Descendant

Overview:

• Title: Descendant
• Author: Iain M. Banks
• Year: 1987
• Type: Short Fiction
• Series: Culture

Synopsis:

A shot-down spaceman has to walk around a large part of a planet in an intelligent powered space suit.

Notes:

No direct quote of "the Culture", but features a drone, knife missiles, AI levels measured in decimal numbers and Orbitals.

Editions/Publications:

• 1991. The State of the Art (1991, Iain M. Banks Orbit, ISBN-10: 0356196690, L12.95, 182 pages, Hardcover, Collection)
• 1993. The State of the Art (1993, Iain M. Banks Orbit, ISBN-10: 1857230302, L5.99, 216 pages, Trade, Collection)
• 1994. The State of the Art (1994, Iain M. Banks Orbit, ISBN-10: 1857230302, £5.99, 216 pages, Trade, Collection)
• 1996. The State of the Art (1996, Iain M. Banks Orbit, ISBN-10: 1857230302, L5.99, 216 pages, Trade, Collection)

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