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}} Iain Banks (16 February 1954 – 9 June 2013) was a Scottish author. He wrote mainstream fiction under the name Iain Banks and science fiction as Iain M. Banks, including the initial of his adopted middle name Menzies (). Following the publication and success of ''The Wasp Factory'' (1984), Banks began to write on a full-time basis. His first science fiction book, ''Consider Phlebas'', was released in 1987, marking the start of the popular ''The Culture'' series. 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".〔 In April 2013, Banks announced that he had inoperable cancer and was unlikely to live beyond a year.〔 He died on 9 June 2013. ==Early life== Banks was born in Dunfermline, Fife, to a mother who was a professional ice skater and a father who was an officer in the Admiralty. An only child, Banks lived in North Queensferry until the age of nine, near the naval dockyards in Rosyth where his father was based.〔〔 Banks's family then moved to Gourock due to the requirements of his father's work.〔 When someone introduced him to science fiction by giving him ''Kemlo and the Zones of Silence'', a book in the Kemlo series, he continued reading it which made him want to write science fiction himself.〔(The Banksoniain #19 - eFanzines.com )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Interview: Iain (M) Banks - What's in an M? )〕 After attending Gourock and Greenock High Schools, Banks studied English, philosophy and psychology at the University of Stirling (1972–1975).〔〔 Following graduation Banks chose a succession of jobs that left him free to write in the evenings. These posts supported his writing throughout his twenties and allowed him to take long breaks between contracts, during which time he travelled through Europe and North America. He was an expediter analyser for IBM, a technician (for British Steel) and a costing clerk for a Chancery Lane, London, law firm during this period of his life.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Iain Banks」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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