nostr:npub10n9kwhemskr7uzjrp7ltr4nj9j6fdl5vkv0u8vc56u9tsfwh84hsrdtjug Iain Banks, for his fiction of course and especially his brilliant SF, but equally for his forthright outspokenness against vile capitalist beliefs and behaviour, which I first discovered when I was pre-published and people were warning me that to continue speaking out would ruin my prospects as an author.