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A stunning new reissue edition of The Algebraist - a space opera of stunning power and awesome imagination, from the modern master of science fiction, Iain M. Banks
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The novels of Iain M. Banks have forever changed the face of modern science fiction. With breathtaking imagination and extraordinary storytelling, they have secured his reputation as one of the most extraordinary and influential writers in the genre.
'Banks is a phenomenon' – William Gibson
It is 4034 AD. Humanity has made it to the stars, but Fassin Taak, a Slow Seer at the Court of the Nasqueron Dwellers, will be fortunate if he makes it to the end of the year.
The Nasqueron Dwellers inhabit a gas giant on the outskirts of the galaxy, in a system awaiting its wormhole connection to the rest of civilisation. In the meantime, they are dismissed as decadents living in a state of highly developed barbarism, hoarding data without order, hunting their own young and fighting pointless formal wars.
Abruptly seconded to a military-religious order he's barely heard of – part of the baroque hierarchy of the Mercatoria, the latest galactic hegemony – Fassin Taak has to travel again amongst the Dwellers. He is in search of a secret hidden for half a billion years.
But with each day that passes, a war draws closer – a war that threatens to overwhelm everything and everyone he's ever known.
Praise for the novels of Iain M. Banks:
'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
Books by Iain M. Banks:
Consider Phlebas
The Player of Games
Use of Weapons
Excession
Inversions
Look to Windward
Matter
Surface Detail
The Hydrogen Sonata
The State of the Art
Against a Dark Background
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The Algebraist
Also now available:
The 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.
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The Algebraist by Iain M. Banks receives praise for its creative energy and elegance. William Gibson highlights Banks as a phenomenon for his versatile storytelling. The Times expresses strong anticipation for Banks' work, while NME describes his writing as a mix of poetic, humorous, and terrifying elements.
Book Details
INFORMATION
ISBN: 9780356521756
Publisher: Little, Brown Book Group
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 30 November 2023
Country: United Kingdom
Imprint: Orbit
Audience: General / adult
DIMENSIONS
Spine width: 36.0mm
Width: 126.0mm
Height: 196.0mm
Weight: 371g
Pages: 544
About the Author
Iain Banks (1954-2013) 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 and began his celebrated ten-book Culture series. He is acclaimed as one of the most powerful, innovative and exciting writers of his generation.
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