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Unabridged audio edition of the new "Culture" novel. 6 CDs. Running time: 7hrs.

25th anniversary edition of Iain Banks' masterly novel THE CROW ROAD

Mass market paperback edition of this latest "Culture" novel from Iain M. Banks, which will doubtless be eagerly anticipated by his legions of loyal readers. The publicity and marketing campaign will include nationwide railway posters, bus sides in Edinburgh during the festival, and a two-week author PR tour. "...a mordant wit, a certain savagery and a wild imagination". "Mail On Sunday".

Latest science fiction novel from Britain's best known writer in the genre. He is the author of >Use Of Weapons< and >Consider Phlebas< as well as >The Wasp Factory< (he drops the "M" for his non-sf titles). "Disturbing, witty and clever" >The FaceThe Times

Iain Banks' latest science fiction title is set in the universe of the Culture. The Excession has reappeared in a remote corner of space, but the one person who might be able to explain its incredible potential is not available. So the Excession waits, but the Culture needs to understand it before they fall into its hands. "Staggering imaginative energy" "Independent". Bank's other sci-fi titles include "Consider Phlebas" and "Feersum Endjinn".

**Soon to be adapted as a major TV series**The war raged across the galaxy. Billions had died, billions more were doomed. Moons, planets, the very stars themselves, faced destruction, cold-blooded, brutal, and worse, random. The Idirans fought for their Faith, the Culture for its moral right to exist. Principles were at stake. There could be no surrender.Within the cosmic conflict, an individual crusade. Deep within a fabled labyrinth on a bar...

The first ever collection of Iain M. Banks's short fiction, this volume includes the acclaimed novella, The State of the Art.

The latest paperback from Iain M. Banks, who continues to produce science-fiction writing of the very highest quality. >Feersum Endjinn < is an imaginative >tour de force< and a stunning novel of bravery and hope, fear, betrayal, strangeness and charm in the face of darkness. "There is now no British SF writer to whose work I look forward to with greater keenness" >The Times

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 k...

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

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Gibt es eine Welt jenseits der Welt? Adrian Cubbish hat offenbar gerade eine Glückssträhne: Er steigt vom gerissenen Drogendealer zu einem der mächtigsten Finanzmanager der Welt auf. Doch als sich ihm seine Mittelsmänner offenbaren, kann er es kaum glauben. Denn es gibt neben unserer Realität noch eine Vielzahl weiterer Welten, die von einem mächtigen Konsortium überwacht werden. Ehe sich Adrian versieht, ist er in ein weitreichendes Komplott ...

Protagonist Frank Cauldham, 16 Jahre alt, lebt mit seinem wahnsinnigen Vater in einem vereinsamten Haus im schottischen Hochland. Abseits familiärer Behütetheit entwickelt Frank seine eigene Fantasiewelt der Grausamkeiten und der Bestrafungen, eine von Ritualen und Totems bestimmte Gegenrealität. Als sein in eine geschlossene Anstalt abgeschobener Bruder ausbricht, um die Geheimnisse seiner Familie zu lüften, droht Franks Weltentwurf endgültig...

It starts with a young woman being murdered. Miraculously, a secret deal means she lives again within the Culture. Now, she vows to return and kill her own murderer. Meanwhile, a war in heaven is brewing. Or rather, a war between the Heavens. Heavens are the network of uploaded consciousnesses - a cyber life after death. But where there are Heavens, Hells soon follow. Wars between these realms are formal digital affairs, but now there are rumo...

Stewart Gilmour is back in Stonemouth, Scotland. After five years in exile, his presence is required at the funeral of local patriarch Joe Murston, even though the last time Stewart saw the Murstons he was running for his life. An estuary town north of Aberdeen, Stonemouth, with its five-mile beach, can be beautiful on a sunny day. On a bleak one it can seem to offer little more than sea fog, gangsters, cheap drugs, and a suspension bridge irr...

Primera recopilación de relatos del autor de La fábrica de avispas y El uso de las armas. Incluye dos historias que se desarrollan en el universo de la Cultura, a las que se suman otras seis y un ensayo. El relato principal, una novela corta que da nombre a la obra, es una sorprendente contribución a la saga de ¿La Cultura¿, que narra la disyuntiva moral acerca del hombre y la Tierra y del posible futuro para la humanidad. ¿Deberá intervenir l...

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Boxed set containing "Consider Phlebas, Use Of Weapons" and "The Player Of Games".

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Now in paperback, this is the final novel from the late Iain Banks. When he learns that he's dying from cancer, Guy gathers around him his oldest friends. Meanwhile, his son Kit hopes to discover who his mother is, and why she's not in the picture. 'A quietly incendiary piece of writing, at times heartbreaking, at other times really wonderfully funny...' "Independent