My introduction to Banks was Robert Keogh's Culture Shock website, originally hosted at my university. There's still stuff there I haven't seen anywhere else.

My introduction to Banks was Robert Keogh's Culture Shock website, originally hosted at my university. There's still stuff there I haven't seen anywhere else. http://www.enthea.org/phlebas/ http://www.enthea.org/phlebas/ Note that this site seems to have last been updated in the mid 90's, so later novels are not included.