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gptkbp:instance_of
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gptkb:Author
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gptkbp:active_years
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1984-2013
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gptkbp:active_years_end
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gptkb:2013
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gptkbp:active_years_start
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gptkb:1984
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gptkbp:adaptation
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gptkb:The_Wasp_Factory_(film)
Consider Phlebas (film adaptation in development)
The Player of Games (film adaptation in development)
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gptkbp:award
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gptkb:Hugo_Award
gptkb:Arthur_C._Clarke_Award
gptkb:BSFA_Award
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gptkbp:awards
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gptkb:Hugo_Award
gptkb:John_W._Campbell_Memorial_Award
gptkb:Locus_Award
gptkb:BSFA_Award
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gptkbp:birth_date
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1954-02-16
February 16, 1954
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gptkbp:birth_place
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gptkb:Dunfermline,_Scotland
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gptkbp:children
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gptkb:1
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gptkbp:death_date
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2013-06-09
June 9, 2013
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gptkbp:education
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gptkb:University_of_Stirling
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gptkbp:first_published
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gptkb:The_Wasp_Factory
gptkb:The_Quarry
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gptkbp:genre
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gptkb:science_fiction
literary fiction
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https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
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Iain M. Banks
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gptkbp:influenced
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gptkb:Alastair_Reynolds
video game design
contemporary science fiction authors
television science fiction
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gptkbp:influenced_by
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gptkb:Ursula_K._Le_Guin
gptkb:Isaac_Asimov
gptkb:Philip_K._Dick
gptkb:Arthur_C._Clarke
gptkb:J._G._Ballard
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gptkbp:involved_in
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Political commentary
Literary activism
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gptkbp:known_for
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gptkb:science_fiction
gptkb:The_Culture_universe
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gptkbp:language
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English
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gptkbp:name
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gptkb:Iain_Banks
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gptkbp:nationality
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Scottish
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gptkbp:notable_character
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gptkb:The_Accidental_Time_Machine
gptkb:The_Algebraist
gptkb:The_Bridge
gptkb:Consider_Phlebas
gptkb:The_Hydrogen_Sonata
gptkb:Cheradenine_Zakalwe
gptkb:Dead_Air
gptkb:Stonemouth
gptkb:Surface_Detail
gptkb:The_Crow_Road
gptkb:The_Culture's_Minds
gptkb:The_Player_of_Games
gptkb:The_Steep_Approach_to_Garbadale
gptkb:The_Use_of_Weapons
gptkb:The_Quarry
Zakalwe
The Business
Complicity
Galgos
The State of the Art
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gptkbp:notable_themes
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cultural diversity
exploration and discovery
war and conflict
technology and society
morality and ethics
politics and power
philosophy and existentialism
post-scarcity society
AI and consciousness
humanity and identity
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gptkbp:notable_work
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gptkb:Consider_Phlebas
gptkb:The_Hydrogen_Sonata
gptkb:The_Culture_series
gptkb:The_Player_of_Games
gptkb:The_Wasp_Factory
gptkb:Excession
gptkb:Use_of_Weapons
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gptkbp:occupation
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gptkb:Screenwriter
gptkb:essayist
gptkb:Novelist
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gptkbp:place_of_birth
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gptkb:Dunfermline,_Scotland
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gptkbp:place_of_death
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gptkb:Edinburgh,_Scotland
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gptkbp:spouse
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gptkb:Annie_Banks
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gptkbp:website
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iain-banks.com
iain-banks.net
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gptkbp:wrote
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gptkb:The_Algebraist
gptkb:political_movement
gptkb:The_Bridge
gptkb:Consider_Phlebas
gptkb:Look_to_Windward
gptkb:The_Hydrogen_Sonata
gptkb:Dead_Air
gptkb:Stonemouth
gptkb:Surface_Detail
gptkb:The_Crow_Road
gptkb:The_Culture_series
gptkb:The_Dark_Side_of_the_Moon
gptkb:The_Player_of_Games
gptkb:The_Steep_Approach_to_Garbadale
gptkb:The_Use_of_Weapons
gptkb:The_Wasp_Factory
gptkb:The_Quarry
gptkb:Excession
gptkb:Use_of_Weapons
gptkb:A_Song_of_Stone
gptkb:The_Simoqin_Prophecies
gptkb:Mattermost
The Business
Complicity
The State of the Art
The Culture novels
Against a Dark Background
Feersum Endjinn
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gptkbp:bfsParent
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gptkb:Retro-Hugo_Award
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gptkbp:bfsLayer
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3
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