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Sam

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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, …

Sma is at her best on Earth

While I don't particularly care for some of the other short stories in the collection, the main novella that the volume is named after ("The State of the Art") is one of my favorite in the Culture series. Seeing a culture citizen interact with present day earth makes the commentary (on both the Culture and our own society) all the more impactful.