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 M. Banks was a Scottish author who wrote mainstream fiction under Iain Banks and science‑fiction as Iain M. Banks, with his books adapted for theatre, radio and television.
About Iain M. Banks
In 2008 The Times listed him among the 50 greatest British writers since 1945.
