6/1/2023 0 Comments Poems by Iain BanksIn protest he cut up his passport and posted it to 10 Downing Street. In late 2004, Banks was a prominent member of a group of British politicians and media figures who campaigned to have Prime Minister Tony Blair impeached following the 2003 invasion of Iraq. He was a signatory to the Declaration of Calton Hill, which calls for Scottish independence. The argument that an economy of abundance renders anarchy and adhocracy viable (or even inevitable) attracts many as an interesting potential experiment, were it ever to become testable. He lived most recently in North Queensferry, a town on the north side of the Firth of Forth near the Forth Bridge and the Forth Road Bridge.Īs with his friend Ken MacLeod (another Scottish writer of technical and social science fiction) a strong awareness of left-wing history shows in his writings. However, he announced in early 2007 that, after 25 years together, they had separated. He moved to London and lived in the south of England until 1988 when he returned to Scotland, living in Edinburgh and then Fife.īanks met his wife Annie in London, before the release of his first book. Iain Banks was educated at the University of Stirling where he studied English Literature, Philosophy and Psychology. Banks.īanks's father was an officer in the Admiralty and his mother was once a professional ice skater. This author also published science fiction under the pseudonym Iain M.
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