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      A stunning new reissue edition of Excession - a space opera of stunning power and awesome imagination, from the modern master of science fiction, Iain M. Banks

      The novels of Iain M. Banks have forever changed the face of modern science fiction. His Culture books combi...

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      Description

      Product ID:9780356521671
      Product Form:Paperback / softback
      Country of Manufacture:GB
      Series:Culture
      Title:Excession
      Authors:Author: Iain M. Banks
      Page Count:464
      Subjects:Science fiction, Science fiction
      Description:Select Guide Rating
      A stunning new reissue edition of Excession - a space opera of stunning power and awesome imagination, from the modern master of science fiction, Iain M. Banks

      The 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.

      ''Banks is a phenomenon''
      William Gibson

      Two and a half millennia ago in a remote corner of space, beside a trillion-year-old dying sun from a different universe, the artifact appeared.

      It was a perfect black-body sphere, and it did nothing. Then it disappeared.

      Now it is back.

      Diplomat Genar-Hofoen of Special Circumstances is sent to investigate but, sidetracked by an old flame and the spoiled-brat operative Ulver Seich, and faced with the systematic depravities of a race who call themselves the A­ffront, it''s anyone''s guess whether he''ll succeed . . .

      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
      Excession
      Inversions
      Look to Windward
      Matter
      Surface Detail
      The Hydrogen Sonata

      The State of the Art

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


      Imprint Name:Orbit
      Publisher Name:Little, Brown Book Group
      Country of Publication:GB
      Publishing Date:2023-11-30

      Additional information

      Weight318 g
      Dimensions126 × 197 × 32 mm