The State of the Art

Overview:

  • Title: The State of the Art
  • Author: Iain M. Banks
  • Year: 2007
  • ISBN-10: 9781597800747
  • Publisher: Night Shade Books
  • Price: $14.95
  • Pages: 188
  • Binding: Trade Paperback
  • Type: Collection
  • Title Reference: The State of the Art
  • Notes:
    • Copyright page states "First Edition"
    • Publication year derived from the fact that this is a first printing, and from this copyright page statement: "This edition of The State of the Art © 2007 by Night Shade Books"
    • Publication month is from Locus1
    • Cover art credits both on back cover and copyright page
    • Additional price on back cover: C$17.95
    • On the title page of the short story "Scratch" there is the following text, which seems to be a mixture between subtitle and belonging to the story text: "OR: The Present and Future of Species HS (sic) Considered as The Contents of a Contemporary Popular Record (qv). Report Abstract/Extract Version 4.2 Begins (after this break);"