The Culture : Orbit : 9780356519425 : 0356519422 : 07 Nov 2023 : ***WINNER OF THE LOCUS AWARD FOR BEST ILLUSTRATED AND ART BOOK*** This extraordinary collection celebrates the dazzling worldbuilding of Iain M. Banks, one of the most important and influential writers in modern science fiction. Faithfully reproduced from notebooks he kept in the 1970s and 80s, these annotated original illustrations depict the ships, habitats, geography, weapons and language of Banks' Culture series of novels in incredible detail. 'Superb - well worth it for the hardcore fans. This is an incredibly well put-together collection of drawings, diagrams, notes and schematics from one of the all-time greats of science fiction and space opera. This book looks absolutely stunning and the quality is extraordinarily high. It was well worth the wait' Waterstones bookseller review 'The Culture: The Drawings pulls together his art work for the first time, and it's clear he was a very good draughtsman. Maps of alie