MJ rated The Player of Games: 5 stars

The Player of Games by Iain M. Banks, Iain Banks (Culture, #2)
The Player of Games is a science fiction novel by Scottish writer Iain M. Banks, first published in 1988. It …
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The Player of Games is a science fiction novel by Scottish writer Iain M. Banks, first published in 1988. It …
It begins in the realm of the Real, where matter still matters.
It begins with a murder.
And it will …
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Mysterious figures from Arthurian mythology intrude into the daily lives of a small town family in Illinois.
It is 4034 AD. Humanity has made it to the stars. Fassin Taak, a Slow Seer at the Court of …
It was one of the less glorious incidents of a long-ago war.
It led to the destruction of two suns …
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The first ever collection of Iain Banks’s short fiction, this volume includes the acclaimed novella, The State of the Art. …