Iain M. Banks died on this day in 2013. Years ago, I wrote about his career for Kirkus Reviews, and ended up interviewing @amendlocke.bsky.social about him.
I figured it was a good time to resurface the interview: www.andrewliptak.com/iain-m-banks...
“I mean, your society’s broken… Should we blame the rich, powerful people who caused it? No let’s blame the people with no power & no money & these immigrants who don’t even have the vote, yeah it must be their fucking fault.”
—Iain Banks died #OTD, 9 June, 2013
www.theguardian.com/books/2013/j...
An interview with Ken MacLeod about Iain M. Banks
www.andrewliptak.com
Iain Banks died last Sunday, just before the publication of his final novel The Quarry. Last month he talked to Stuart Kelly about writing, politics and all the things still left to do . . .
What about Yoji Yamada? He’s also older by 8 days, had directed 30+ more films, and as far as I know is continuing to work. Not that it’s a competition.
Brian Ruh
No one hates academia quite like the Chronicle of Higher Education.
www.chronicle.com/article/im-a...
We're moving Super Mario Bros. to an agentic workflow. Rather than controlling Mario, you'll simply prompt the agent with something like "beat 1-1", and it will take direct control of Mario for you. This frees up more time for more important things like doing your taxes or being stuck in traffic
If philosophy is worth teaching, it’s worth spreading to everyone.
