Title: The Player of Games

Title: The Player of Games Title Record # 1380
Author: Iain M. Banks
Date: 1988-08-00
Type: NOVEL
Series: Culture
Series Number: 2
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Language: English
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Translations

Year	Language	Title
1990^ⓘTranslated by Rosemarie Hundertmarck The translation was 2004 revised by Rainer Michael Rahn.	German	Das Spiel Azad [as by Iain Banks]
1990^ⓘTranslated by Anna Feruglio Dal Dan.	Italian	L'impero di Azad
1992^ⓘTranslated by Hélène Collon	French	L'homme des jeux
2007^ⓘTranslated by Albert Solé	Spanish	El jugador
2016^ⓘTranslated by Gabriel Stoian of ''The Player of Games''.	Romanian	Jucătorul total^?Jucatorul total
2021^ⓘTranslated by Edmundo Barreiros	Portuguese	O jogador

Awards

Place	Year and Award	Category
22	1989 Locus	Best SF Novel
Win ^ⓘAwarded to the translator Hélène Collon (as L'homme des jeux)	1994 Imaginaire	Traduction

Publications

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Title	Date	Author/Editor	Publisher/Pub. Series	ISBN/Catalog ID	Price	Pages	Format	Type	Cover Artist
The Player of Games	1988-08-00	Iain M. Banks	Macmillan UK	0-333-47110-5	£11.95^?£: UK pound	309	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	novel	Richard Hopkinson
The Player of Games	1988-08-00	Iain M. Banks	Macmillan UK	0-333-47143-1	£75.00^?£: UK pound	309	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	novel
The Player of Games	1989-01-00	Iain M. Banks	Thomas Dunne Books / St. Martin's Press	0-312-02630-7	$16.95^?$: US dollar	309	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	novel
The Player of Games	1989-08-00	Iain M. Banks	Orbit	0-7088-8309-5	£4.99^?£: UK pound	309	tp^?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.	novel	Keith Scaife
The Player of Games	1989-08-00	Iain M. Banks	Thomas Dunne Books / St. Martin's Press / SFBC	15127		309	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	novel
The Player of Games	1990-00-00	Iain M. Banks	Orbit	0-7088-8309-5	£4.99^?£: UK pound	309	tp^?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.	novel	Keith Scaife
The Player of Games	1990-11-00	Iain M. Banks	HarperPaperbacks	0-06-100098-1	$4.50^?$: US dollar	399	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	novel	Peter Gudynas
The Player of Games	1993-00-00	Iain M. Banks	Orbit	1-85723-146-5	£5.99^?£: UK pound	309	tp^?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.	novel	Keith Scaife
The Player of Games	1993-00-00	Iain M. Banks	Orbit	1-85723-146-5	£5.99^?£: UK pound	309	tp^?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.	novel	Keith Scaife
The Player of Games	1994-00-00	Iain M. Banks	Orbit	1-85723-146-5	£5.99^?£: UK pound	309	tp^?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.	novel	Keith Scaife
The Player of Games	1995-06-00	Iain M. Banks	Orbit	1-85723-146-5	£6.99^?£: UK pound	309	tp^?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.	novel	Mark Salwowski
The Player of Games	1996-00-00	Iain M. Banks	Orbit	1-85723-146-5	£6.99^?£: UK pound	309	tp^?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.	novel	Mark Salwowski
The Player of Games	1997-02-00	Iain M. Banks	HarperPrism	0-06-105356-2	$10.00^?$: US dollar	295	tp^?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.	novel	John Ennis
The Player of Games	1998-00-00	Iain M. Banks	Orbit	1-85723-146-5	£6.99^?£: UK pound	309	tp^?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.	novel	Mark Salwowski
The Player of Games	2000-00-00	Iain M. Banks	Orbit	1-85723-146-5	£7.99^?£: UK pound	309	tp^?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.	novel	Mark Salwowski
The Player of Games	2000-00-00	Iain M. Banks	Orbit	1-85723-146-5	£6.99^?£: UK pound	309	tp^?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.	novel	Mark Salwowski
