![]() One eccentric individual galvanizes thousands of others to build a massive complex of pylons linked by cable-cars. There's a lovely example of this mental experiment in Look to Windward. In Look to Windward Banks' even imagines the boredom of those living in a society without exploitation, conflict, poverty and oppression. ![]() Everything, from sexuality and language, is up for grabs.īy setting the bulk of his stories in a society that has left the inequality and oppression of capitalism far behind, and replaced it with the joyous utopia that results from a society (the Culture) were resources are managed in the interests of all, Banks' is free to explore what things might be like. Banks' loves playing around with his imagination. ![]() ![]() His science fiction, and Look to Windward is a beautiful example, is full of experiment. Re-reading some of Iain Banks' works I'm constantly reminded how much we have lost with his untimely death. ![]()
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