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Originally Posted by poohbear_nc
He writes under both forms of his name - one form is for the fantasy & the other for "hard" sci fi if I remember arightly. This can fubar trying to search for his books depending on how the browser/search engine handles the difference of the "M".
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I like Banks' science fiction, but it is no way "hard". The Culture Novels are part Space Opera, part Social Sci-Fi, but they are never particularly concerned with making things plausible according to the rules of science (The hallmark of hard science fiction).
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Bill