The Player of Games
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Publication
2008-03-26 - Orbit
Language
English
Word Count
104,000 words, Guess
Page Count
416 pages
Physical Format
Paperback
Identifiers
- Open LibraryOL10426057M
- ISBN-139780316005401
- ISBN-100316005401
- OCLC Control Number154698709
- Library of Congress Control Number2007930990
and 2 more
- LibraryThing19119
- Goodreads1260578
Classifications
- LCCPR6052.A485 P54 2008
Description
The Culture - a human/machine symbiotic society - has thrown up many great Game Players, and one of the greatest is Gurgeh. Jernau Morat Gurgeh. The Player of Games. Master of every board, computer, and strategy. Bored with success, Gurgeh travels to the Empire of Azad, cruel and incredibly wealthy, to try their fabulous game ... a game so complex, so like life itself, that the winner becomes emperor. Mocked, blackmailed, almost murdered, Gurgeh accepts the game, and with it the challenge of his life - a very possibly his death.
Description
In the human-machine symbiotic society called The Culture, there have been many great game players. One, Gurgeh, is a master of every board, computer, and strategy. He travels to the Empire of Azad to try its game, one so complex and like life itself, that the winner becomes emperor. With this game, he takes on the challenge of his life, and possibly his death.
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