A Gift from the Culture
"A Gift from the Culture", published in 1987, is a short work of space opera, by the Scottish science fiction author Iain M. Banks. The story is an early venture into the "complex and unusual and very distant" setting of the Culture, which Banks would further develop through various of full length novels, stories, and his essay "A Few Notes on the Culture".
Pop Culture Press
"Pop Culture Press" was founded and edited by Luann Williams. Luke Torn, who has also written for "The Wall Street Journal", Mojo, and "The Austin Chronicle", took over as editor in 2005. There were sixty-six issues published, before it became a blog which eventually stopped updating in 2010. Some of the sampler CDs are now collector's items. Luann Williams revived the brand to create "Pop Culture Press Records". "Pop Culture Press records" has released two titles from LA indie band The Black Watch CD+LP: The End Of When (2013) and Sugarplum Fairy, Sugarplum Fairy (2015).