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A Dribble of Ink: An Aside | Iain M. Banks hitting the Silver Screen
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http://tinyurl.com/ykn8hb8 - about time Iain M Banks made it to film, he is a genius. Hope the Wasp Factory makes it to film soon as well. 11 days ago |
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Iain Banks' Culture hits silver screen - (nervous) excitement! http://tinyurl.com/ykn8hb8 10/26/2009 |
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@Gobsmackedwrath !!!!!!! RT @scifirules: Iain M. Bank's Culture stories headed to the big screen (!) #scifi http://bit.ly/2IR4PY 10/25/2009 |
How Will Iain M. Banks' Culture Translate To The Big Screen? [Iain M. Banks]
io9 —
... Signal complains in its review of the anthology that Wrobik's dilemma "probably could have had a more satisfying resolution." This film could be utterly fascinating, if they keep both the same-sex relationship and the fact that Wrobik used to be a woman. And even a few big-screen glimpses of life inside a General Systems Vehicle would be amazing. I just hope our first (and probably only) cinematic look at the Culture doesn't turn out to be a waste. [Screen Daily via Slashfilm via SF Signal]
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Iain M. Banks' Culture (Finally) Heads to the Big Screen
SF Signal —
...but not adapted from the story you might think...
SlashFilm reports (via ScreenDaily) that an Iain M. Banks Culture story is headed for the big screen. That story is the short fiction piece "A Gift from the Culture" in which a female member of the Culture, now re-gendered and living among humans as one of them, is asked to commit an act of terrorism to cover some gambling debts.
It's a great story (see my review here) and while it may not be based on one of the more widely-known Culture books, I ...
An Aside | Iain M. Banks hitting the Silver Screen
A Dribble of Ink —
/Film, reporting on an original article by Screendaily, brings new that Iain M. Banks, and his well known Culture universe, will be coming soon to theatres near you (maybe, it [i]is[/i] Hollywood, afterall….): ...
News | Iain M Banks' Culture coming to the Big Screen
Walker of Worlds —
... where it's reveals that Iain M Banks' Culture will be coming to the big screen in the form of one of his short stories, A Gift from the Culture. I must admit to not having read any of the Culture books but I'm very interested to see where this goes from here. Head over to the SlashFilm website to read the full story. ...
'A Gift From the Culture' Set for the Big Screen?
Iain Banks —
... on holiday, hence the late posting here - apologies for that to everyone who came looking for a timely update and didn't find one...) is about the prospect of a film adaptation of the short story 'A Gift From the Culture', which was first published in issue #20 of Interzone, the UK's longest-running science fiction magazine, and is more readily available in the Iain M collection The State of the Art.
Various websites carry versions of the news: www.slashfilm.com, screendaily.com and hollywoodreporter.com included. At the ...
