A. Banks. She wrote in various genres, including African-American literature, romance, women's fiction, crime suspense, dark fantasy/horror and non-fiction. She won several literary awards, including the 2008 Essence Literary Awards Storyteller of the Year. Leslie Ann Peterson was born and raised in Philadelphia. She married Michael Esdaile, ; they had one child, a daughter, Helena Esdaile. The couple divorced and she remarried, to Al"
"Transition (novel) Transition is a novel by Iain Banks, first published in 2009. The American edition was published under the name ""Iain M. Banks"", which is the name Banks used for his science fiction work. In an interview with ""The Guardian"" Banks explained what he was aiming for, ""With Transition, I wanted to prove something. I wanted to show I could do something like ""The Bridge"" again because until now, that has been my favourite."" While he has insisted it wasn't a commentary on American imperialism (""I don't think it's about America per se; it's more about power and the"
"volumes also carried the unicorn's head Adult Fantasy logo without numerical assignment to the series. Lin Carter Linwood Vrooman Carter (June 9, 1930 – February 7, 1988) was an American author of science fiction and fantasy, as well as an editor, poet and critic. He usually wrote as Lin Carter; known pseudonyms include H. P. Lowcraft (for an H. P. Lovecraft parody) and Grail Undwin. He is best known for his work in the 1970s as editor of the Ballantine Adult Fantasy series, which introduced readers to many overlooked classics of the fantasy genre. Carter was born in St. Petersburg,"
"Sydney James Bounds Sydney James Bounds (4 November 1920 – 24 November 2006) was an English author. He wrote as Sydney J. Bounds and S. J. Bounds, as well as under the pen names Clifford Wallace, James Marshall, Earl Ellison and Rex Marlowe. He wrote over forty novels and hundreds of short stories, many published under pseudonyms or anonymously. He was best known for his science fiction, but also wrote horror, Westerns, mysteries and juveniles. Bounds' debut professional sale under his own name appears in 1946 in the first issue of Outlands magazine, the publication of which left Bounds feeling"
"The Hydrogen Sonata The Hydrogen Sonata is a science fiction novel by Scottish author Iain M. Banks, set in his techno-utopian Culture universe. The hardcover edition was released on 4 October 2012 in the United Kingdom, and on 9 October in the United States. The book's release marked 25 years since the publication of Banks' first Culture novel. A paperback edition of the book was released on 5 September 2013 in the United Kingdom, and on 10 September in the United States. ""The Hydrogen Sonata"" was Banks' last science fiction novel, as he died of gall bladder cancer in June"
"forward at Banks's request, and were 20 June 2013 in the UK and 25 June 2013 in the US. ""The Scotsman"" reviewer Hannah McGill, reflecting on Banks's condition at the time of writing, called it ""a state-of-the-self book, a meaning-of-life book"". The Quarry (Iain Banks novel) The Quarry is Iain Banks' final novel, which was published posthumously in late June 2013. It deals with an autistic youth, Kit, and his father, Guy, a misanthrope who is dying of cancer. The author, who died on 9 June 2013, was in the advanced phases of terminal gall bladder cancer at the time"
"(the capital world in the Star Kings books). ""The Turning Tide"" features a freighter captain named Verger Antillies. This series began in 1985 but was later reprinted in ""Director's Cut Special Editions"" by Timberwolf Press. Also, as of October 2012, rewritten versions of the first four books have been made available in both paper and electronic form. At the time of his death, Bill was working on a novel entitled ""Heisenberg's U-Boat"" and was starting on a final Wilf Brim book. Bill Baldwin Bill (Merl. W, Jr.) Baldwin (June 6, 1935 – October 14, 2015) was an American science fiction"
"Lin Carter Linwood Vrooman Carter (June 9, 1930 – February 7, 1988) was an American author of science fiction and fantasy, as well as an editor, poet and critic. He usually wrote as Lin Carter; known pseudonyms include H. P. Lowcraft (for an H. P. Lovecraft parody) and Grail Undwin. He is best known for his work in the 1970s as editor of the Ballantine Adult Fantasy series, which introduced readers to many overlooked classics of the fantasy genre. Carter was born in St. Petersburg, Florida. He was an avid reader of science fiction and fantasy in his youth, and"
