{"id":1925,"date":"2013-12-25T09:41:11","date_gmt":"2013-12-25T09:41:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.fantasticaficcion.com\/?p=1925"},"modified":"2013-12-25T09:41:11","modified_gmt":"2013-12-25T09:41:11","slug":"recordando-a-iain-banks-guest-post-aliette-de-bodard","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fantasticaficcion.com\/index.php\/recordando-a-iain-banks-guest-post-aliette-de-bodard\/","title":{"rendered":"Recordando a Iain Banks : Guest post Aliette de Bodard"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Banks\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Aqu\u00ed os traemos el regalo de Navidad que nos hace Aliette de Bodard<\/strong> <\/a>a los admiradores de Iain Banks<\/strong>. Me he permitido traducirlo a continuaci\u00f3n de su mensaje en ingl\u00e9s.<\/em><\/p>\n

I remember the first time I read a Ian M. Banks book.<\/p>\n

I had managed to go through about three years of writing science fiction (and far many more reading it) without ever encountering his work–decidedly odd, as some of those years had been spent in the UK, his home turf. I do remember glancing at a battered copy of Consider Phlebas<\/strong> in a charity shop and passing it over in favour of something that looked shinier. But at the 2009 Eastercon<\/strong>, my gaze wandered towards an equally battered paperback of Use of Weapons<\/strong>, and someone (I think Roy Gray from Interzone<\/em>), said, “You should read this, it will blow your mind”.<\/p>\n

And it did.<\/p>\n

Years later, I still come back to Use of Weapons as the best Culture novel. It has everything that made the Culture famous: the sly humour of the Minds; intricate, prolific worldbuilding that makes you feel as though you are walking on the planets with the characters; hard questions about how far an advanced culture can meddle in the affairs of less advanced ones; and a sting in the tale that is brilliant, making you reconsider everything that has gone on before. The jaded, cynical outlook on war and politics spoke to my inner pessimist about the uselessness of the gung-ho attitude so prevalent in Science Fiction; and the structure of the book, with its regressions in time and gradual reveals, is masterful.<\/p>\n

Use of Weapons inspired me in so many ways: the Minds’s hilarious names and their administrative skills were one of the inspirations for my own shipminds in the Xuya universe<\/strong>; the questions about meddling and colonialism have become central to my work; and the regression structure convinced me to try flashbacks and parallel timelines more often in my own short fiction. I only wish I could emulate the twist and the general cleverness, though!<\/p>\n

Since then, I’ve read more Iain M Banks<\/strong> novels, and enjoyed them all. I can only rage at the unfairness that there won’t be any more, that he was taken from us far too soon, far too fast. He will be much, much missed in this corner of the universe.<\/p>\n

Recuerdo la primera vez que le\u00ed un libro de Iain M. Banks<\/strong><\/p>\n

Me hab\u00eda pasado tres a\u00f1os escribiendo ciencia ficci\u00f3n (y muchos m\u00e1s ley\u00e9ndola) sin encontrarme nunca con su trabajo \u2013 algo definitivamente extra\u00f1o, ya que algunos de esos a\u00f1os los hab\u00eda pasado en el Reino Unido, su tierra. Recuerdo encontrar una copia maltrecha de \u201cConsider Phlebas\u201d<\/strong> en una tienda de segunda mano y descartarla para elegir algo que parec\u00eda en mejor estado. Pero en la Eastercon de 2009<\/strong> mi mirada se pos\u00f3 sobre una copia igualmente maltrecha de \u201cUse of Weapons\u201d<\/strong><\/a> y alguien (creo que Roy Gray de Interzone<\/em>) dijo \u201cDeber\u00edas leer esto, te fascinar\u00e1\u201d.<\/p>\n

Y as\u00ed fue.<\/p>\n

A\u00f1os despu\u00e9s, sigo creyendo que la mejor novela de la Cultura es \u201cUse of Weapons\u201d.<\/strong> Tiene todo lo que ha hecho famosa a la Cultura: el taimado humor de las Mentes; una creaci\u00f3n de mundos intrincada y prol\u00edfica que hace que sientas que est\u00e1s caminando por los planetas al lado de los personajes; preguntas dif\u00edciles sobre c\u00f3mo una cultura avanzada puede inmiscuirse en los asuntos de las menos avanzadas; y un punto en el relato que es brillante, y hace que reconsideres todo lo anterior. La visi\u00f3n hastiada y c\u00ednica de la guerra y la politica interpel\u00f3 a mi pesimista yo interior acerca de la inutilidad de la actitud agresiva tan prevalente en la ciencia ficci\u00f3n; y la estructura del libro, con sus regresiones temporales y sus revelaciones graduales es magistral.<\/p>\n

\u201cUse of Weapons\u201d<\/strong> me inspir\u00f3 en muchas cosas: los hilarantes nombres de las Mentes y sus habilidades administrativas fueron una de las fuentes de inspiraci\u00f3n para mis propias navesmente en el universo Xuya<\/strong><\/a>; las preguntas sobre intromisiones y colonialismo son centrales en mi trabajo; y la estructura regresiva me convenci\u00f3 para utilizar flashbacks y l\u00edneas temporales paralelas m\u00e1s a menudo en mi ficci\u00f3n corta. \u00a1Solo desear\u00eda ser capaz de emular los giros y la inteligencia global!<\/p>\n

Desde entonces, he le\u00eddo m\u00e1s novelas de Iain M Banks y las he disfrutado todas. No pudo hacer m\u00e1s que enfurecerme ante la injusticia de que ya no vaya a haber m\u00e1s, de que nos lo robaran demasiado pronto, demasiado r\u00e1pido. En esta esquina del universo le vamos a echar mucho de menos.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Aqu\u00ed os traemos el regalo de Navidad que nos hace Aliette de Bodard a los admiradores de Iain Banks. Me he permitido traducirlo a continuaci\u00f3n de su mensaje en ingl\u00e9s. I remember the first time I read a Ian M. Banks book. I had managed to go through about three years of writing science fiction … <\/p>\n

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