Iain M. Banks - Look to Windward - Orbit, 2000, Signed First Edition.

London, Orbit, 2000. First edition, first impression. Hardback. A near fine copy in a fine jacket. Signed by the author without inscription. Set in Banks' Culture world, examining the consequences of distant war. A little spotted to the top edge. Iain Banks (1954-2013) is well known for having written both regular fiction and science fiction, with the middle initial M distinguishing his science fiction from the usual stuff. His untimely death in 2013 put an end to his expansive space opera surrounding The Culture, a post-scarcity, AI-laden 'utopia,' but its legacy lives on - in part because he somehow managed to make fascinating stories about civilisations that wanted for nothing. [12568, Hyraxia Books].