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- Paperback Mar 12, 2024 | 9780356521657 | RRP $24.99 Buy Now
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- Paperback Mar 12, 2024 | 9780356521657 | RRP $24.99 Buy Now
- Paperback Apr 1, 1996 | 9781857231359 | RRP $22.99 Buy Now
- Audiobook Sep 1, 2011 | 9781405510455 | RRP $44.99 Buy Now
- e-Book Sep 4, 2008 | 9780748110087 | RRP $12.99 Buy Now
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- Paperback Mar 12, 2024 | 9780356521657 | RRP $24.99 Buy Now
- Paperback Apr 1, 1996 | 9781857231359 | RRP $22.99 Buy Now
- Audiobook Sep 1, 2011 | 9781405510455 | RRP $44.99 Buy Now
- e-Book Sep 4, 2008 | 9780748110087 | RRP $12.99 Buy Now
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- Paperback Mar 12, 2024 | 9780356521657 | RRP $24.99 Buy Now
- Paperback Apr 1, 1996 | 9781857231359 | RRP $22.99 Buy Now
- Audiobook Sep 1, 2011 | 9781405510455 | RRP $44.99 Buy Now
- e-Book Sep 4, 2008 | 9780748110087 | RRP $12.99 Buy Now
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A stunning reissue edition of the third Culture novel from the awesome imagination of Iain M. Banks, a modern master of science fiction
The novels of Iain M. Banks have forever changed the face of modern science fiction. His Culture books combine breathtaking imagination with exceptional storytelling, and have secured his reputation as one of the most extraordinary and influential writers in the genre.
'Banks is a phenomenon' William Gibson
The man known as Zakalwe was one of Special Circumstances' foremost agents, changing the destiny of planets to suit the Culture through intrigue, dirty tricks or military action.
Though the woman known as Diziet Sma had plucked him from obscurity and aided his stratospheric rise, she did not know him as well as she thought.
The drone Ska ffen-Amtiskaw thought it knew both of these people. It had once saved the woman's life by massacring her attackers, and it believed the man to be a burnt-out wreck - but not even its superlative machine-intelligence could see the horrors in his past.
Praise for the Culture series:
'Epic in scope, ambitious in its ideas and absorbing in its execution' Independent on Sunday
'Banks has created one of the most enduring and endearing visions of the future' Guardian
'Jam-packed with extraordinary invention' Scotsman
'Compulsive reading' Sunday Telegraph
The Culture series:
Consider Phlebas
The Player of Games
Use of Weapons
Excession
Inversions
Look to Windward
Matter
Surface Detail
The Hydrogen Sonata
The State of the Art
Other books by Iain M. Banks:
Against a Dark Background
Feersum Endjinn
The Algebraist
Also now available:
The Culture: The Drawings - an extraordinary collection of original illustrations faithfully reproduced from sketchbooks Banks kept in the 1970s and 80s, depicting the ships, habitats, geography, weapons and language of Banks' Culture series of novels in incredible detail.
Praise for Use Of Weapons
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At last SF as it should be written!... If you aren't as yet familiar with these works I urge you to become so at your earliest opportunity. - CRITICAL WAVE
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There is now no British SF writer to whose work I look forward with greater keenness - THE TIMES
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In many ways his best yet... rich, vivid and great fun. - VECTOR
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To say that Banks is Britain's best writer of science fiction would be to understate the case. He's simply one of our best novelists, whatever the genre. Read him - BOOK PEOPLE
Iain M. Banks
Iain Banks (1954-2013) came to widespread and controversial public notice with the publication of his first novel, The Wasp Factory, in 1984. Consider Phlebas, his first science fiction novel, was published under the name Iain M. Banks in 1987 and began his celebrated ten-book Culture series. He is acclaimed as one of the most powerful, innovative and exciting writers of his generation.
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