The Player of Games

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Title	The Player of Games
Year for Search	1988
Authors	Banks, Iain M[enzies](1954-2013)
Date Published	1988
Publisher	Macmillan
Place Published	London
Keywords	Male author, Scottish author
Annotation	One of his Culture novels presenting a complex future society where everyone appears to live in complete luxury with both eutopian and dystopian elements. See 1987 and 2008 Banks.
Additional Publishers	U.S. ed. New York: St. Martin's, 1989.
Info Notes	One of his Culture novels presenting a complex future society where everyone appears to live in complete luxury with both eutopian and dystopian elements. See 1987 and 2008 Banks. Other Culture novels include The State of the Art. Willimantec, CT: Mark V. Ziesing, 1989; rpt. in his The State of the Art (London: Orbit, 1991), 83-172; rpt. (London: Orbit, 1993), 99-205 [First contact of The Culture with Earth]; Use of Weapons. London: Macmillan, 1990; Excession. London: Macmillan, 1996; Inversions. London: Orbit, 1998; Look to Windward. London: Orbit, 2000; Surface Detail. London: Orbit, 2010; and The Hydrogen Sonata. New York: Orbit, 2012. Other Culture material includes “A Gift from the Culture.” Interzone, no. 20 (Summer 1987): 44-51. Rpt. in his The State of the Art (London: Orbit, 1991), 7-22. Rpt. (London: Orbit, 1993): 8-28. See also his “A Few Notes on the Culture.” http://www.vavatch.co.uk/books/banks/cultnote.htm. Accessed March 26, 2015. Scottish author.
Author Note	Scottish author (1954-2013).
Full Text	1988 Banks, Iain M[enzies] (1954-2013). The Player of Games. London: Macmillan. U.S. ed. New York: St. Martin’s, 1989. PSt One of his Culture novels presenting a complex future society where everyone appears to live in complete luxury with both eutopian and dystopian elements. See 1987 and 2008 Banks. Other Culture novels include The State of the Art. Willimantec, CT: Mark V. Ziesing, 1989; rpt. in his The State of the Art (London: Orbit, 1991), 83-172; rpt. (London: Orbit, 1993), 99-205 [First contact of The Culture with Earth]; Use of Weapons. London: Macmillan, 1990; Excession. London: Macmillan, 1996; Inversions. London: Orbit, 1998; Look to Windward. London: Orbit, 2000; Surface Detail. London: Orbit, 2010; and The Hydrogen Sonata. New York: Orbit, 2012. Other Culture material includes “A Gift from the Culture.” Interzone, no. 20 (Summer 1987): 44-51. Rpt. in his The State of the Art (London: Orbit, 1991), 7-22. Rpt. (London: Orbit, 1993): 8-28. See also his “A Few Notes on the Culture.” http://www.vavatch.co.uk/books/banks/cultnote.htm. Accessed March 26, 2015. Scottish author.