Use of Weapons
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Use of Weapons is a science fiction novel by Scottish writer Iain M. Banks, first published in 1990. It is the third novel in the Culture series.
Early Orbit edition cover
The State of the Art
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The State of the Art was initially a novella by Scottish writer Iain M. Banks, first published in 1989, and then a short story collection first published in the UK by Orbit in 1991. The collection inc
Use of Weapons
…Banks' Surface Detail, in which Zakalwe also appears under an alias. Banks' The State of the Art, in which Diziet Sma and the drone Skaffen-Amtiskaw are two of the main characters in the novella that lent its title to the story collection. Use of…
First edition of novella