- Supported a motion to impeach British Prime Minister Tony Blair after the war "Operation Iraqi Freedom".
- Diagnosed with terminal cancer of the gall bladder at the beginning of 2013.
- Authored a number of Science Fiction works under the name "Iain M Banks", some of which make up the Culture series.
- In 2008, The Times named Banks in their list of "The 50 greatest British writers since 1945".
- He once owned an extensive car collection, including a 3.2 liter Porsche Boxster, a Porsche 911 Turbo, a 3.8 liter Jaguar Mark II, a 5 liter BMW M5 and a daily use diesel Land Rover Defender whose power he had boosted by about 50%. He sold all of them in February 2007 and exchanged Them for a Lexus Hybrid.
- He wrote his first novel at the age of 16. He studied English, philosophy, and psychology at the University of Stirling.
- He was an extra in the final battle scene in Monty Python And The Holy Grail (1975).
- He was an expediter analyzer for IBM, a technician for British Steel and a costing clerk for a Chancery Lane, London law firm during his twenties.
- His father was a naval officer, and his mother was a professional ice skater.
- His death was announced in Interzone Magazine alongside the bleak statement: "I don't have the words for this.".
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