a space opera novel by Scottish writer Iain M. Banks

Consider Phlebas, first published in 1987, is a space opera novel by Scottish writer Iain M. Banks.

Iain Banks

Iain Banks' Consider Phlebas and Alastair Reynolds' Redemption Ark.

the 1st novel of Scottish writer Iain M. Banks in the science-fiction genre

Consider Phlebas was the 1st novel of Scottish writer Iain M. Banks in the science-fiction genre.

under the name Iain M. Banks

Consider Phlebas, the Idirans's first science fiction novel, was published under the name Iain M. Banks in 1987 and began the Idirans's celebrated ten-book Culture series.

the first Iain M. Banks novel set in The Culture

Consider Phlebas is the first Iain M. Banks novel set in The Culture.

the first book of the Culture series (, , ten volumes in total, I believe)one of the most beloved sci-fi book series ever, written by the late great Iain M. Banksfeel free to confuse the late great Iain M. Banks with the equally late and great Iain Banks, who is indeed the same writer but is described as a “literary novelist” and wrote mainstream non-sci-fi books

Consider Phlebas is the first book of the Culture series (ten volumes in total, I believe), one of the most beloved sci-fi book series ever, written by the late great Iain M. Banks, feel free to confuse the late great Iain M. Banks with the equally late and great Iain Banks, who is indeed the same writer but is described as a “literary novelist” and wrote mainstream non-sci-fi books.

by Scottish author, Iain M. Banks

Anyway, the book is Consider Phlebas by Scottish author, Iain M. Banks.

a novel by Iain M. Banks, named after Eliot’s poem

The Waste Land, part IV Consider Phlebas, a novel by Iain M. Banks, named after Eliot’s poem

Iain M. Banks' sci-fi adventure novel Consider Phlebas to series television

Amazon Studios continues Amazon Studios's push into epic, big scope series programming, securing global rights to bring Iain M. Banks' sci-fi adventure novel Consider Phlebas to series television.

the first of two books from Iain M. Banks that I picked up after learning that the SpaceX autonomous spaceport drone ships are named after spaceships in Iain M. Banks's Culture series

Consider Phlebas is the first of two books from Iain M. Banks that I picked up after learning that the SpaceX autonomous spaceport drone ships are named after spaceships in Iain M. Banks's Culture series.

by Iain M. Banks, which comes from a line in T. S. Eliot's The Waste Land

An example (which doesn't count towards the five, but which is a fairly mahoosive clue to another possible answer): Consider Phlebas, by Iain M. Banks, which comes from a line in T. S. Eliot's The Waste Land.

the first of two books from Iain M. Banks that I picked up after learning that the SpaceX autonomous spaceport drone ships are named after spaceships in his Culture series

Consider Phlebas is the first of two books from Iain M. Banks that I picked up after learning that the SpaceX autonomous spaceport drone ships are named after spaceships in his Culture series.

the first one written (though to re-read Iain M. Banks

Consider Phlebas is the first one written (though to re-read Iain M. Banks

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(Last and First Men or The Star Maker), Philip K. Dick (Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? or The Man in the High Castle), Iain M. Banks (Consider Phlebas), John Wyndham, (The Crysalids), Edward Bulwer-Lytton (The Coming Race), or George Orwell (1984), and maybe even Jonathan Swift (Gulliver's Travels) or François Rabelais (Gargantua and Pantagruel).

the ship in Iain M. Banks' novel

Just last night, I named a star system 'Wiedlin' after Jane Wiedlin from The Go-Go's; there's an NPC named Nik Kershaw who is the captain of a ship called the Human Racing; The PCs' ship is named 'Clear Air Turbulence', after the ship in Iain M. Banks' novel Consider Phlebas (the ship apparently is named after a jazz-fusion album, so the ship has a larcenous pedigree already); I have a plan to name a ship, somewhere, after a Missing Persons album.

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REVIEW|, Mike Resnick’s Starship series, Orson Scott Card, Theodore Sturgeon, Alastair Reynolds, Hard SF, Pandora’s Star and Judas Unchained by Peter F. Hamilton, Consider Phlebas by Iain M. Banks, The Space Opera Renaissance edited by David G. Hartwell and Kathryn Cramer, The New Space Opera 2 edited by Gardner Dozois and Jonathan Strahan, Isaac Asimov, Martin H. Greenberg, The Science Fiction Hall Of Fame – Volume One, Terminal World by Alastair Reynolds, Tantor Media, steampunk, airships, Deep Navigation by Alastair Reynolds, NESFA Press, Subterranean Press, Phases Of The Moon by Robert Silverberg, “Book Cover Smackdown,” Ender’s Game by Orson Scott Card, Gentlemen Of The Road by Michael Chabon, interior magazine art, The Lifecycle Of Software Objects by Ted Chiang, The Merchant And

Banks's first published science fiction novel set in the Culture

Consider Phlebas is Banks's first published science fiction novel set in the Culture, and takes the Culture's title from a line in T. S. Eliot's poem The Waste Land.

The Peripheral, Iain M. Banks’

The Peripheral, Iain M. Banks’ Consider Phlebas, and a little-known fantasy world from J.R.R. Tolkien.

Iain M. Banks's novels

Iain M. Banks's novels Consider Phlebas and Look to Windward derive their titles from The Waste Land.

by Iain M Banks, Riddley Walker by Russell Hoban

Sci-Fi – Consider Phlebas by Iain M Banks, Riddley Walker by Russell Hoban.