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Inversions

71.4% complete
1998
2022
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Prologue
1 - The Doctor
2 - The Bodyguard
3 - The Doctor
4 - The Bodyguard
5 - The Doctor
6 - The Bodyguard
7 - The Doctor
8 - The Bodyguard
9 - The Doctor
10 - The Bodyguard
11 - The Doctor
12 - The Bodyguard
13 - The Doctor
14 - The Bodyguard
15 - The Doctor
16 - The Bodyguard
17 - The Doctor
18 - The Bodyguard
19 - The Doctor
20 - The Bodyguard
21 - The Doctor
22 - The Bodyguard
23 - The Doctor
24 - The Bodyguard
Epilogue
Book Cover
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1694
 Culture Series*
#6 of 10
Culture Series*   See series as if on a bookshelf
A loosly related series of science fiction books that all take place in the same universe.  Written by Iain M Banks.

1) Consider Phlebas
2) The Player of Games
3) Use of Weapons
4) The State of the Art
5) Excession
6) Inversions
7) Look to Windward
8) Matter
9) Surface Detail
10) The Hydrogen Sonata
Copyright © 1998 by Iain M. Banks
For Michelle
The only sin is selfishness
May contain spoilers
I do little real work now I am so old, but still there is a life to be lived.
No comments on file
Synopsis not on file
Extract not on file

 

Added: 14-Jun-2015
Last Updated: 06-Apr-2022

Publications

 01-May-1999
Orbit
Trade Paperback
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Date Issued:
01-May-1999
Format:
Trade Paperback
Cover Price:
£9.99
Read:
Once
Reading(s):
1)   25 Mar 2022 - 2 Apr 2022
Cover Link(s):
Internal ID:
2322
Publisher:
ISBN:
1-857-23763-3
ISBN-13:
978-1-857-23763-4
Country:
United Kingdom
Language:
English
In the winter palace, the King's new physician has more enemies than she at first realises.  But then she also has more remedies to hand than those who wish her ill can know about.

In another palace across the mountains, in the service of the regicidal Protector General, the chief bodyguard, too, has his enemies.  But his enemies strike more swiftly, and his means of combating them are more traditional.

'A fantastic, awe-inpiring book... I can't imagine not being won over by this deeply entertaining, thought-provoking and humane story.'  EXPRESS

'Taut, hilarious and wicked'  MAIL ON SUNDAY

'Compulsive Banksian reading... thoughtful, intelligently bloody stuff'  SFX

'Captivating... incisive... as sublime as ever'  TIME OUT
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Notes and Comments:
Not for sale in the United States
Canada: $17.99

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Author(s)

Iain M Banks  
Birth: 16 Feb 1959 Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland, UK
Death: 09 Jun 2013 Kirkcaldy, Fife, Scotland, UK

Awards

1998British Science Fiction AssociationBest Novel Nominee
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