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Now go read "The Player of Games", by Iain M. Banks, to see that idea taken to extremes.
by stevekemp 11y ago
Now go read "The Player of Games", by Iain M. Banks, to see that idea taken to extremes.
- chillydawg 11y agoSuperb book.
- arethuza 11y agoOf course, the title of that book is delightfully ambiguous as to which game and which player it is referring to.
- taneq 11y agoThat was the first Culture novel I ever read, and still probably my favourite. Time to dig it out and read it again!
- markdog12 11y agoJust read the book and of course was thinking of it when reading his description of Go
- bmsleight_ 11y agoTo me the book was always about Go taken to the extreme. The Game is the Empire and visa-versa. Imagine if Japan had been more dominate in previous war, then conquered space - then you had the Player of Games.