Look to Windward

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Author(s):

Iain M Banks

First Pub:

2000

Genre(s):

Science Fiction

First Read:

2022

Times Read:

1 time

Rating:

Chapters:

See 24

Prologue

1 - The Light of Ancient Mistakes

2 - Winter Storm

3 - Infra Dawn

4 - Scorched Ground

Airsphere

5 - A Very Attractive System

6 - Reisistence Is Character-Forming

7 - Peer Group

8 - The Retreat at Cadracet

Dirigible

The Memory of Running

9 - Pylon Country

10 - The Seastacks of Gravitas

11 - The Absence of Gravitas

12 - A Defeat of Echoes

Flight

13 - Some Ways of Dying

14 - Returning to Leave, Recalling Forgettings

15 - A Certain Loss of Control

16 - Expiring Light

Space, Time

Closure

Epilogue

Internal ID:

1695

Series:

<- Inversions - Matter ->

Culture Series*

#7 of 10

Culture Series*

A loosly related series of science fiction books that all take place in the same universe. Written by Iain M Banks.

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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:

Dedication:

For the Gulf War Veterans

First Sentence:

Near the time we both we knew I would have to leave him, it was hard to tell which flashes were lightning and which came from the energy weapons of the Invisibles.

Last Sentence:

May contain spoilers

Life never ceases to surprise.

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Added: 14-Jun-2015

Last Updated: 14-Oct-2022

Publications

01-Jan-2012

Orbit

Trade Paperback

Date Issued:

Cir 01-Jan-2012

Format:

Trade Paperback

Cover Price:

£9.99

Pages*:

403

Read:

Once

Reading(s):

1) 25 Jul 2022 - 27 Aug 2022

Cover Link(s):

World Cat

amazon.com

Internal ID:

2490

Publisher:

Orbit

ISBN:

1-841-49059-8

ISBN-13:

978-1-841-49059-5

Printing:

Country:

United Kingdom

Language:

English

Credits:

Blacksheep - Cover Design

It was one of the less glorious incidents of a long-ago war.

It led to the destruction of two suns and the billions of lives they supported.

Now, eight hundred years later, the light from the first of those ancient mistakes has reached the Culture Orbital, Masaq'.

The light from the second may not.

'Confirms Banks as the standard by which the rest of SF is judged' GUARDIAN

'In terms of sheer storytelling prowess and verve, Look to Windward is a work of genius' SFX

'A great book' NEW SCIENTIST

'It's a gymnasium for the imagination' EVENING STANDARD

'A mordant wit, a certain savagery and a wild imagination' MAIL ON SUNDAY

'Spectacular... the field needs this energy, skill and invention' THE SCOTSMAN

'Banks; mind-expanding future history is unrivalled for imaginative sweep, startling ideas, and savage by wry sense of humour. One of the best just got even better' STARBURST

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Notes and Comments:

12th printing based on the number "line"
NOT FOR SALE IN THE USA
Canada: $15.99

Author(s)

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

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