01346cam a2200313 i 4500 340937989 TxAuBib 20180327120000.0 070615s2008||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2007930990 9780316005401 16.00 0316005401 16.00 TxAuBib rda Banks, Iain, 1954-2013. The player of games [BOOK] / Iain M. Banks. New York : Orbit, 2008. 405 pages : portrait ; 21 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier Culture ; 2 "A Culture novel"--Cover. Excerpt from the author's novel Matter: p. 397-405. In the human-machine symbiotic society called The Culture, there have been many great game players. One, Gurgeh, is a master of every board, computer, and strategy. He travels to the Empire of Azad to try its game, one so complex and like life itself, that the winner becomes emperor. With this game, he takes on the challenge of his life, and possibly his death. 20180327. Computer games Fiction. Science fiction. Culture ; 2.