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Re:Sci-Fi Author Iain M. Banks Gets Asteroid Named after Him by codeulike on Monday August 19, 2013 @09:52AM (#6237189)
Use of Weapons, Player of Games or Excession.

The fairly recent Surface Detail was also pretty good, although somewhat horrific in that it deals with the idea of virtual reality hells.

Re:Sci-Fi Author Iain M. Banks Gets Asteroid Named after Him by Angostura on Monday August 19, 2013 @04:42PM (#6239668)
My Wife just read SD on holiday and thoroughly enjoyed it, liking the characters. I'm pretty sure that it's her first Culture Novel.