Iain Banks Quotes:
Ocupation: Author
Life: February 16, 1954 - June 9, 2013
Birthday: February 16
Death: June 9
Science fiction has its own history, its own legacy of what's been done, what's been superseded, what's so much part of the furniture it's practically part of the fabric now, what's become no more than a joke... and so on. It's just plain foolish, as well as comically arrogant, to ignore all this, to fail to do the most basic research.
source: "Iain M Banks: Science fiction is no place for dabblers" by Iain M Banks, www.theguardian.com. May 13, 2011. 
topic: Legacy, Fiction, Fabric, Basic Research
