Dead Air

[Captain_Snort]

donno if anyone reads Iain Banks here, but I have been told his latest novel 'Dead Air' is unavailable in the US?

Is this true, could some kind soul go and check for me?

It is not very complimentry of the US in content, but I would like to know

[LucyR]

Have no idea. Just wanted to say 'The Wasp Factory' was brilliant.

[arcticpenguin]

Well he certainly could have picked a more creative title: http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/search-handle-form/104-0228967-7085545

Amazon lists a downloadable version: http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B00007FYKW/qid=1063423855/sr=1-1/ref=sr_1_1/104-0228967-7085545?v=glance&s=books
and a hardcover version, "used & new" (?):
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0356232700/ref=lpr_g_1/104-0228967-7085545?v=glance&s=ebooks

[Captain_Snort]

Originally posted by LucyR
Have no idea. Just wanted to say 'The Wasp Factory' was brilliant.

The Wasp Factory is sick and perverse

but yes, brilliant

[Agammamon]

It's available from Amazon as an E-book. You shouldn't read anything into Bank's novels not being published in the US. His books are rarely published here and even when they are they aren't available for long. Most of his books that i've got I picked up in Singapore or Greece.

[Bikewer]

I have only read Feersum Endjun, but I was greatly impressed.

Havn't had time to get any of his others, but a SciFi board I'm on maintains that the above title was one of his weaker efforts. Gotta give him a more extensive read.

[Wudang]

Some of Iain's books (both SF and non-SF) have been brilliant. The Bridge is sheer brilliance. Espedair Street has probably the best realized character I've come across. Use of Weapons and Player of Games are two of the best SF books out.
However his later books don't keep the standard. Song of Stone is awful. The Business mundane. Inversions was okay but I think the central point's been made better by Delany. YMMV.