Tuesday, 24 December 2024

The State of the Art (audio drama)

Wyrd Britain reviews BBC Radio 4 adaptation 'The State of the Art' by Iain M Banks.
Adapted by Paul Cornell from the Iain M Banks novella of the same name (reprinted in the collection of the same name) this BBC Radio 4 radio play finds agents of 'The Culture' - an interstellar post-scarcity civilisation comprising of a variety of sentient lifeforms, although primarily humanoid and machine - visiting present day Earth in order to assess it's suitability for membership.

To my knowledge this is the only adaptation of any Culture stories and fortunately it's a very good one with a rock solid cast featuring Antony Sher, Nina Sosanya, Paterson Joseph, Graeme Hawley, Brigit Forsyth and Conrad Nelson and with it's contemporary setting stripping it of most of it's space opera trappings it makes for a perfect introduction to Banks' defining creation.

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