The Player of Games

by Iain M Banks | Literature & Fiction |
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Registered by worldbooknight on 4/23/2012
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Journal Entry 1 by thebookfairy at Sherborne, Dorset United Kingdom on Saturday, April 21, 2012
I chose this book to give away on World Book Night because I wanted to reach people who enjoy playing games but have not found a book that appeals to them. Iain M Banks is a terrific writer who ventures into the realms of Science Fiction/Fantasy with a number of books set in a futuristic society known as 'The Culture'. If you enjoy this book you might like to read some of the others in the series. If you don't enjoy this book please pass it on to someone who might or leave it in a public place, cafe, pub, train, bus, school, for someone else to pick up. If you put a post-it on it marked 'free book' it may be claimed faster! Now, more about the book...

In The Player of Games, Iain M. Banks presents a distant future that could almost be called the end of history. Humanity has filled the galaxy, and thanks to ultra-high technology everyone has everything they want, no one gets sick, and no one dies. It's a playground society of sports, stellar cruises, parties, and festivals. Jernau Gurgeh, a famed master game player, is looking for something more and finds it when he's invited to a game tournament at a small alien empire. Abruptly Banks veers into different territory. The Empire of Azad is exotic, sensual and vibrant. It has space battle cruisers, a glowing court-- all the stuff of good old science fiction--which appears old-fashioned in contrast to Gurgeh's home. At first it's a relief, but further exploration reveals the empire to be depraved and terrifically unjust. Its defects are gross exaggerations of our own.

Released 11 yrs ago (4/23/2012 UTC) at -- Somewhere in London 🤷‍♀️ , Greater London United Kingdom

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Journal Entry 3 by thebookfairy at Yeovil, Somerset United Kingdom on Sunday, April 22, 2012

Released 11 yrs ago (4/22/2012 UTC) at Yeovil, Somerset United Kingdom

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Given away in Yeovil town centre.

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