28+ Iain Banks Orbital Background. An orbital is apparently any massive artificially created. 1 the problem an orbital consists of a ribbon of matter formed into a ring spinning in its own plane, while orbiting a star.

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I began working on this mix while meditating on the news of the sudden passing of iain banks the title refers to the setting for a large part of his novel consider phlebas, the orbital vavatch (a ring. Other uses, distribution, reproduction, tearing to shreds etc are freely encouraged provided the source is. I spent years searching, after i first read the culture novels of iain m banks, for other space opera novels that equalled them.

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Vavatch lay in space like a god's bracelet. Iain banks came to widespread and controversial public notice with the publication of his first novel, the wasp factory, in 1984. Banks died of cancer — just two months after announcing that he had less than a year to live. Sorry, this episode is not currently available.