 First edition | |
| Author | Iain M. Banks |
|---|---|
| Audio read by | Peter Kenny |
| Cover artist | Mark Salwowski |
| Language | English |
| Series | The Culture |
| Genre | Science fiction |
| Publisher | Orbit Books |
Publication date | 2000 |
| Publication place | Scotland |
| Media type | Print (Hardback & Paperback) |
| Pages | 357 |
| ISBN | 1-85723-981-4 |
| OCLC | 43500306 |
| Preceded by | Inversions |
| Followed by | Matter |
Look to Windward is a science fiction novel by Scottish writer Iain M. Banks, first published in 2000. It is Banks' sixth published novel to feature the Culture. The book's dedication reads: "For the Gulf War Veterans". The novel takes its title from a line in T. S. Eliot's poem The Waste Land:
O you who turn the wheel and look to windward,
Consider Phlebas, who was once handsome and tall as you.— T.S. Eliot, The Waste Land, IV. Death by Water
Look to Windward is loosely a sequel to Consider Phlebas, Banks's first published Culture novel. Consider Phlebas took its name from the following line in the poem and dealt with the events of the Idiran-Culture War; Look to Windward deals with the results of the war on those who lived through it.