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class="menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-588" id="menu-item-588"><a class="x-anchor x-anchor-menu-item m6l-b m6l-c m6l-d m6l-e m6l-g m6l-i m6l-j m6l-k m6l-l m6l-m" tabindex="0" href="https://iainbanks.co.uk/the-works/use-of-weapons/"><div class="x-anchor-content"><div class="x-anchor-text"><span class="x-anchor-text-primary">Use Of Weapons</span></div><i class="x-anchor-sub-indicator" data-x-skip-scroll="true" aria-hidden="true" data-x-icon-s="&#xf107;"></i></div></a></li><li class="menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-593" id="menu-item-593"><a class="x-anchor x-anchor-menu-item m6l-b m6l-c m6l-d m6l-e m6l-g m6l-i m6l-j m6l-k m6l-l m6l-m" tabindex="0" href="https://iainbanks.co.uk/the-works/the-state-of-the-art/"><div class="x-anchor-content"><div class="x-anchor-text"><span class="x-anchor-text-primary">The State Of The Art</span></div><i class="x-anchor-sub-indicator" data-x-skip-scroll="true" aria-hidden="true" data-x-icon-s="&#xf107;"></i></div></a></li><li class="menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-590" id="menu-item-590"><a class="x-anchor x-anchor-menu-item m6l-b m6l-c m6l-d m6l-e m6l-g m6l-i m6l-j m6l-k m6l-l m6l-m" tabindex="0" href="https://iainbanks.co.uk/the-works/the-crow-road/"><div class="x-anchor-content"><div class="x-anchor-text"><span class="x-anchor-text-primary">The Crow Road</span></div><i class="x-anchor-sub-indicator" data-x-skip-scroll="true" aria-hidden="true" data-x-icon-s="&#xf107;"></i></div></a></li><li class="menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-599" id="menu-item-599"><a class="x-anchor x-anchor-menu-item m6l-b m6l-c m6l-d m6l-e m6l-g m6l-i m6l-j m6l-k m6l-l m6l-m" tabindex="0" href="https://iainbanks.co.uk/the-works/complicity/"><div class="x-anchor-content"><div class="x-anchor-text"><span class="x-anchor-text-primary">Complicity</span></div><i class="x-anchor-sub-indicator" data-x-skip-scroll="true" 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class="x-anchor-text-primary">Inversions</span></div><i class="x-anchor-sub-indicator" data-x-skip-scroll="true" aria-hidden="true" data-x-icon-s="&#xf107;"></i></div></a></li><li class="menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-597" id="menu-item-597"><a class="x-anchor x-anchor-menu-item m6l-b m6l-c m6l-d m6l-e m6l-g m6l-i m6l-j m6l-k m6l-l m6l-m" tabindex="0" href="https://iainbanks.co.uk/the-works/the-business/"><div class="x-anchor-content"><div class="x-anchor-text"><span class="x-anchor-text-primary">The Business</span></div><i class="x-anchor-sub-indicator" data-x-skip-scroll="true" aria-hidden="true" data-x-icon-s="&#xf107;"></i></div></a></li><li class="menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-606" id="menu-item-606"><a class="x-anchor x-anchor-menu-item m6l-b m6l-c m6l-d m6l-e m6l-g m6l-i m6l-j m6l-k m6l-l m6l-m" tabindex="0" href="https://iainbanks.co.uk/the-works/look-to-windward/"><div class="x-anchor-content"><div 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it&rsquo;ll explain everything!</p></div></div><div class="x-cell e10-e27 ma-1x"><span class="x-image e10-e28 ma-11 ma-12"><img decoding="async" src="https://iainbanks.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/iain-1.webp" width="520" height="696" alt="Image" loading="lazy"></span></div></div></div></div></div></div><div class="x-section e10-e29 ma-0 ma-5"><div class="x-row x-container max width e10-e30 ma-9 ma-a ma-b ma-f ma-k"><div class="x-row-inner"><div class="x-col e10-e31 ma-t"><div class="x-text x-text-headline e10-e32 ma-1c ma-1f ma-1h ma-1i"><div class="x-text-content"><div class="x-text-content-text"><h3 class="x-text-content-text-primary">Latest News</h3></div></div></div><div class="x-text x-content e10-e33 ma-1j ma-1k ma-1o ma-1p"><p>Amazon MGM Studios has announced it will be developing a TV series based on Iain M. Banks' first Culture novel, <em>Consider Phlebas</em>.</p><p>Charles Yu (<em>Interior Chinatown</em>) is attached to write and executive produce. Chloé Zhao (<em>Nomadland</em>), Dede Gardner and Jeremy Kleiner (Plan B Entertainment) and Adele Banks are also attached as executive producers.</p></div><a class="x-anchor x-anchor-button has-graphic e10-e34 ma-1s ma-1t ma-7 ma-8" tabindex="0" href="https://deadline.com/2025/02/consider-phlebas-amazon-charles-yu-chloe-zhao" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" data-x-effect="{&quot;durationBase&quot;:&quot;300ms&quot;}"><div class="x-anchor-content"><span class="x-graphic" aria-hidden="true"><i class="x-icon x-graphic-child x-graphic-icon x-graphic-primary" aria-hidden="true" data-x-icon-l="&#xf08e;"></i></span><div class="x-anchor-text"><span class="x-anchor-text-primary">Find out more </span></div></div></a></div></div></div></div><div class="x-section e10-e35 ma-0 ma-1"><div class="x-row e10-e36 ma-9 ma-a ma-b ma-f ma-l"><div class="x-row-inner"><div class="x-col e10-e37 ma-t ma-z"><span class="x-image e10-e38 ma-11 ma-12 ma-18 ma-1b"><img decoding="async" 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final months of Iain’s life.</p><p>T<span>he rest is all entirely self-explanatory.</span></p></div></div></div></div><div class="x-row x-container max width x-hide-lg x-hide-md x-hide-sm x-hide-xl x-hide-xs e10-e43 ma-9 ma-a ma-e ma-n"><div class="x-row-inner"><div class="x-col e10-e44 ma-p ma-s ma-t ma-u ma-x ma-10"><a class="x-anchor x-anchor-button e10-e45 ma-1q ma-1s ma-1u ma-1v ma-7 ma-8" tabindex="0" href="#" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" data-x-effect="{&quot;durationBase&quot;:&quot;300ms&quot;}"><div class="x-anchor-content"><div class="x-anchor-text"><span class="x-anchor-text-primary">Breaking into Banks</span></div></div></a></div><div class="x-col e10-e46 ma-p ma-s ma-t ma-u ma-x ma-10"><a class="x-anchor x-anchor-button e10-e47 ma-1q ma-1s ma-1u ma-7 ma-8" tabindex="0" href="#" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" data-x-effect="{&quot;durationBase&quot;:&quot;300ms&quot;}"><div class="x-anchor-content"><div class="x-anchor-text"><span 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