MSN: Our verdict on The Player of Games: Iain M Banks is still a master
The New Scientist Book Club moved from the dystopian near-future imagined by Grace Chan inEvery Version of You in November to the utopian far-future imagined by Iain M. Banks in The Player of Games ...
Our verdict on The Player of Games: Iain M Banks is still a master
The name Iain is a boy's name of Gaelic origin meaning "God is gracious". Iain, this authentic Gaelic form of John, has been well used in Scotland since the early twentieth century, used concurrently with the shortened Ian spelling, but is rarely seen in the US. Iain Banks and Iain Sinclair are respected contemporary Scottish novelists.
Ian or Iain is a male name of Scottish Gaelic origin, which is derived from the Hebrew given name יוֹחָנָן (Yohanan, Yôḥānān) and corresponds to the English name John. The spelling Ian is an Anglicization of the Scottish Gaelic forename Iain. This name is a popular name in Scotland, where it originated, as well as in other English-speaking countries. The name has fallen out of ...
The name Iain is of Scottish origin and is a variant of the name John. It is derived from the Hebrew name Yochanan, meaning "God is gracious" or "gift of God." Iain is a popular name in Scotland and is often used as a Gaelic form of John.
Iain as a boys' name is of Hebrew derivation, and the meaning of the name Iain is "God is gracious". Iain is an alternate spelling of Ian (Scottish, Gaelic): version of John.