{"product_id":"9780356521725","title":"The Hydrogen Sonata","description":"Author: Iain M. Banks\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9780356521725\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Little Brown\u003cbr\u003eYear first published: 12 Mar 2024\u003cbr\u003ePages: 640\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\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Banks is a phenomenon' \u003c\/b\u003eWilliam Gibson\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e The Scavenger species are circling. It is, truly, the End Days for the Gzilt civilisation.\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAn ancient people, organised on military principles and yet almost perversely peaceful, the Gzilt helped set up the Culture ten thousand years earlier. Now they've made the collective decision to follow the well-trodden path of millions of other civilisations: they are going to Sublime, elevating themselves to a new and almost in finitely more rich and complex existence.\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBut, amid preparations, the Regimental High Command is destroyed. Vyr Cossont, a former soldier for the Gzilt, appears to have been involved, and she is now wanted - dead, not alive. Aided only by an ancient, reconditioned android and a suspicious Culture avatar, Cossont must complete a  final mission; she must  find the oldest person in the Culture, a man over nine thousand years old, who might just hold the key to understanding what happened . . .\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe  final days of the Gzilt civilisation may prove its most perilous.\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":46697699508382,"sku":"ADS-9780356521725","price":24.78,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0400\/9043\/5742\/files\/9780356521725.jpg?v=1775718728","url":"https:\/\/classicbargains.com.au\/products\/9780356521725","provider":"Classic Bargains Australia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}