In a series for the BBC News website, Celebrities and news-makers are grilled by Matthew Stadlen in precisely five minutes. In this video, Matt talks to Iain M Banks.
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@john62035 жыл бұрын
Gone way before his time. Thank you sir for your wonderful books.
@zeeiremonger92017 жыл бұрын
I miss you
@GoodOlTimesOnlyGayer6 жыл бұрын
A sad loss of the man, and the many more words he could have written.
@KitchenSinkSoup4 жыл бұрын
miss you too
@lorenzo6mm4 жыл бұрын
The Greatest Science Fiction writer of the them all. Ian M Banks. Thank you for a brilliant version of AI and advanced civilizations totally within the realm of REALITY !
@tchrapko8 ай бұрын
The Culture is the future that I want most for humanity.
@kookiespace2 жыл бұрын
He died on my birthday in 2013. I really miss him
@JOlivier20114 жыл бұрын
Just started The Culture. It's astounding that books written in the 80's can feel so damn modern....can't wait to see how the series progresses.
@SilentSwitchblade4 жыл бұрын
How far did you get?
@JOlivier20114 жыл бұрын
@@SilentSwitchblade currently up to use of weapons, taking a break from series, will finish at later time. Currently on a fantasy kick
@SilentSwitchblade4 жыл бұрын
MostToasties I’m reading Inversions, it’s a mix of fantasy and sci-fi I would say.
@victorymansions3 жыл бұрын
@@JOlivier2011 Surface Detail really blew my mind, theres an awful concept based around hell that absolutely terrified me.
@digitalcommunist63352 жыл бұрын
@@victorymansions Excession is best…..
@zaphhood47455 жыл бұрын
I live in a world where there will be no new Culture books. Why God?
@zaphhood47453 жыл бұрын
@App User Good suggestion. Thanks.
@CurtHowland4 ай бұрын
Because without that author, it wouldn't be worth reading.
@sock28286 жыл бұрын
He really was an extremely articulate and entertaining person.
@satoshinakamoto72532 жыл бұрын
he was a writer..
@Powerphail Жыл бұрын
@@satoshinakamoto7253 Not all are articulate or entertaining!
@jamesconnell15312 жыл бұрын
I met Mr Banks at a talk he done on the Hydrogen Sonata and he was a gentleman. After the talk we spoke for almost an hour at the Byre theatre St Andrews where we spoke about power tools ( im a joiner to trade and use Hilti Iain preferred Dewalt but assured me he would definitely check the Hilti catalogue) and the fact that he could batter Irvine Welsh if they ever came to blows literary and physically cause he wrote the Wasp Factory and Irvine hadn't. Absolutely fuckin mental this was about 6 months before his death the morning i heard he had passed i cried
@denis888red4 жыл бұрын
5 minutes. Mmm. It's a quirky idea....but....you can't begin to scratch the j in justice in interviewing someone as sharp, intellectual and more importantly, wonderful as Iain Banks ;) If you haven't read him; what are you waiting for? Personal suggestion? 'The Crow Road'. Thanks for the memories Iain. Rest in peace my friend x
@tobyglyn5 жыл бұрын
An astonishingly inventive author, so sad he left so soon :(
@RossSavill3 жыл бұрын
Probably my favourite interview ever. He's just so nice and down to earth!
@daveloboda17692 жыл бұрын
Of all the universes that I've been involved with over the years, The Culture is the most fascinating. Thank you Mr Banks.
@Chazie_ Жыл бұрын
Such a shame this brilliant man died so young…without a shadow of a doubt the finest science fiction writer that ever picked up a pen r.I.p Iain
@jamesschott28704 жыл бұрын
SOOOO miss you IAIN ----SOOOO much man---never be another Culture novel, so much LOSS!!!!!
@chousaru4 жыл бұрын
I met him at a book signing (feersum endjinn), a lovely chap. In truth one of my 2 goto authors and a great sorrow that he is no longer with us. I am rereading Consider Phlebas right now. How this hasn't been moviefied along with the rest I just do not understand... Simply the best scifi ever written. Excession is my favourite if anyone cares, the ship speak is just fantastic.
