Iain M. Banks notes how a child’s face can shift from peach to beetroot in an instant, and he jokes about primitive attitudes toward gender. He writes that societies repeat patterns until new generations replace old ones, and that the universe never promises a simple plateau for any species.
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Iain Menzies Banks was a Scottish author, writing mainstream fiction as Iain Banks and science fiction as Iain M. Banks. His books have been adapted for theatre, radio, and television. In 2008, The Times named Banks in their list of the 50 greatest British writers since 1945.
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