The player of games, Iain M. Banks
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The player of games, Iain M. Banks
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eng
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fiction
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The player of games
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699997037
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Iain M. Banks
Series statement
A Culture novel
Summary
In the human-machine symbiotic society called The Culture, there have been many great game players. One, Gurgeh, is a master of every board, computer, and strategy. He travels to the Empire of Azad to try its game, one so complex and like life itself, that the winner becomes emperer. With this game, he takes on the challenge of his life, and possibly his death
Target audience
adult
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