Iain M. Banks, author of the Culture novels, has passed away
We knew this day was coming, but we hoped that it wouldn’t be so soon. Iain M. Banks, author of the Culture series, The Algebraist, and a host of other novels, both genre and non-genre, has passed away. https://gizmodo.com/welcome-to-the-culture-the-galactic-civilization-that-354739 In April, Banks posted a brave message announcing that he was suffering from terminal cancer, and…