Table of Contents

CoverTitleContentsAcknowledgmentsChapter 1. Crossing the BridgeChapter 2. Backing into the CultureChapter 3. Outside Context ProblemsChapter 4. Approaching the WorldGodChapter 5. AftermathA Few Questions on the Culture by Jude RobertsAn Iain M. Banks BibliographyNotesBibliography of Secondary SourcesIndex

About the Author

Paul Kincaid is a Clareson Award-winning critic and the author of What It Is We Do When We Read Science Fiction.

Reviews

BSFA Award for Best Non-Fiction, British Science Fiction Association, 2018
Finalist, Hugo Award for Best Related Work, 2018
Locus Recommended Reading List, 2017— British Science Fiction Association
BSFA Award for Best Non-Fiction, British Science Fiction Association, 2018
Finalist, Hugo Award for Best Related Work, 2018
Locus Recommended Reading List, 2017— Hugo Award
BSFA Award for Best Non-Fiction, British Science Fiction Association, 2018
Finalist, Hugo Award for Best Related Work, 2018
Locus Recommended Reading List, 2017— Locus