Iain Banks: final interview

One of my all time favorite authors just passed recently. This was his last interview.

“‘You know, this might be my lastpublic statement’, IainBanks said to meon the phone when Iwas setting upthis interview, and at the time that simply didn’t seem likely: he was too full of ideas and opinions and schemes. He emailed me a fortnight ago, saying that he was hoping to be out walking around the village again by the end of the week. In fact, he died on 9 June. Nevertheless, the plans and hopes he ha...