The Algebraist by Iain M. Banks (English) Paperback Book

Description: The Algebraist by Iain M. Banks As complex, turbulent and spectacular as the gas giant on which it is set, this novel from Iain M. Banks is space opera on a truly epic scale. "An enormously enjoyable book, full of wonderful aliens, a sense of wonder and subtle political commentary on current events." -Publishers Weekly (Starred Review) It is 4034 AD. Humanity has made it to the stars. Fassin Taak, a Slow Seer at the Court of the Nasqueron Dwellers, will be fortunate if he makes it to the end of the year. The Nasqueron Dwellers inhabit a gas giant on the outskirts of the galaxy, in a system awaiting its wormhole connection to the rest of civilization. In the meantime, they are dismissed as decadents living in a state of highly developed barbarism, hoarding data without order, hunting their own young and fighting pointless formal wars. Seconded to a military-religious order hes barely heard of - part of the baroque hierarchy of the Mercatoria, the latest galactic hegemony - Fassin Taak has to travel again amongst the Dwellers. He is in search of a secret hidden for half a billion years. But with each day that passes a war draws closer - a war that threatens to overwhelm everything and everyone hes ever known. "Banks is a phenomenon...writing pure science fiction of a peculiarly gnarly energy and elegance." -William Gibson "Banks writes with a sophistication that will surprise anyone unfamiliar with modern science fiction." -The New York TimesFor More from Iain M. Banks, check out: The Culture series: Consider Phlebas The Player of Games Use of Weapons The State of the Art Excession Inversions Look to Windward Matter Surface Detail The Hydrogen Sonata FORMAT Paperback LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Author Biography Iain Banks came to widespread and controversial public notice with the publication of his first novel, The Wasp Factory, in 1984. Consider Phlebas, his first science fiction novel, was published under the name Iain M. Banks in 1987 and began his celebrated ten-book Culture series. He is acclaimed as one of the most powerful, innovative and exciting writers of his generation. Review "An enormously enjoyable book, full of wonderful aliens, a sense of wonder and subtle political commentary on current events."--Publishers Weekly (Starred Review) on The Algebraist"[Banks] can summon up sense-of-wonder Big Concepts youve never seen before and display them with narration as deft as a conjurors fingers." --scifi.com"Banks is a phenomenon...writing pure science fiction of a peculiarly gnarly energy and elegance."--William Gibson"Banks never lets up in a dizzying array of characters, mind-bending ideas, and dazzling action."--Booklist"Banks writes space opera on the grand scale: he measures time in eons, space in lightyears, tragedies in gigadeaths."--Time"Banks writes with a sophistication that will surprise anyone unfamiliar with modern science fiction."--The New York Times"Few of us have been exposed to a talent so manifest and of such extraordinary breadth."--New York Review of Science Fiction"Nobody does it better."--Times (UK) Details ISBN031656558X Author Iain M. Banks Publisher Orbit Language English ISBN-10 031656558X ISBN-13 9780316565585 Format Paperback Imprint Orbit Year 2024 Series Culture Country of Publication United States AU Release Date 2024-01-09 NZ Release Date 2024-01-09 UK Release Date 2024-01-09 DEWEY FIC Audience General Pages 704 Publication Date 2024-04-02 US Release Date 2024-04-02 We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:168766092;

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