Blogs about: Iain Banks

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Monochrome (as clear as black & white): A Top Ten List4 comments

Rory wrote 3 hours ago: In case you haven’t noticed, I happen to like black & white. My blog design is black and w … more →

Tags: Books 2, Lists, Black & White Book Covers, Book covers, Cormac Mccarthy, minimalist book covers, Sylvia Plath, Top Ten List, Top Ten Tuesday

Everyone's Writing Cancer Blogs 2 comments

pinkyandperky wrote 1 day ago:   My daughter forwarded me a Guardian article about cancer blogs. It forefronted two writers: I … more →

Tags: cancer blogs, Matilda Tristram, John Diamond, Daniel Deronda, George Eliot, Hillel, Ecclesiasticus 44, i am that i am

100 sci fi women #78: Vyr Cossont

Melissa wrote 3 days ago: Following the announcement in April by Iain Banks that he has terminal cancer, it would seem that Vy … more →

Tags: Books, 100 sci fi women, Iain M. Banks, Science Fiction, The Hydrogen Sonata, Vyr Cossont

Jaundiced Outlook

stumpthetump wrote 4 days ago: So another one of the (very early) NaPoWriMo prompts was to write a poem with the title of one of Ia … more →

Tags: spaceship

Memory Banks

sesameseed wrote 4 days ago: I’ve been very intermittent lately I know. Sorry… Anyhoo… I started reading a new … more →

Tags: Everyday nonsense, sesame.seed, Fiction, Literature, death, Scotland, Science Fiction, Iain M. Banks, The Culture

Walking On Glass by Iain Banks (book review)

firewhiskey221 wrote 5 days ago:   Walking on Glass (Photo credit: Wikipedia)   This is one hell of a weird book, great but … more →

Tags: Book Review, Walking on Glass

Day 11: Book love

Ross wrote 1 week ago: Let’s all have a look at what I’ve got on my Kindle at the moment! A load of boring Game … more →

Tags: Month of Endless Blog Hell, Hilary Mantel, Books, Artemis Fowl, A Song of Ice and Fire, The Crow Road, The Song of Achilles, Madeline Miller

'Big Bang' de Hawking a Israel

mashreqiyeh wrote 1 week ago: Joan Cañete Bayle escriu avui a El Periódico: La decisión de Stephen Hawking de boicotear un acto ac … more →

Tags: فـلسطـين, photos, activism, BD's, Haaretz, Israel, the guardian, Joan Cañete, Ariel

The Writer's Legacy.6 comments

Debbie Johansson wrote 2 weeks ago: My Classic Bookshelf. Recently, the world heard of the sad news that author Iain Banks has only mont … more →

Tags: writing, Books, Debbie Johansson, Books 2, Writing #2, readers, kristen lamb, Legacy

Update 5 - 17.04.13

Andrew wrote 1 month ago: Just started reading Iain Banks, here’s an Idiran: Paraplegic and walking: Faceswap – wh … more →

Tags: Daily Dose, Daria, Gun Control, man of steel 3, catching fire, Tomb Raider, Face Swap, idiran

Banks and Turns and Mood Swings

Chris wrote 1 month ago: So far, The Wasp Factory by Iain Banks is the most depraved, nasty, twisted, disturbing, horrible, p … more →

Tags: Autism, Blogging, Life, Charity work, Publishing

Iain Banks and the Nocebo2 comments

Jonathan Chamberlain wrote 1 month ago: Mr Iain Banks and the Nocebo A week ago, the novelist Iain Banks announced he had terminal cancer an … more →

Tags: Cancer Perspectives, Cancer, Cancer Cure, PLACEBO, nocebo, Hope for Cancer

Last Man Standing2 comments

Sumeet wrote 1 month ago: X is a philosophical idea concerning the existence of oneself. It is quite wacky to say the least an … more →

Tags: Questions, Philosophy, Science Fiction

Banks, mourant, cible l'Israël

rogerwalker2013 wrote 1 month ago: BDS (Boycott, Désinvestissement & Sanctions) est un mouvement citoyen comparable en tous points … more →

Tags: French, israel bds, Palestinian People, Israel, Israel Defense Forces, middle east, Gaza War, Boycott, Palestine

Margolyes & Barghouti: Iain Banks and the BDS Movement1 comment

iajv99 wrote 1 month ago: Defending BDS by Miriam Margolyes and Omar Barghouti _______________________________________________ … more →

Tags: Israel/Palestine, BD's, Israel boycott, Israel cultural boycott

Haibun Takes on NaPoWriMo2 comments

claudsy wrote 1 month ago: NaPoWriMo Day 13—Take a walk and make notes along the way to incorporate into the poem. Moments (a H … more →

Tags: Conservatory, Poetry, water, Biology, National Poetry Writing Month, Medusa, dendrology, Botany

Defending BDS - a guest post by Miriam Margolyes and Omar Barghouti 2 comments

plutopress wrote 1 month ago: An exclusive guest post by Miriam Margolyes and Omar Barghouti reflecting on Iain Banks and the Boyc … more →

Tags: News, Pluto Press, Israel-Palestine, middle east, Social Movements, activism, Social Justice, international law, Israel/Palestine

The Decline of Irvine Welsh

bucketoftongues wrote 1 month ago: I am currently reading Skagboys, the much-anticipated (in certain households at least) prequel to Tr … more →

Tags: Books, Irvine Welsh, James Kelman, James Joyce, William McIllvanney, Guns n Roses, Gary Numan, American Psycho, Stephen King

關於死亡 about death

helyip wrote 1 month ago: 生與死,恒常世事。參想不來。 近日,一連看到兩位西方人士的文章,寫到他們面對死亡。讓我心內徊轉。 一位是剛去世不久的經典影評人roger ebert。另一位是蘇格蘭作家 iain banks。 lif … more →

Tags: Read, Van Gogh, death, Life, Roger Ebert


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