• A lot of what the 'Culture' is about is a reaction to all the science fiction I was reading in my very early teens.

    Iain Banks: A lot of what the 'Culture' is about is a reaction to all the science fiction I was reading in my very early teens.
    "Sci-Fi Writer Iain Banks Talks Surface Detail's Hell, Creationist Heresy". Wired Interview, www.wired.com. October 15, 2010.