The Player of Games

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293 pages

Average rating: 8.86

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yutsi
May 12, 2025
8/10 stars
Epic world-building, the games themselves were vague and uninteresting though. Looking forward to the rest of the series.
kevlar
Nov 13, 2024
10/10 stars
Quite possibly my favourite Culture novel, if I could give it 6/5 I would.
For Banks, it's got quite a simple narrative in typical start, middle, end but the story has everything. Exploration of what it is to be in The Culture, drugs, adventure, game playing and psychological warfare, dark twisted ideas and characters you love to love.

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