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Iain M. Banks: The State Of The Art (Paperback, 2007, Night Shade Books)

The first ever collection of Iain Banks’s short fiction, this volume includes the acclaimed novella, …

Review of 'The State Of The Art' on 'Goodreads'

The actual story The State of the Art was a bit disappointing.
I had a different expectation, I thought contact would make contact with Earth and that sounded very exciting.
In stead I got allot of basic philosophy and economics and very little human interaction.

In general I preferred the short stories.
The story about the sentient plant was a masterpiece and had me giggling for days.