{"product_id":"9780356521688","title":"Inversions","description":"Author: Iain M. Banks\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9780356521688\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Little Brown\u003cbr\u003eYear first published: 26 Mar 2024\u003cbr\u003ePages: 416 \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 In the winter palace, the King's new physician has more enemies than she realises. But then she also has more defences than even her most hardened adversaries could imagine.\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn another palace, far across the mountains, sits the regicidal Protector General. His chief bodyguard also has enemies to worry about, with the threat of treachery and assassination never far away.\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAnd beneath the surface of these feudal courts - behind the spies, murders, politics and intrigues - lies an entirely di fferent kind of threat, an entity that nobody would ever suspect.\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003ePraise 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\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\u003eThe Player of Games\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eUse of Weapons\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eExcession\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eInversions\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eLook to Windward\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eMatter\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSurface Detail\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe 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\u003eOther 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\u003eFeersum Endjinn\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe Algebraist\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAlso now available: \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Culture: The Drawings\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/i\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.","brand":"Ships in 10 to 15 days","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46469656051870,"sku":"ADS-9780356521688","price":24.78,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0400\/9043\/5742\/files\/9780356521688.jpg?v=1770099645","url":"https:\/\/classicbargains.com.au\/products\/9780356521688","provider":"Classic Bargains Australia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}