https://www.theguardian.com/books/2013/jun/15/iain-banks-the-final-interview
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'Destroying the whole universe' – an always tempting scenario when you realise in SF you can do anything – just seems too easy.
— Iain Banks
What It Means
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Source: Wikiquote: "Iain Banks" (Interviews)
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About Iain Banks
Iain Menzies Banks (February 16, 1954 – June 9, 2013), officially Iain Banks, was a Scottish writer. As Iain M. Banks he wrote science fiction; as Iain Banks he wrote literary fiction.
About Iain Banks
Iain Menzies Banks (February 16, 1954 – June 9, 2013), officially Iain Banks, was a Scottish writer. As Iain M. Banks he wrote science fiction; as Iain Banks he wrote literary fiction.
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