THE PLAYER OF GAMES
Book ID/图书代码： 07980008B20439
English Summary/英文概要： The Culture - a human/machine symbiotic society - has thrown up many great Game Players, and one of the greatest is Gurgeh. Jernau Morat Gurgeh. The Player of Games. Master of every board, computer and strategy. Bored with success, Gurgeh travels to the Empire of Azad, cruel and incredibly wealthy, to try their fabulous game...a game so complex, so like life itself, that the winner becomes emperor. Mocked, blackmailed, almost murdered, Gurgeh accepts the game, and with it the challenge of his life - and very possibly his death.
Chinese Summary/中文概要： 阿赞得，神奇的帝国，他们的社会和政府系统全部建立在精巧的战略游戏上！
一场生死游戏正在上演! 杰诺•莫拉特•哥奇是人类与机械共存社会中所产生的最杰出游戏玩家之一，每项桌面游戏﹑电脑游戏和战略游戏都在他的掌控之中。
对于成功感到索然无味的哥奇游历到残忍富足的阿赞得帝国，尝试他们国家的美妙游戏，游戏如生活，很复杂，胜者为王。在饱受嘲笑﹑勒索﹑乃至遭遇谋杀后，哥奇同意参与游戏，接受人生的挑战，很大可能上也是死神的挑战。(YM)
Awards/获奖情况：Few of us have been exposed to a talent so manifest and of such extraordinary breadth (THE NEW YORK REVIEW OF SCIENCE FICTION)
Poetic, humorous, baffling, terrifying, sexy - the books of Iain M. Banks are all these things and more (NME)
Banks is an incredibly talented writer. All his books are lively and entertaining. They are laced with a wry humour, fascinating characters and inspired plots. THE PLAYER OF GAMES, I am pleased to say is no exception... Go on, treat yourself, you won’t be disappointed. (STARBURST)
In The Player of Games, Iain M. Banks presents a distant future that could almost be called the end of history. Humanity has filled the galaxy, and thanks to ultra-high technology everyone has everything they want, no one gets sick, and no one dies. It’s (Brooks Peck, AMAZON.CO.UK)
About the Author/作者介绍： Iain Banks came to controversial public notice with the publication of his first novel, The Wasp Factory, in 1984. Consider Phlebas, his first science fiction novel, was published under the name Iain M. Banks in 1987. He is now widely acclaimed as one of the most powerful, innovative and exciting writers of his generation. Iain Banks lives in Fife, Scotland. Iain Banks（伊恩•班克斯）：英国当代著名作家，现居于苏格兰。1984年，首部作品《捕蜂器》出版，作者一跃成，同时也备受争议。此后，随着更多独具造诣的小说和科幻小说的相继问世，作者蜚声日增，深受欢迎和好评。1993年，他荣获“英国最佳青年作者”称号。1996年，他的畅销书榜首作品《乌鸦街》被改编为电视作品。《时代》周刊声称：伊恩•班克斯是英国同时代作家中最具想象力的作者。
作者主要作品有《The Wasp Factory》（捕蜂器）﹑《The Crow Street》（乌鸦街）﹑《桥》（The Bridge）﹑《游戏玩家》（The Player of Games）﹑《运河梦》（Canal Dreams）﹑《如履玻璃》（Walking on Glass）﹑《腓肋巴斯猜想》（Consider Phlebas》） 及《爱斯佩达尔街》。
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