If you do read Player of Games as a starting point, I'd recommend going back to it after reading several of the other novels. For two reasons: - You don't real

If you do read Player of Games as a starting point, I'd recommend going back to it after reading several of the other novels. For two reasons: - You don't realise quite how unusual a character Jernau is in the Culture until you've read some other novels. - The title "Player of Games" makes much more sense.