"2015, two SpaceX autonomous spaceport drone ships—""Just Read the Instructions"" and ""Of Course I Still Love You""—were named after ships in the book, as a posthumous tribute to Banks by Elon Musk. ""Kirkus Reviews"" described it as ""Predictable, certainly, and less imaginative than ""[Consider] Phlebas"", but technically much more solid: honorably crafted work, often engrossing despite some sluggish patches."" The Player of Games The Player of Games is a science fiction novel by Scottish writer Iain M. Banks, first published in 1988. It was the second published Culture novel. A film version was planned by Pathé in the 1990s, but"
"Robert Markham Robert Markham is a pseudonym used by author Kingsley Amis to publish ""Colonel Sun"" in March 1968. The book was the first continuation James Bond novel following the death of Bond's creator, Ian Fleming. Following the death of Ian Fleming on 12 August 1964, the rights to the Bond novels were held by Glidrose Publications (now Ian Fleming Publications). After Glidrose released the remaining Fleming works—""The Man with the Golden Gun"" and ""Octopussy and The Living Daylights""—they decided to commission a sequel in order to retain rights in the Bond product. They chose Amis to write the first"
"South American cruise with his wife, Brown was admitted to a hospital in Argentina, where he died at the age of 78. James Cooke Brown Dr. James Cooke Brown (July 21, 1921 – February 13, 2000) was an American sociologist and science fiction author. He is notable for creating the artificial language Loglan and for designing the Parker Brothers board game ""Careers"". Brown's novel ""The Troika Incident"" (Doubleday, 1970) describes a worldwide free knowledge base similar to the Internet. The novel begins with the belief that the world is on the eve of self-destruction, but then it presents a world"
"a final Legion novel, ""The Queen of the Legion"". Giles Habibula reappears in this final novel, which is set after the disbanding of the Legion. An editor suggested that Williamson combine the ideas of contraterrene matter (antimatter) and asteroid mining, which inspired the Seetee (C-T) series of short stories written as Will Stewart. Jack Williamson John Stewart Williamson (April 29, 1908 – November 10, 2006), who wrote as Jack Williamson, was an American science fiction writer, often called the ""Dean of Science Fiction"" after the death of Robert Heinlein in 1988. Early in his career he sometimes used the pseudonyms"
"(1950) and ""The Decoy"" (1951). Edward S. Aarons Edward Sidney Aarons (1916 – June 16, 1975) was an American writer who authored more than 80 novels from 1936 until 1975. One of these was under the pseudonym ""Paul Ayres"" (Dead Heat), and 30 were written using the name ""Edward Ronns"". He also wrote numerous stories for detective magazines such as ""Detective Story Magazine"" and ""Scarab"". Among other works of fiction, Aarons is known for his spy thrillers, particularly his ""Assignment"" series, which are set all over the world and have been translated into 17 languages. The 42 novels in this"
"""Galaxy Science Fiction"", ""Imagination"", ""The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction"", ""Nebula Science Fiction"", ""New Worlds"", ""New Writings in SF"", and ""Worlds of Tomorrow"", among other periodicals. Ley died of a heart attack on 24 September 1968 in Worthing, Sussex, England. Arthur Sellings Arthur Sellings was the pseudonym of Arthur Gordon Ley, (31 May 1921, Tunbridge Wells, Kent, England – 24 September 1968, Worthing, Sussex, England) an English scientist, book and art dealer, and science fiction author. In addition to Sellings he also wrote under the pen names Ray Luther and Martin Luther. He is best known for his well-crafted"
"Hugh Zachary Hugh Zachary (January 12, 1928 - September 5, 2016). is an American novelist who has written science fiction novels under the pseudonyms Zach Hughes and Evan Innes (the latter for the America 2040 series). His other pseudonyms include Peter Kanto and Pablo Kane. He describes himself as ""the most published, underpaid and most unknown writer in the U.S."" Some of his novels appear to be set in a shared universe, one where Earth experiences a nuclear apocalypse shortly after launching a colonization fleet to settle new worlds among the stars. Zachary was born in Holdenville, Oklahoma on January"