@victorymansions3 жыл бұрын
The Usual But Etymologically Unsatisfactory
@tacticalgrace6456 Жыл бұрын
I’d love to see his Culture novels in movie format but I’d be equally terrified they’d Fuck it up. Like instead of getting someone sensible like Ridley Scott or Christopher Nolan or Denis Villeneuve or even James Cameron, they got a James Wong or a Uwe Boll or for some freakish reason a Tommy Wiseau. Although in an alternate world would interested to see what Tommy Wiseau would do with it if they gave him $200million
@TomDestry7 ай бұрын
"How this hasn't been moviefied" - his estate are mostly against it. Dennis Kelly, who was adapting Consider Phlebas for Amazon says the project was cancelled because the estate didn't want it.
@chousaru7 ай бұрын
@@victorymansions The ship names are just fantastic.
@chousaru7 ай бұрын
@@TomDestry That is a real shame. Someone talk some sense into them! ;)
@halberderdier80734 ай бұрын
Greatly interview, Greatl writer. I love all the ships' names especially in the culture novels.
@lachlanwelsh58803 жыл бұрын
Great answer to why SF is important. Not that that surprises me whatsoever.
@Peter-ud9bx2 жыл бұрын
That was brilliant. Ian M Banks was excellent and also the format and the questions were very good.
@nhennessy6434 Жыл бұрын
A phenomenal talent. Read Consider Phlebas right around the time of his death and followed it up with The Wasp Factory. Knew right away the world lost one of its greatest authors. Only lived to be 59. A terrible shame. He could have given us so much more, guess we'll just have to be grateful for what we have from him, which, fortunately, is a lot.
@Mclovin1UK4 ай бұрын
You know Ian did some theatre interviews around the uk a long while back. Would’ve been good if one was filmed.
@banimibo-oforijack15923 жыл бұрын
Espedair Street has got me rolling ever since.
@SteveHamiltonMusic2 жыл бұрын
One day, maybe in the far future people will actually get the true genius of Iain M Banks. Seems like now is not quite that time yet...
@nurseattack82892 жыл бұрын
He's such a nice guy! I love his books so much more just seeing how he behaves and carries himself.
@graemebrumfitt66683 жыл бұрын
Amazing writer :) TFS, GB :)
@tacticalgrace6456 Жыл бұрын
I still haven’t been able to start reading my copy of The Hydrogen Sonata because I know it’ll be the last new Iain M. Banks I’ll be able to. 😢 His creation of The Culture makes him a hero.
@timgallagher1041 Жыл бұрын
My favorite author- quite sad we have lost this literary icon
@mayamagination7 ай бұрын
AMAZING questions
@chrispink58144 жыл бұрын
Such a shame this video only has 15 comments
@liammcooper Жыл бұрын
great interview
@SomeGuy-mu9mt Жыл бұрын
I loved him so much.
@largemarge16032 жыл бұрын
Got here from Virtual Mirage.
@taka-taktak Жыл бұрын
He died too soon. RIP.
@chemistryset14 жыл бұрын
how beautifully sad.
@richardhall5489 Жыл бұрын
Well....he wasn't really "grilled" was he? Nice friendly interview. ....as it should be.
@carnsoaks13 жыл бұрын
"I love this man!" POTUS of Rick Sanchez
@StPete.308 Жыл бұрын
A quick look at Banks, not long before he died. This interviewer seemed to know very little about Banks.
@CurtHowland4 ай бұрын
I enjoy how his books belie his own attempt to rationalize communism. Almost like it doesn't work even in fiction.
@hellbenthornball11535 жыл бұрын
Andrew Colville. Scottish. You couldn't tell? The entire interview pointed to him being Scottish. Irish...jeez.
@simonwild4284 жыл бұрын
What a wasted opportunity... 5 minutes of uninformed puerile amateur questions