BANKS, Iain M.

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Use of Weapons. First edition, inscribed by the author on the title page, shortly after publication, "To Anne, cheers, Ian M Banks, 28. 9. 90." This is the third book set in Iain Banks's fictional post-scarcity society, "The Culture". Banks wrote ten books in the series, each functioning as a standalone story. This partcular novel "addresses the question of Culture guilt for its manipulation of races not yet free of scarcity-bound behaviour; its portrayal of the relationship between a Culture woman and the psychically-scarred mercenary in her employ is tough-minded, and provides no easy answers. It is generally thought to be one of the finest Culture novels" (SFE).

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