An edition of The player of games (1988)

Player Of Games

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An edition of The player of games (1988)

Player Of Games

Special Edition
  • 4.2 (82 ratings)
  • 147 Want to read
  • 5 Currently reading
  • 115 Have read

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 - a very possibly his death.

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Pan Macmillan

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Cover of: The player of games
The player of games
1989, St. Martin's Press
in English - 1st U.S. ed.
Cover of: Player Of Games
Player Of Games
Publish date unknown, Pan Macmillan
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Hardcover

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Open Library
OL10548121M
ISBN 10
0333471431
ISBN 13
9780333471432
OCLC/WorldCat
21577824
LibraryThing
19119
Goodreads
1176199

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OL100779W

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