Name: Iain M. Banks Culture - 25th anniversary box set: Consider Phlebas, The Player of Games and Use of Weapons
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Author: Iain M. Banks
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Iain M. Banks Culture - 25th anniversary box set: Consider Phlebas, The Player of Games and Use of Weapons

Type

Physical Book

Author

Iain M. Banks

Publisher

Orbit

Year

2012

Language

English

Format

Paperback

Dimensions

16 x 20 cm

ISBN13

9780356502090

Iain M. Banks Culture - 25th anniversary box set: Consider Phlebas, The Player of Games and Use of Weapons

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Synopsis "Iain M. Banks Culture - 25th anniversary box set: Consider Phlebas, The Player of Games and Use of Weapons"

The war raged across the galaxy. Billions had died, billions more were doomed. Moons, planets, the very stars themselves, faced destruction, cold-blooded, brutal, and worse, random. The Idirans fought for their Faith; the Culture for its moral right to exist. Principles were at stake. There could be no surrender.

Within the cosmic conflict, an individual crusade. Deep within a fabled labyrinth on a barren world, a Planet of the Dead proscribed to mortals, lay a fugitive Mind. Both the Culture and the Idirans sought it. It was the fate of Horza, the Changer, and his motley crew of unpredictable mercenaries, human and machine, actually to find it, and with it their own destruction.

USE OF WEAPONS
The man known as Cheradenine Zakalwe was one of Special Circumstances' foremost agents, changing the destiny of planets to suit the Culture through intrigue, dirty tricks or military action.

Iain M. Banks

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Iain Menzies Banks fue un novelista escocés reconocido por su habilidad para moverse con soltura entre la ficción literaria y la ciencia ficción. Bajo su nombre completo firmó la aclamada saga Culture, universo que consolidó su prestigio internacional por su mezcla de especulación tecnológica, crítica política y humor afilado. Su “Culture – 25th Anniversary Box Set” reúne algunas de las piezas esenciales del ciclo y celebra la influencia de su obra en el género.

A lo largo de su trayectoria también publicó novelas realistas que mostraban una voz intensa, incómoda y muy observadora. Su estilo directo, imaginativo y provocador le convirtió en una referencia para lectores que buscaban mundos complejos y narrativas ambiciosas. La amplitud temática de su trabajo, su consistencia y su capacidad para incomodar y fascinar a partes iguales siguen situándolo como una figura clave de la literatura contemporánea en lengua inglesa.

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