"retirement for one final mission, but permission was not granted. Robert Markham Robert Markham is a pseudonym used by author Kingsley Amis to publish ""Colonel Sun"" in March 1968. The book was the first continuation James Bond novel following the death of Bond's creator, Ian Fleming. Following the death of Ian Fleming on 12 August 1964, the rights to the Bond novels were held by Glidrose Publications (now Ian Fleming Publications). After Glidrose released the remaining Fleming works—""The Man with the Golden Gun"" and ""Octopussy and The Living Daylights""—they decided to commission a sequel in order to retain rights in"
"Lauran Paine Lauran Bosworth Paine (born Lawrence Kerfman Duby Jr.; February 25, 1916 – December 1, 2001) was an American writer of Western fiction. Paine wrote over 1000 books, including hundreds of Westerns as well as romance, science fiction, and mystery novels. He also wrote a number of non-fiction books on the Old West, military history, witchcraft, and other subjects. Because his publishers only accepted a limited number of books under a single author's name, Paine adopted dozens of pseudonyms including Mark Carrel, John Kilgore, Clay Allen, A. A. Andrews, Dennis Archer, John Armour, Carter Ashby, Harry Beck, Will Benton,"
"of complications from a stroke. Lucius Shepard Lucius Shepard (August 21, 1943 – March 18, 2014) was an American writer. Classified as a science fiction and fantasy writer, he often leaned into other genres, such as magical realism. His work is infused with a political and historical sensibility and an awareness of literary antecedents. A native of Lynchburg, Virginia where he was born in 1943, Shepard's first short stories appeared in 1983, and his first novel, ""Green Eyes"", appeared in 1984. At the time, he was considered part of the cyberpunk movement. Shepard came to writing late, having first enjoyed"
"claims of a 2002 release date and a page count of 288. The book still makes appearances in lists of his works, including the bibliography in the ebooks of Bayley's works released by the Gollancz SF Gateway. Bayley used the pseudonyms P.F Woods, J. Barrington Bayley, Alan Aumbry, Michael Barrington, Simon Barclay, and John Diamond. Barrington J. Bayley Barrington J. Bayley (9 April 1937 – 14 October 2008) was an English science fiction writer. Bayley was born in Birmingham and educated in Newport, Shropshire. He worked a number of jobs before joining the Royal Air Force during 1955; his first"
"and 100 films. His works of fiction included some 500 novels and short stories. Hubbard ""published nearly 600 books, stories, and articles during his lifetime."" He sold over 23 million copies of fiction and 27 million copies of nonfiction. L. Ron Hubbard Lafayette Ronald Hubbard ( ; March 13, 1911 – January 24, 1986), often referred to by his initials LRH, was an American author and the founder of the Church of Scientology. After establishing a career as a writer of science fiction and fantasy stories, in 1950 he published a ""branch of self-help psychology"" called Dianetics. Hubbard subsequently developed"
"in the tank, self-identifying with the Lazy Gun and the destruction that it brings to everything it encounters. ""Against a Dark Background"" was rewritten from an original work of 1975. Banks said that it was the last of his old material that he had to rewrite. Banks wrote an epilogue to the book that did not appear with the published text, but is available separately online. ""Against a Dark Background"", Iain M. Banks, London: Orbit, 1993, (UK) (US) Against a Dark Background Against a Dark Background is a science fiction novel by Scottish writer Iain M. Banks, first published in"
"and Wellspring. Ian Ballantine was 79 when he died of a heart attack in 1995. The speakers at his May 12, 1995, memorial service included Bantam Books publisher Irwyn Applebaum, Ballantine Books vice president George Davidson and Penguin Group chief executive Peter Mayer. Ian Ballantine Ian Keith Ballantine (February 15, 1916 – March 9, 1995) was a pioneering American publisher who founded and published the paperback line of Ballantine Books from 1952 to 1974 with his wife, Betty Ballantine. The Ballantines were both inducted by the Science Fiction Hall of Fame in 2008, with a shared citation. Born in New"
"with his wife of sixteen years, Madeline Gleich, and Katherine (1992) with Toni Weisskopf. He apparently had a premonition of his own death and suffered a massive bilateral thalamus stroke on June 12, 2006. He died on June 28 at Raleigh, North Carolina, without again regaining consciousness. Jim Baen James Patrick Baen (| beɪn |; October 22, 1943 – June 28, 2006) was a U.S. science fiction publisher and editor. In 1983, he founded his own publishing house, Baen Books, specializing in the adventure, fantasy, military science fiction, and space opera genres. Baen also founded the video game publisher, Baen"