The Player of Games	2001-00-00	Iain M. Banks	Orbit	1-84149-095-4	£6.99^?£: UK pound	309	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	novel	Mark Salwowski
The Player of Games	2005-00-00	Iain M. Banks	Orbit	1-85723-146-5	£7.99^?£: UK pound	309	tp^?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.	novel	Getty Images
The Player of Games	2006-00-00	Iain M. Banks	Orbit	1-85723-146-5	£7.99^?£: UK pound	309	tp^?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.	novel
The Player of Games	2007-00-00	Iain M. Banks	Orbit	978-1-85723-146-5	£7.99^?£: UK pound	309	tp^?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.	novel	Getty Images
The Player of Games	2008-00-00	Iain M. Banks	Orbit	978-1-85723-146-5	£7.99^?£: UK pound	309	tp^?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.	novel	Getty Images
The Player of Games	2008-03-00	Iain M. Banks	Orbit (US)	978-0-316-00540-1	$12.99^?$: US dollar	405	tp^?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.	novel	Blacksheep
The Player of Games	2008-09-04	Iain M. Banks	Orbit	978-0-7481-1006-3	£5.99^?£: UK pound		ebook^?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.	novel	Getty Images
The Player of Games	2009-12-01	Iain M. Banks	Orbit (US)	978-0-316-09586-0	$9.99^?$: US dollar		ebook^?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.	novel	Getty Images
The Player of Games	2010-00-00	Iain M. Banks	Orbit	978-1-85723-146-5	£8.99^?£: UK pound	309	tp^?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.	novel	Blacksheep
The Player of Games	2011-05-06	Iain M. Banks	Hachette Audio		$28.50^?$: US dollar		digital audio download^?Digital recording in any format that is downloaded directly from the Internet. This category includes podcasts.	novel	Getty Images
The Player of Games	2011-08-01	Iain M. Banks	Hachette	978-1-61113-674-6			audio CD^?Compact disc with standard audio tracks	novel
Iain M. Banks Culture - 25th Anniversary Box Set	2012-10-04	Iain M. Banks	Orbit	978-0-356-50209-0	£19.99^?£: UK pound		tp^?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.	omni
The Culture	2012-11-06	Iain M. Banks	Orbit (US)	978-0-316-22508-3	$29.99^?$: US dollar	1472	tp^?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.	omni
The Player of Games	2023-11-30	Iain M. Banks	Orbit	978-0-356-52164-0	£10.99^?£: UK pound	400	tp^?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.	novel
The Player of Games	date unknown	Iain M. Banks	HarperPrism	0-06-105356-2	$12.00^?$: US dollar	295	tp^?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.	novel	John Ennis
The Player of Games	date unknown	Iain M. Banks	Orbit (US)	978-0-316-00540-1	$14.99^?$: US dollar	405	tp^?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.	novel	Blacksheep
The Player of Games	date unknown	Iain M. Banks	Orbit (US)	978-0-316-00540-1	$16.00^?$: US dollar	405	tp^?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.	novel	Blacksheep

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Reviews

Review by John Clute (1988) in Interzone, #26 November-December 1988
Review by Faren Miller (1988) in Locus, #335 December 1988
Review by Maureen Kincaid Speller [as by Maureen Porter] (1988) in Vector 147
Review by Thomas A. Easton [as by Tom Easton] (1989) in Analog Science Fiction and Fact, July 1989
Review by Helen McNabb (1990) in Paperback Inferno, #83
Review [French] by
Stéphane Nicot^?Stephane Nicot
(1996) in Galaxies, #2
Review by Stephen E. Andrews and Nick Rennison (2006) in 100 Must-Read Science Fiction Novels, (2006) , reprinted in:
100 Must-Read Science Fiction Novels (2007)
100 Must-Read Science Fiction Novels (unknown)

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