{"product_id":"matter","title":"Matter","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe novels of Iain M. Banks have forever changed the face of modern science fiction. His Culture books combine breathtaking imagination with exceptional storytelling, and have secured his reputation as one of the most extraordinary and influential writers in the genre.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e''Banks is a phenomenon'' \u003c\/b\u003eWilliam Gibson\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e The intricate structure of a Shellworld - an arti­ficial planet of spheres-within-spheres - is matched only by the machinations of its inhabitants.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOn the eighth sphere of Sursamen, a man witnesses the murder of his father and flees, searching for the one - maybe two - people who could clear his name. For his brother, this means a life lived under constant threat of treachery, while for their sister, Djan Seriy Anaplian, it means returning to a place she''d thought abandoned forever.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAnaplian is not who she once was. She has become an agent of the Culture''s Special Circumstances section, charged with high-level interference in civilisations throughout the greater galaxy.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eConcealing her new identity - and her particular set of abilities - might be a dangerous strategy. In the world to which she returns, nothing is quite as it seems; and determining the appropriate level of interference in someone else''s war is never a simple matter.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePraise for the Culture series:\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e''Epic in scope, ambitious in its ideas and absorbing in its execution'' \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eIndependent on Sunday\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e''Banks has created one of the most enduring and endearing visions of the future'' \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eGuardian\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e''Jam-packed with extraordinary invention'' \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eScotsman\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e''Compulsive reading'' \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eSunday Telegraph \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Culture series:\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eConsider Phlebas\u003cbr\u003eThe Player of Games\u003cbr\u003eUse of Weapons\u003cbr\u003eExcession\u003cbr\u003eInversions\u003cbr\u003eLook to Windward\u003cbr\u003eMatter\u003cbr\u003eSurface Detail\u003cbr\u003eThe Hydrogen Sonata\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe State of the Art\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eOther books by Iain M. Banks:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eAgainst a Dark Background\u003cbr\u003eFeersum Endjinn\u003cbr\u003eThe Algebraist\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAlso now available: \u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Culture: The Drawings\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e- an extraordinary collection of original illustrations faithfully reproduced from sketchbooks Banks kept in the 1970s and 80s, depicting the ships, habitats, geography, weapons and language of Banks'' Culture series of novels in incredible detail.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"MediaPlace","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57401459245438,"sku":"NW9780356521701","price":12.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1379\/1261\/files\/9780356521701.jpg?v=1778611468","url":"https:\/\/mediaplace.com\/en-eu\/products\/matter","provider":"MediaPlace","version":"1.0","type":"link"}