Ignore me... I'm just a passing mote on the hypersphere... ;)
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(Hmm. I sincerely doubt this is the Iain Howe of The Culture fame. Probably just something created by a foaming-at-the-mouth literature fan.)
There's an Iain Howe of "The Culture" fame now? Although come to think of it I 'am' a foaming-at-the-mouth lit fan, I'm also Iain Howe... I suspect you're mistaking Iain Howe for Iain Banks. We share the same first name and that's about it.