Title:
The player of games / Iain M. Banks.
ISBN:
9780316005401
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Publication Information:
New York : Orbit, 2008.
Physical Description:
405 pages : portrait ; 21 cm.
General Note:
"A Culture novel"--Cover.
Excerpt from the author's novel Matter: p. 397-405.
Contents:
Culture plate -- Imperium -- Machina Ex Machina -- The passed pawn.
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 emperor. With this game, he takes on the challenge of his life, and possibly his death.
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OCLC Number:
ocn154698709
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