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The Player of Games
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Valentin Derevlean
Oct 16, 2016 rated it liked it  ·  review of another edition
Shelves: sf
Probabil 3,50.

Nu are avantajul primului roman al seriei (noutatea și adrenalina), însă e mai tihnit și mai detaliat în privința descrierii acestei civilizații numite Cultura. Un volum care pune în balanță un imperiu construit după multe coordonate pe care le recunoști în atributele umanității de astăzi - Azad, cu o mare diferență: ascensiunea socială se produce prin jucarea unui joc incredibil de dificil, complex și sângeros care, cel puțin în teorie, alege pe cei mai buni la final. Mai e o dist
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Brandon
Oct 02, 2022 rated it it was amazing  ·  review of another edition
Shelves: scifi
The Player of Games by Iain M. Banks is a science fiction novel set in the Culture series. Each novel is standalone and does not depend on the previous novel. The Culture is a far future advanced civilization that has spread across the galaxy. It is a utopian society featuring massive artificial structures such as ringworlds, orbital plates, and massive starships known as GSVs. It also has sentient bots and AI’s called Minds that help steer governmental policies of the Culture. In this society p ...more
Ash
The audiobook narrator was terrible. Every single character sounded alike and I didn’t know who was speaking. Very difficult to follow what was happening. Will try the physical copy instead.
Jim Black
Sep 16, 2013 marked it as to-read
Laramie
Nov 08, 2013 rated it liked it
JJ
Jul 19, 2014 marked it as to-read
Nihar
Nov 30, 2014 marked it as to-read
Shelves: sci-fi-to-read
Tom
Oct 29, 2015 rated it liked it
Maxine Marsh
Aug 30, 2016 rated it it was amazing  ·  review of another edition
Shelves: scifi, seriestofinish
Matthew
May 18, 2018 rated it really liked it  ·  review of another edition
Shelves: shelved
Ansar
Dec 01, 2016 marked it as wish3-browse
Lisa P
Jul 13, 2018 marked it as to-read
Sam Hughes
Aug 01, 2018 rated it it was amazing
Chris Massey
Aug 28, 2020 rated it it was amazing
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Mar 23, 2022 marked it as to-read
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