Dear Iain,
It’s been 10 years, and I don’t know how much longer I can wait.
The millennium was new, the future seemed boundless and Look to Windward had just been published. We, your fans, were ecstatic to see a new novel from Iain M Banks. We had waited patiently as you conquered the world of “mainstream literature”, knowing one day you would return to science fiction. And while we had read and loved your standalone SF novels, what we really wanted was a new story from the world of the Culture. You did not disappoint us.
Read more on The Guardian book blog.
I think he has a new Culture novel out later this year.
Yes, I think he does.