by Iain M. Banks

We’re delighted to be publishing two editions of this stunning book – a classic edition which will be available via all retailers, and a deluxe edition which will be available worldwide via the Orbit UK store.

THE CLASSIC ‘CONTACT’ EDITION

This extraordinary collection celebrates the dazzling worldbuilding of Iain M. Banks, one of the most important and influential writers in modern science fiction. Faithfully reproduced from sketchbooks kept in the 1970s and 80s, these annotated original illustrations depict the ships, habitats, geography, weapons and language of the Banks’ Culture series of novels in incredible detail.

Releasing 7th November 2023

RRP: £50 / $60

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Orbit presents this deluxe, limited-edition printing of The Culture: The Drawings, available worldwide exclusively from the Orbit UK store.

This luxurious edition will contain the same extraordinary illustrations as the Classic ‘Contact’ Edition. It will be bound in a beautiful cloth and foil cover in a sumptuous presentation box with exclusive endpapers and a print of one of Iain’s drawings ready for framing. Many more exciting Culture-inspired features will be announced soon.

There will only be 750 individually-numbered copies of this deluxe collector’s edition.

RRP £250

Releasing 8th February 2024

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PRAISE FOR THE CULTURE SERIES

‘Epic in scope, ambitious in its ideas and absorbing in its execution’ Independent on Sunday

‘Few of us have been exposed to a talent so manifest and of such extraordinary breadth’ New York Review of Science Fiction

‘Jam-packed with extraordinary invention’ Scotsman

‘Banks has created one of the most enduring and endearing visions of the future’ Guardian

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