Use Of Weapons: 4th in the 'Culture' series of books

Banks, Iain M

ISBN 10: 185723135X / ISBN 13: 9781857231359

Editore: Little, Brown Book Group / Orbit, 2006

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© 1990: 4th in the 'Culture' series of books. 17th printing of 1992 edition:- Synopsis: The man known as Cheradenine Zakalwe was one of Special Circumstances' foremost agents, changing the destiny of planets to suit the Culture through intrigue, dirty tricks or military action. The woman known as Diziet Sma had plucked him from obscurity and pushed him towards his present eminence, but despite all their dealings she did not know him as well as she thought. The drone known as Skaffen-Amtiskaw knew both of these people. It had once saved the woman's life by massacring her attackers in a particularly bloody manner. It believed the man to be a burnt-out case. But not even its machine intelligence could see the horrors in his past:- Review(s): "Ferociously intelligent, both witty and horrific. 'Use of Weapons' is a masterpiece of science fiction" / "There is now no British SF writer to whose work I look forward with greater keenness" - The Times / "Poetic, humorous, baffling, terrifying, sexy - the books of Iain M Banks are all these things and more" - NME / "A sophisticated, intricately structured novel packed with action and moral insights, and so beautifully written I never wanted it to end" - Time Out:- (original cost £7.99).

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• Titolo: Use Of Weapons: 4th in the 'Culture' series of books
• Editore: Little, Brown Book Group / Orbit
• Data di pubblicazione: 2006
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 185723135X
• ISBN 13: 9781857231359
• Rilegatura: Paperback: 7¾" x 5"
• Disegnatore: Cover Art: blacksheep
• Edizione: 1992 Edition
• Condizione: Near Fine: Small signs of wear
• Cataloghi dei venditori:
  • Science Fiction

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Riassunto

The third Culture novel from the awesome imagination of Iain M. Banks, a modern master of science fiction.

The man known as Cheradenine Zakalwe was one of Special Circumstances' foremost agents, changing the destiny of planets to suit the Culture through intrigue, dirty tricks or military action.

The woman known as Diziet Sma had plucked him from obscurity and pushed him towards his present eminence, but despite all their dealings she did not know him as well as she thought.

The drone known as Skaffen-Amtiskaw knew both of these people. It had once saved the woman's life by massacring her attackers in a particularly bloody manner. It believed the man to be a burnt-out case. But not even its machine intelligence could see the horrors in his past.

Praise for the Culture series:

'Epic in scope, ambitious in its ideas and absorbing in its execution' Independent on Sunday

'Banks has created one of the most enduring and endearing visions of the future' Guardian

'Jam-packed with extraordinary invention' Scotsman

'Compulsive reading' Sunday Telegraph

The Culture series:
Consider Phlebas
The Player of Games
Use of Weapons
The State of the Art
Excession
Inversions
Look to Windward
Matter
Surface Detail
The Hydrogen Sonata

Other books by Iain M. Banks:
Against a Dark Background
Feersum Endjinn
The Algebraist

Informazioni sull?autore

Iain Banks came to widespread and controversial public notice with the publication of his first novel, The Wasp Factory, in 1984. Consider Phlebas, his first science fiction novel, was published under the name Iain M. Banks in 1987. He is now acclaimed as one of the most powerful, innovative and exciting writers of his generation.