THE CULTURE: THE DRAWINGS was published in 2023
There are two editions: Contact and Special Circumstances. They both contain exactly the same selection of Iain’s art, with Special Circumstances being the Collector's Edition.
This extraordinary collection celebrates Iain’s dazzling worldbuilding.
Faithfully reproduced from notebooks he kept in the 1970s and 80s, these annotated original illustrations depict the ships, habitats, geography, drones, weapons and language of Banks’ Culture series of novels in incredible detail.
In 2024, The Culture: The Drawings won the Locus Award for Best Illustrated and Art Book.
In summer 2024, two of the drawings were included in the exhibition ALIEN WORLDS at the Wardlaw Museum in St Andrews.