io9: Why You Should Discover Iain M. Banks' Evil Twin

Iain M. Banks, one of the best writers of contemporary science fiction, has an evil twin: Iain Banks, without the M, crafts sadistic, often surreal, novels about religion, politics and disturbed families. Here’s why science-fiction afficionados should read both Bankses.

I can’t recommend Banks’s science fiction highly enough; I think this fall/winter might be a great time to dive into his other work.