{"product_id":"9780356521657","title":"Use Of Weapons","description":"Author: Iain M. Banks\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9780356521657\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Little Brown\u003cbr\u003eYear first published: 12 Mar 2024\u003cbr\u003ePages: 432\u003cbr\u003eFormat: Paperback \/ softback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe novels of Iain M. Banks have forever changed the face of modern science fiction. His Culture books combine breathtaking imagination with exceptional storytelling, and have secured his reputation as one of the most extraordinary and influential writers in the genre.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e'Banks is a phenomenon' William Gibson\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e The man known as Zakalwe was one of Special Circumstances' foremost agents, changing the destiny of planets to suit the Culture through intrigue, dirty tricks or military action.\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThough the woman known as Diziet Sma had plucked him from obscurity and aided his stratospheric rise, she did not know him as well as she thought.\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe drone Ska ffen-Amtiskaw thought it knew both of these people. It had once saved the woman's life by massacring her attackers, and it believed the man to be a burnt-out wreck - but not even its superlative machine-intelligence could see the horrors in his past.\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Praise for the Culture series:\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Epic in scope, ambitious in its ideas and absorbing in its execution' \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eIndependent on Sunday\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e'Banks has created one of the most enduring and endearing visions of the future' \u003ci\u003eGuardian\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Banks's sci-fi, at its best, is staggeringly inventive, beautifully written, dramatic and often very funny. His stories are packed with ideas, warships with minds very much of their own, alien races, charismatic drones and intergalactic politics\u003c\/b\u003e' \u003ci\u003eNew Scientist\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Jam-packed with extraordinary invention' \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eScotsman\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e'Compulsive reading' \u003ci\u003eSunday Telegraph \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Culture series:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003ci\u003eConsider Phlebas\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e The Player of Games\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Use of Weapons\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Excession\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Inversions\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Look to Windward\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Matter\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Surface Detail\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e The Hydrogen Sonata\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe State of the Art\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e Other books by Iain M. Banks:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003ci\u003eAgainst a Dark Background\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Feersum Endjinn\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e The Algebraist\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Also now available:\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Culture: The Drawings\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - an extraordinary collection of original illustrations faithfully reproduced from sketchbooks Banks kept in the 1970s and 80s, depicting the ships, habitats, geography, weapons and language of Banks' Culture series of novels in incredible detail.\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ships in 10 to 15 days","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46697699344542,"sku":"ADS-9780356521657","price":24.78,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0400\/9043\/5742\/files\/9780356521657.jpg?v=1775718725","url":"https:\/\/classicbargains.com.au\/products\/9780356521657","provider":"Classic Bargains Australia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}