The main character, Gergey, an over comfortable citizen of the Culture, is given a chance to get his cage rattled by playing the game of his life! But like the mysterious narrator tells you in the beginning, it is a story about a battle that was not a battle and a game that turned out not to be a game. "Consider Phlebas," the first Culture novel where man and machine lives in a symbiotic relationship, is in my view, only an introduction to the background aspects necessary to understand this book. Banks' "The Player of Games." Kenny's interpretation, especially his unbelievable mimicking of different drone-like voices, brought the book to life. I thoroughly enjoyed, Peter Kenny's rendition of Iain M. But that is small criticism and a backhanded compliment to what is a staggeringly good book that is also very, very well read. If you've heard or read Consider Phelbas, this is different as it's set within the Culture but you'll love it! The action is break-neck and the story is rich! My only criticism of the audio version is that the character names are so 'out-there' that it can be a problem to remember who's who. The utopian scale of the Culture is beyond anything I have read in 35 years love of sci-fi and each one of IMB's novels adds more and more levels of interest. IMB's Culture stories are a fascinating mix of sociology, solid character development, lavish detail and staggering imagination.
That a story of this length can grip you from beginning to end is amazing and I have no hesitation in recommending it. They are detailed with plots, characters and environments vividly described.
Banks' Culture novels are beyond belief in their scope and richness of detail. A bored, disaffected, dilettante game-playing, genius get's twisted by friend who's no friend.
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