{"product_id":"the-algebraist-iain-m-banks-paperback","title":"The Algebraist -- Iain M. Banks, Paperback","description":"\u003cstrong\u003eAs 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.\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"An enormously enjoyable book, full of wonderful aliens, a sense of wonder and subtle political commentary on current events.\" -\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e (Starred Review) \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Seconded to a military-religious order he's 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 he's ever known. \u003cp\u003e \"Banks is a phenomenon...writing pure science fiction of a peculiarly gnarly energy and elegance.\" -William Gibson \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \"Banks writes with a sophistication that will surprise anyone unfamiliar with modern science fiction.\" -\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eFor More from Iain M. Banks, check out: \u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe Culture series: \u003c\/strong\u003e \u003ci\u003eConsider Phlebas The Player of Games Use of Weapons The State of the Art Excession Inversions Look to Windward Matter Surface Detail The Hydrogen Sonata\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/strong\u003e Iain M. Banks\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/strong\u003e Orbit\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublished:\u003c\/strong\u003e 4\/2\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 704\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/strong\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWeight:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.35 lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSize:\u003c\/strong\u003e 8.5\" H x 5.7\" L x 2\" W\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN:\u003c\/strong\u003e 9780316565585\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Kotton Kandy Skies","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51739746763051,"sku":"9780316565585","price":21.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0962\/2978\/5899\/files\/9780316565585_e4d96c8c-87a4-4eda-8339-be593ed08b82.jpg?v=1774773505","url":"https:\/\/2trc11-eq.myshopify.com\/products\/the-algebraist-iain-m-banks-paperback","provider":"Kotton Kandy Skies","version":"1.0","type":"link"}