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Use of Weapons
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Use of Weapons
Featuring dark and cinematic artwork by Dániel Taylor, this illustrated edition is bound in green cloth with striking electric blue details. It is a must-have for any sci-fi aficionado's collection.
About the Illustrator
Dániel Taylor is an artist and graphic designer from Budapest who has been a full-time professional illustrator since 2015. His work, produced digitally, is inspired by 20th century Surrealism, science-fiction and comic-book art; it has been commissioned by clients including Marvel, Playboy, Disney, Adobe and New Scientist. Dániel has illustrated Consider Phlebas (1987, Folio 2023), The Player of Games (1988, Folio 2024) and Use of Weapons(1990, Folio 2025) and has exhibited his art in London, Paris and Munich.
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About the Illustrator
Dániel Taylor is an artist and graphic designer from Budapest who has been a full-time professional illustrator since 2015. His work, produced digitally, is inspired by 20th century Surrealism, science-fiction and comic-book art; it has been commissioned by clients including Marvel, Playboy, Disney, Adobe and New Scientist. Dániel has illustrated Consider Phlebas (1987, Folio 2023), The Player of Games (1988, Folio 2024) and Use of Weapons(1990, Folio 2025) and has exhibited his art in London, Paris and Munich.
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About the Illustrator
Dániel Taylor is an artist and graphic designer from Budapest who has been a full-time professional illustrator since 2015. His work, produced digitally, is inspired by 20th century Surrealism, science-fiction and comic-book art; it has been commissioned by clients including Marvel, Playboy, Disney, Adobe and New Scientist. Dániel has illustrated Consider Phlebas (1987, Folio 2023), The Player of Games (1988, Folio 2024) and Use of Weapons(1990, Folio 2025) and has exhibited his art in London, Paris and Munich.
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About the Illustrator
Dániel Taylor is an artist and graphic designer from Budapest who has been a full-time professional illustrator since 2015. His work, produced digitally, is inspired by 20th century Surrealism, science-fiction and comic-book art; it has been commissioned by clients including Marvel, Playboy, Disney, Adobe and New Scientist. Dániel has illustrated Consider Phlebas (1987, Folio 2023), The Player of Games (1988, Folio 2024) and Use of Weapons(1990, Folio 2025) and has exhibited his art in London, Paris and Munich.
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About the Illustrator
Dániel Taylor is an artist and graphic designer from Budapest who has been a full-time professional illustrator since 2015. His work, produced digitally, is inspired by 20th century Surrealism, science-fiction and comic-book art; it has been commissioned by clients including Marvel, Playboy, Disney, Adobe and New Scientist. Dániel has illustrated Consider Phlebas (1987, Folio 2023), The Player of Games (1988, Folio 2024) and Use of Weapons(1990, Folio 2025) and has exhibited his art in London, Paris and Munich.
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About the Illustrator
Dániel Taylor is an artist and graphic designer from Budapest who has been a full-time professional illustrator since 2015. His work, produced digitally, is inspired by 20th century Surrealism, science-fiction and comic-book art; it has been commissioned by clients including Marvel, Playboy, Disney, Adobe and New Scientist. Dániel has illustrated Consider Phlebas (1987, Folio 2023), The Player of Games (1988, Folio 2024) and Use of Weapons(1990, Folio 2025) and has exhibited his art in London, Paris and Munich.
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About the Illustrator
Dániel Taylor is an artist and graphic designer from Budapest who has been a full-time professional illustrator since 2015. His work, produced digitally, is inspired by 20th century Surrealism, science-fiction and comic-book art; it has been commissioned by clients including Marvel, Playboy, Disney, Adobe and New Scientist. Dániel has illustrated Consider Phlebas (1987, Folio 2023), The Player of Games (1988, Folio 2024) and Use of Weapons(1990, Folio 2025) and has exhibited his art in London, Paris and Munich.
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About the Author
Iain M. Banks (1954–2013) was a Scottish novelist educated on both the East and West coasts of Scotland. He studied at the University of Stirling, gaining a degree in English with Philosophy and Psychology and, while there, appearing as an extra in Monty Python and the Holy Grail. Banks’ first novel, The Wasp Factory, was published in 1984 to widespread controversy. Declared a work of ‘unparalleled depravity’ by one newspaper, the book made Banks’s name as an exceptional new talent and has since been acclaimed as one of the greatest novels of the 20th century. Banks saw himself as a science-fiction writer but was encouraged by his then-editor to make a clear distinction between his literary and science-fiction by the simple addition or omission of his middle initial, M (the family name of Menzies). Alternating between these genres, Banks wrote 14 literary novels including The Crow Road, which was adapted for television by the BBC, and ten science-fiction novels. The first of these, Consider Phlebas(1987, Folio 2023), launched the Culture series of space operas for which Banks is best known today. The Folio series continued with The Player of Games (1988, Folio 2024). He also wrote short stories, poetry and a travelogue, Raw Spirit. His final novel, The Quarry, was published shortly after his death in 2013.