The sequence: went to Barnes and Noble at lunch, browsed the science fiction section. Was electrified by the discovery that "Player of Games" by Iain Banks has been reissued. Also he has a new novel, "Matter." Realized that there are quite a few books by him that I haven't read.
Iain Banks is a brilliant Scottish author, a SF novelist who has twisted the genre to suit his unique sensibilities. Also has a bunch of non-SF novels, only one of which I've read - "Complicity", which is a noir thriller sort of work. Very dark. Very tight writing.
When I got back to work I looked him up on wikipedia and discovered that his friends call him Banksie, he used to own quite a stablefull of performance automobilies but has sold them all and now owns a hybrid, and that he has written a nonfiction book called "Raw Spirit" about touring Scotland in search of the finest whiskeys.
My kinda man.
Now I really must buy "Raw Spirit".
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