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Culture Series

10 primary works • 18 total works
The Culture series or Culture cycle refers to a series of novels and short fiction written by Scottish author Iain Banks. The stories center around the Culture, a post-scarcity semi-anarchist utopia consisting of various humanoid races and managed by very advanced artificial intelligences.

They do not need to be read in order and, while…

Book 1

Consider Phlebas
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3.85 · 67948 Ratings · 3545 Reviews · published 1987 · 59 editions
The war raged across the galaxy. Billions had die…

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    Book 2

    The Player of Games
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    4.27     · 54613 Ratings · 2333 Reviews · published 1988 · 1 edition
    The Culture - a humanoid/machine symbiotic societ…

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    Book 3

    Use of Weapons
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    4.18     · 36001 Ratings · 1622 Reviews · published 1990 · 44 editions
    Cheradenine is an ex-special circumstance agent w…

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    Book 4

    The State of the Art
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    3.84     · 12420 Ratings · 511 Reviews · published 1991 · 27 editions
    The first ever collection of Iain Banks' short fi…

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    Book 5

    Excession
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    4.20     · 23085 Ratings · 941 Reviews · published 1996 · 25 editions
    The international sensation Iain M. Banks offers…

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    Book 6

    Inversions
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    3.92     · 13056 Ratings · 490 Reviews · published 1998 · 27 editions
    On a backward world with six moons, an alert spy…

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    Book 7

    Look to Windward
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    4.20     · 20490 Ratings · 604 Reviews · published 2000 · 5 editions
    The Twin Novae battle had been one of the last of…

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    Book 8

    Matter
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    4.07     · 21165 Ratings · 877 Reviews · published 2008 · 32 editions
    In a world renowned within a galaxy full of wonde…

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    Book 9

    Surface Detail
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    4.25     · 21659 Ratings · 955 Reviews · published 2010 · 25 editions
    It begins in the realm of the Real, where matter…

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    Book 10

    The Hydrogen Sonata
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    4.18     · 17448 Ratings · 1170 Reviews · published 2012 · 26 editions
    They are, truly, probably, End Days for the Gzilt…

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    Book 1-2, 4

    The Culture: Consider Phlebas/Player of Games/Use of Weapons
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    4.51     · 375 Ratings · 9 Reviews · published 2012 · 2 editions
    Celebrating its 25th anniversary, the first three…

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    Book 2-3

    Das Kultur-Spiel: Das Spiel Azad / Einsatz der Waffen
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    4.31     · 29 Ratings · 2 Reviews · published 2004 · 3 editions
    Zwei Kultur-Romane in einem Band

    Iain…

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    Book 3-4

    Выбор оружия. Последнее слово техники
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    3.33     · 9 Ratings · 1 Reviews · published 1989 · 3 editions
    Классический (и, по мнению многих, лучший) роман…

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    Book 1-8

    La Saga de la Cultura
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    4.50     · 6 Ratings · 1 Reviews · published 2014 · 1 edition
    Books 1-8.

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    Book 1-4

    La Saga de la Cultura - 1
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    5.00     · 1 Ratings · 1 edition
    Contiene: Pensad en flebas, Eljugador, Última gen…

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    Book 5-8

    La Saga de la Cultura - 2
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    0.00     · 1 edition
    Contiene: Excesión, Inversiones, A Barlovento y M…

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    Book 9, 1 / 2

    Les Enfers virtuels 1
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    4.33     · 12 Ratings · published 2010 · 2 editions
    Le cycle se déploie dans une civilisation galacti…

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    Book 9, 2 / 2

    Les Enfers virtuels 2
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    4.33     · 9 Ratings · published 2010 · 2 editions
    Dans Les Enfers virtuels, Banks a imaginé l'usage effrayan…

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