The Player of Games (Culture Novel #2)
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- Synopsis
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The Culture - a human/machine symbiotic society - has thrown up many great Game Players, and one of the greatest is Gurgeh. Jernau Morat Gurgeh. The Player of Games. Master of every board, computer and strategy. Bored with success, Gurgeh travels to the Empire of Azad, cruel and incredibly wealthy, to try their fabulous game...a game so complex, so like life itself, that the winner becomes emperor. Mocked, blackmailed, almost murdered, Gurgeh accepts the game, and with it the challenge of his life - and very possibly his death.
Chosen for Mark Zuckerberg's "A Year of Books"
- Copyright:
- 1988
Book Details
- Book Quality:
- Publisher Quality
- Book Size:
- 417 Pages
- ISBN-13:
- 9780316095860
- Related ISBNs:
- 9780708883099
- Publisher:
- Orbit
- Date of Addition:
- 06/18/21
- Copyrighted By:
- Iain M. Banks
- Adult content:
- No
- Language:
- English
- Has Image Descriptions:
- No
- Categories:
- Literature and Fiction, Science Fiction and Fantasy
- Submitted By:
- Bookshare Staff
- Usage Restrictions:
- This is a copyrighted book.