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      Consider Phlebas

      by Iain M. Banks
      Published
      May 1988
      Main Genre
      Space Opera Space Opera
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      497
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      Series
      The Culture Book 1

      About This Book

      Bora Horza Gobuchul is a Changer, one of a near-extinct race who alter cell structure to become anyone they want--the most feared and sought-after spies in the universe. Horza fights on the side of the Idirans in a religious crusade against the smug, sterile machine worshippers of the Culture. Now he wants his freedom.

      But first he must hazard one final mission. He'll engage in a shoot-out in a giant crystal temple. Encounter a grossly obese cannibal determined to eat him alive. And witness a deadly game of Damage on a vast space habitat about to be blown to bits....

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      Genres & Themes

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      Speculative Fiction

      Subgenres

      Space Opera

      Characters & Occupations

      Aliens

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      First Edition May 1988 St. Martin's ISBN13 9780312017521 ISBN10 0312017529
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