{"product_id":"9780356521695","title":"Look To Windward","description":"Author: Iain M. Banks\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9780356521695\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Little Brown\u003cbr\u003eYear first published: 12 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 It was one of the less glorious incidents of a long-ago war.\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIt led to atrocities on an extraordinary scale. To the destruction of two suns and the billions of lives they supported.\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eNow, eight hundred years later, the light from the first of those doomed stars has reached the Culture Orbital, Masaq', bathing its  fifty billion inhabitants in the rays of their society's ancient mistake.\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAmongst them is Major Quilan, sent on a mission so secret that not even he knows what it is, and determined to exact his revenge against the Culture at any cost.\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\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e'Jam-packed with extraordinary invention' \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":46469656150174,"sku":"ADS-9780356521695","price":24.78,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0400\/9043\/5742\/files\/9780356521695.jpg?v=1770099646","url":"https:\/\/classicbargains.com.au\/products\/9780356521695","provider":"Classic Bargains Australia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}