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Book List

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 (1987)

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Culture Series #1
by Iain M Banks

The war raged across the galaxy. Billions had died, billions more were doomed. Moons, planets, the very stars themselves, faced destruction, cold-blooded, brutal, and - worse - random.&nbs

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2) The Player of Games (1988)

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Culture Series #2
by Iain M Banks

The Culture - a human/machine symbiotic society - has thrown up many great Game Players, and one of the greatest is Jernau Morat Gurgeh. The Player of Games. Master of every board, compute

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3) Use of Weapons (1990)

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Culture Series #3
by Iain M Banks

The man known as Cheradenine Zakalwe was one of Special Circumstances' foremost agents, changing the destiny of planets to suit the Culture through intrigue, dirty tricks, or military action.The w

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4) The State of the Art (1991)

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Culture Series #4
by Iain M Banks

State of the Art is the only collection of Iain Banks' short fiction, and includes the acclaimed Culture novella of the same name. From science fiction to horror, dark-coated fantasy to mora

Collected Stories
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5) Excession (1996)

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Culture Series #5
by Iain M Banks

Iain M. Banks's brilliant speculative fiction has transported us into worlds of unbounded imagination. Now he takes us on the ultimate trip - to the heart of a cosmic puzzle....Diplomat Byr

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6) Inversions (1998)

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Culture Series #6
by Iain M Banks

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

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7) Look to Windward (2000)

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Culture Series #7
by Iain M Banks

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 t

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8) Matter (2008)

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Culture Series #8
by Iain M Banks

MATTER is a novel of dazzling wit and serious purpose. Am extraordinary feat of storytelling and breathtaking invention on a grand scale, it is a tour de force from a writer who has changed the

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9) Surface Detail (2010)

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Culture Series #9
by Iain M Banks

It begins in the realm of the Real.It begins with a murder.And it will not end until the Culture has gone to war with death itself.'Full of elaborate games... and, above all, a thrilling sense of

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10) The Hydrogen Sonata (2012)

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Culture Series #10
by Iain M Banks

The scavenger species are circling. It is, truly, the End Days for the Gzilt civilisation.'Banks has created one of the most enduring and endearing visions of the future... The Hydrogen Sona

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1) Consider Phlebas (1987)

2) The Player of Games (1988)

3) Use of Weapons (1990)

4) The State of the Art (1991)

5) Excession (1996)

6) Inversions (1998)

7) Look to Windward (2000)

8) Matter (2008)

9) Surface Detail (2010)

10) The Hydrogen Sonata (2012)