Review: Player of Games by Iain M. Banks

Player of Games

(A Culture Novel - #2)
by Iain M. Banks



A classic from a man credited with the creation of space
opera.



Paperback, 416 pages




 


The Summary:

The Culture’s greatest game player, bored with life as it is
and in fear of becoming a has-been spoken of in whispered mockery, travels to a
distant empire to play a game that is not a game. If he wins, he’ll be emperor.
If