Date: Sat, 09 Jul 2011 14:32:51 -0400
From: "Michael Walsh" <MJW at press.jhu.edu>
To: "WSFA members" <WSFAlist at KeithLynch.net>, <wsfa-forum at yahoogroups.com>
Subject: [WSFA] Re: Live webchat: Iain Banks
Reply-To: WSFA members <WSFAlist at KeithLynch.net>

I think it would be more amusing to have Iain M. Banks and Iain Banks =
interview each other.

mjw

>>> mark <whitroth at 5-cent.us> 7/8/2011 7:58 AM >>>
Excerpt:
The author will be joining us for a live webchat on Friday 8 July
between 1 and 2pm. Post your questions now

When we asked you whom you'd like to see more of on the site, one of =
the
names that came up over and over was Iain Banks. And who are we to
argue? Named by the Times as one of the 50 greatest British writers
since 1945, his first novel, 1984's The Wasp Factory, established him =
as
a fresh and remarkable voice in literary fiction. He continued to
publish literary novels to great acclaim, but also, in 1987, ventured
into SF with Consider Phlebas, his first novel on interstellar society
the Culture, written under the name Iain M Banks. His 2004 SF novel, =
The
Algebraist, was shortlisted for the Hugo award for best novel.
--- end excerpt ---

<http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/booksblog/2011/jul/06/live-webchat-iain-ba=
nks>

mark

--
An answer to gun nuts (2):"Have you ever been in a pub where everyone
goes armed? Oh, things are a little polite at first, ... then some =
twerp
drinks out of the wrong mug or picks up someone else's change by mistake =

and five minutes later you're picking noses out of the beer nuts-" -
Commander Vimes "Jingo", Terry Pratchett