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      The Player of Games

      by Iain M. Banks
      Published
      Feb 1989
      Main Genre
      Space Opera Space Opera
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      399
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      The Culture Book 2

      About This Book

      The Culture -- a human/machine symbiotic society -- has thrown up many great Game Players, and one of the greatest is Gurgeh. Jernau Morat Gurgeh. The Player of Games. Master of every board, computer and strategy.

      Bored with success, Gurgeh travels to the Empire of Azad, cruel and incredibly wealthy, to try their fabulous game... a game so complex, so like life itself, that the winner becomes emperor. Mocked, blackmailed, almost murdered, Gurgeh accepts the game, and with it the challenge of his life -- and very possibly his death.

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      Book 2
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      Genres & Themes

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      Speculative Fiction

      Subgenres

      Space Opera

      Characters & Occupations

      Aliens

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      Jan 1990 HarperCollins ISBN13 9780061000980 ISBN10 0061000981
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      Aug 1989 Little, Brown ISBN13 9781857231465 ISBN10 1857231465
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      First Edition Feb 1989 St. Martin's ISBN13 9780312026301 ISBN10 0312026307
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