Author: Iain M. Banks
Year: 1988
Type: NOVEL
Series: Culture
Series Number: 2
Wikipedia Entry: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Player_of_Games
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Awards:
- 1989 - The Player of Games Locus Poll Award, Best SF Novel (Place: 22)
Publications:
- The Player of Games, (1988, Iain M. Banks, Macmillan UK, 0-333-47110-5, £11.95, 309pp, hc) Cover: Richard Hopkinson - [VERIFIED]
- The Player of Games, (1988, Iain M. Banks, Macmillan UK, 0-333-47143-1, £75.00, 309pp, hc)
- The Player of Games, (1989, Iain M. Banks, Thomas Dunne Books / St. Martin's Press, 0-312-02630-7, $16.95, 309pp, hc)
- The Player of Games, (1989, Iain M. Banks, Orbit, 0-7088-8309-5, £4.99, 309pp, tp)
- The Player of Games, (Aug 1989, Iain M. Banks, Thomas Dunne Books / St. Martin's Press / SFBC, #15127, 309pp, hc)
- The Player of Games, (Nov 1990, Iain M. Banks, HarperPaperbacks, 0-06-100098-1, $4.50, 399pp, pb) Cover: Peter Gudynas
- The Player of Games, (1993, Iain M. Banks, Orbit, 1-85723-146-5, £5.99, 309pp, tp) - [VERIFIED]
- The Player of Games, (1995, Iain M. Banks, Orbit / Little, Brown UK, 1-85723-146-5, £6.99, 309pp, tp) Cover: Mark Salwowski
- The Player of Games, (1996, Iain M. Banks, Orbit, 1-85723-146-5, £6.99, 309pp, tp) Cover: Mark Salwowski - [VERIFIED]
- The Player of Games, (1997, Iain M. Banks, HarperPrism, 0-06-105356-2, $10.00, 295pp, tp) Cover: John Ennis - [VERIFIED]
- The Player of Games, (1998, Iain M. Banks, Orbit / Little, Brown UK, 1-85723-146-5, £6.99, 309pp, tp) Cover: Mark Salwowski
- The Player of Games, (2000, Iain M. Banks, Orbit, 1-85723-146-5, £7.99, 309pp, tp) Cover: Mark Salwowski - [VERIFIED]
- The Player of Games, (2001, Iain M. Banks, Orbit, 1-84149-095-4, £6.99, 309pp, pb) Cover: Mark Salwowski - [VERIFIED]
- The Player of Games, (2005, Iain M. Banks, Orbit, 1-85723-146-5, £7.99, 309pp, tp) Cover: Mark Salwowski
- The Player of Games, (2006, Iain M. Banks, Orbit, 1-85723-146-5, £7.99, 309pp, tp)
- The Player of Games, (2007, Iain M. Banks, Orbit, 978-1-85723-146-5, £7.99, 309pp, tp) - [VERIFIED]
- The Player of Games, (Mar 2008, Iain M. Banks, Orbit (US), 0-316-00540-1, $12.99, 391pp, tp) Cover: BlackSheep
Reviews:
- Locus, December 1988, (1988), reviewed by Faren Miller
- Interzone #26, Nov/Dec 1988, (1988), reviewed by John Clute
- Analog Science Fiction and Fact, July 1989, (1989), reviewed by Tom Easton
- 100 Must-Read Science Fiction Novels, (2006), reviewed by Stephen E. Andrews and Nick Rennison
Bibliographic Warnings:
- Missing price: The Player of Games (1989-08-00)
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