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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 ...more
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 ...more

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
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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.

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Jim Black
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Maxine Marsh
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