Nominee · Locus Awards 1990
The State of the Art
by Iain Banks
1989 novella by Iain M. Banks
The first ever collection of Iain Banks’s short fiction, this volume includes the acclaimed novella, The State of the Art. This is a striking addition to the growing body of Culture lore, and adds definition and scale to the previous works by using the Earth of 1977 as contrast. The other stories in the collection range from science fiction to horror, dark-coated fantasy to morality tale.
Synopsis from Open Library.
- Language
- English
- Genre
- science fiction
Locus Awards 1990
See all →Carrion Comfort
WinnerDogwalker
WinnerHyperion
WinnerOrbital Decay
WinnerPatterns
WinnerPrentice Alvin
WinnerThe Father of Stones
WinnerThe Year's Best Science Fiction: Sixth Annual Collection
Winner"Yore Skin's Jes's Soft 'N Purty..." He Said. (Page 243)
1989 Annual World's Best SF
A Child Across the Sky
A Dozen Tough Jobs
A Fire in the Sun
A Heroine of the World
A Sad Last Love at the Diner of the Damned
A Sleep and a Forgetting
A Talent for War
A Touch of Lavender
Abe Lincoln in McDonald's
After Sundown
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Other Locus Awards winners
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WinnerThe Everlasting
WinnerThe River Has Roots
WinnerWe Begin Where Infinity Ends
WinnerWe Will Rise Again
WinnerA Sorceress Comes to Call
WinnerBury Your Gays
WinnerBy Salt, By Sea, By Light of Stars
WinnerLake of Souls
WinnerMoonstorm
WinnerSomeone You Can Build a Nest In
WinnerThe Black Girl Survives in This One
WinnerThe Man Who Saw Seconds
WinnerWhat Feasts at Night
WinnerWhy Don't We Just Kill the Kid In the Omelas Hole
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