Inversions

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Author(s):

Iain M Banks

First Pub:

1998

Genre(s):

Science Fiction

First Read:

2022

Times Read:

1 time

Rating:

Chapters:

See 26

Prologue

1 - The Doctor

2 - The Bodyguard

3 - The Doctor

4 - The Bodyguard

5 - The Doctor

6 - The Bodyguard

7 - The Doctor

8 - The Bodyguard

9 - The Doctor

10 - The Bodyguard

11 - The Doctor

12 - The Bodyguard

13 - The Doctor

14 - The Bodyguard

15 - The Doctor

16 - The Bodyguard

17 - The Doctor

18 - The Bodyguard

19 - The Doctor

20 - The Bodyguard

21 - The Doctor

22 - The Bodyguard

23 - The Doctor

24 - The Bodyguard

Epilogue

Internal ID:

1694

Series:

Excession
Look to Windward

Culture Series*

#6 of 10

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
2) The Player of Games
3) Use of Weapons
4) The State of the Art
5) Excession
6) Inversions
7) Look to Windward
8) Matter
9) Surface Detail
10) The Hydrogen Sonata

Copyright:

Dedication:

For Michelle

First Sentence:

The only sin is selfishness

Last Sentence:

May contain spoilers

I do little real work now I am so old, but still there is a life to be lived.

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Added: 14-Jun-2015

Last Updated: 03-Oct-2024

01-May-1999

Orbit

Trade Paperback

Date Issued:

01-May-1999

Format:

Trade Paperback

Cover Price:

£9.99

Read:

Once

Reading(s):

1) 25 Mar 2022 - 2 Apr 2022

Cover Link(s):

amazon.com

Internal ID:

2322

Publisher:

Orbit

ISBN:

1-857-23763-3

ISBN-13:

978-1-857-23763-4

Country:

United Kingdom

Language:

English

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 palace across the mountains, in the service of the regicidal Protector General, the chief bodyguard, too, has his enemies. But his enemies strike more swiftly, and his means of combating them are more traditional.

'A fantastic, awe-inpiring book... I can't imagine not being won over by this deeply entertaining, thought-provoking and humane story.' EXPRESS

'Taut, hilarious and wicked' MAIL ON SUNDAY

'Compulsive Banksian reading... thoughtful, intelligently bloody stuff' SFX

'Captivating... incisive... as sublime as ever' TIME OUT

Cover:

Notes and Comments:

Not for sale in the United States
Canada: $17.99

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01-May-1999
Orbit
Trade Paperback

Author(s)

Iain M Banks
Birth: 16 Feb 1959 Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland, UK
Death: 09 Jun 2013 Kirkcaldy, Fife, Scotland, UK

Awards

1998

British Science Fiction Association

Best Novel

Nominee

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