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Iain M. Banks, Iain Banks: The Player of Games (Paperback, 2008, Orbit)

The Culture - a human/machine symbiotic society - has thrown up many great Game Players, …

Almost gave up 60 pages in, glad I persevered

Another example of a Culture book that isn't really about the Culture. Despite my initial reservations I thoroughly enjoyed it. I can't say anything entirely unexpected happened but everything hung together well.