A review by infinispace
The State of the Art by Iain M. Banks

2.0

A clumsy collection of short stories. Only a couple were okay, and the last story was unreadable, rambling nonsense. The long Culture story (The State of the Art) is only of interest because it involves the Culture. I would recommend completely skipping this unless you're a Culture completionist and want to read it for the 2 Culture stories (and 1 implied Culture story).