{"product_id":"libro-the-player-of-games-a-culture-novel-2","title":"Libro: The Player Of Games: A Culture Novel: 2","description":"\u003ctable style=\"border-collapse:collapse;margin-bottom:16px;width:100%\"\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFormato\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eTapa Blanda\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eNúmero de páginas\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e391\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe novels of Iain M. Banks have forever changed the face of modern science fiction. His Culture books combine breathtaking imagination with exceptional storytelling, and have secured his reputation as one of the most extraordinary and influential writers in the genre.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Banks is a phenomenon' William Gibson\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Culture - a utopian human-machine symbiotic society - has thrown up many expert Game Players, and one of the greatest is Jernau Morat Gurgeh. He is Master of every board, computer and strategy - he is The Player of Games.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBored with success, Gurgeh travels to the cruel and incredibly wealthy Empire of Azad to try their infamous game . . . a game so complex, so like life itself, that the winner becomes emperor. Mocked, blackmailed, almost murdered, Gurgeh plays the game, and faces the challenge of his life - and very possibly his death.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePraise for the Culture series:\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Epic in scope, ambitious in its ideas and absorbing in its execution' Independent on Sunday\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Banks has created one of the most enduring and endearing visions of the future' Guardian\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Banks's sci-fi, at its best, is staggeringly inventive, beautifully written, dramatic and often very funny. His stories are packed with ideas, warships with minds very much of their own, alien races, charismatic drones and intergalactic politics' New Scientist\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Jam-packed with extraordinary invention' Scotsman\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Compulsive reading' Sunday Telegraph\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Culture series:\u003cbr\u003eConsider Phlebas\u003cbr\u003eThe Player of Games\u003cbr\u003eUse of Weapons\u003cbr\u003eExcession\u003cbr\u003eInversions\u003cbr\u003eLook to Windward\u003cbr\u003eMatter\u003cbr\u003eSurface Detail\u003cbr\u003eThe Hydrogen Sonata\u003cbr\u003eThe State of the Art\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOther books by Iain M. Banks:\u003cbr\u003eAgainst a Dark Background\u003cbr\u003eFeersum Endjinn\u003cbr\u003eThe Algebraist\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAlso now available:\u003cbr\u003eThe Culture: The Drawings - an extraordinary collection of original illustrations faithfully reproduced from sketchbooks Banks kept in the 1970s and 80s, depicting the ships, habitats, geography, weapons and language of Banks' Culture series of novels in incredible detail.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Little, Brown Book Group","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":59673884983377,"sku":"0356521648","price":35800.0,"currency_code":"CLP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0669\/6455\/3809\/files\/716NJX7AE5L.jpg?v=1781887898","url":"https:\/\/provetodo.cl\/es-cl\/products\/libro-the-player-of-games-a-culture-novel-2","provider":"Provetodo ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}