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...and I confess that, like a child, I cry. Ah, self-pity; I think we are at our most honest and sincere when we feel sorry for ourselves.
Iain BanksAfter doing extensive research, I can definitely tell you that single malt whiskies are good to drink.
Iain BanksOh, they never lie. They dissemble, evade, prevaricate, confound, confuse, distract, obscure, subtly misrepresent and willfully misunderstand with what often appears to be a positively gleeful relish and are generally perfectly capable of contriving to give one an utterly unambiguous impression of their future course of action while in fact intending to do exactly the opposite, but they never lie. Perish the thought.
Iain Banks