murfman reviewed The Player of Games by Iain M. Banks
The Culture - a human/machine symbiotic society - has thrown up many great Game Players, …
Review of 'The Player of Games' on 'Storygraph'
4 stars
This was not the typical SciFi story, but a wonderful book that explores the Culture in general. I enjoyed this novel thoroughly and would recommend it to other Culture fans, but it is not the first book should read within the series by any means.