Added by: englishcology | Karma: 4552.53 | Fiction literature | 7 September 2008
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The first ever collection of Iain Banks's short fiction, this volume
includes the acclaimed novella, The State of the Art. This is a
striking addition to the growing body of Culture lore, and adds
definition and scale to the previous works by using the Earth of 1977
as contrast. The other stories in the collection range from science
fiction to horror, dark-coated fantasy to morality tale.
This book is an edited collection of language and interaction-centred studies that explore what happens when people use the telephone to call for help.More specifically, the focus throughout this collection is on diverse aspects of spoken language and patterns of social interaction in calls made by members of the public to a variety of telephone helplines.
