An edition of The player of games (1988)

The player of games

1st U.S. ed.

by Iain Banks

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An edition of The player of games (1988)

The player of games

1st U.S. ed.

by Iain Banks

★★★★ 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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1989

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St. Martin's Press

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English

Pages

309

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01 Player of Games: A Culture Novel 2023, Little, Brown Book Group Limited in English 0356521648 9780356521640	zzzz Locate
02 Das Spiel Azad: Roman Apr 30, 2015, Heyne Verlag in German 3641169143 9783641169145	zzzz Locate
03 The Player of Games Lib/E Aug 01, 2011, Hachette Book Group audio cd in English 1611136741 9781611136746	zzzz Locate
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05 The Player of Games March 26, 2008, Orbit Paperback in English 0316005401 9780316005401	zzzz Locate
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07 L'homme des jeux Mar 24, 2005, Robert Laffont in French 2221104315 9782221104316	zzzz Locate
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