Title: Surface Detail
Title Record # 1143220
Author: Iain M. Banks
Date: 2010-10-07
Type: NOVEL
Series: Culture
Series Number: 9
Webpages: Wikipedia-EN
Language: English
Current Tags: genetic engineering (2), AI (1), science fiction (1), interstellar conflict (1), self-replicating nanotechnology (1), virtuality (1), megastructures (1), aliens (1), hard sf (1), FTL travel (1), virtual war (1), avatars (1) Add Tags
Author: Iain M. Banks
Date: 2010-10-07
Type: NOVEL
Series: Culture
Series Number: 9
Webpages: Wikipedia-EN
Language: English
Synopsis: A young woman attempting to escape her tyrannical plutocratic master becomes entangled with vastly powerful interstellar civilizations clashing over a philosophical difference regarding virtual universes.
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Current Tags: genetic engineering (2), AI (1), science fiction (1), interstellar conflict (1), self-replicating nanotechnology (1), virtuality (1), megastructures (1), aliens (1), hard sf (1), FTL travel (1), virtual war (1), avatars (1) Add Tags
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Awards
Place | Year and Award | Category |
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10 | 2010 Goodreads | Science Fiction |
4 | 2011 Locus | Best SF Novel |
Nominations Below Cutoff | 2011 Hugo | Best Novel |
Win ⓘAward is for the translator, Patrick Dusoulier
(as Les enfers virtuels)
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2012 Imaginaire | Traduction |
Nomination (as Krieg der Seelen) | 2012 Kurd Lasswitz Prize | Bestes ausländisches Werk |
Publications
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Title | Date | Author/Editor | Publisher/Pub. Series | ISBN/Catalog ID | Price | Pages | Format | Type | Cover Artist | Verif |
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Surface Detail | 2010-10-00 | Iain M. Banks | Orbit | 978-1-84149-893-5 | £18.99?£: UK pound. ISO code: GBP |
627 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
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Surface Detail | 2010-10-00 | Iain M. Banks | Orbit (US) | 978-0-316-12340-2 | $25.99?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD |
627 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
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Surface Detail | 2010-10-07 | Iain M. Banks | Orbit | 978-1-84149-894-2 | £12.99?£: UK pound. ISO code: GBP |
627 | 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. |
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Surface Detail | 2010-10-07 | Iain M. Banks | Orbit | 978-0-7481-1733-8 | £5.99?£: UK pound. ISO code: GBP |
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF. |
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Surface Detail | 2010-10-28 | Iain M. Banks | Orbit (US) / SFBC | 1330720 | $14.99?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD |
416 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
novel | ||
Surface Detail | 2010-10-28 | Iain M. Banks | Orbit (US) | 978-0-316-18048-1 | $9.99?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD |
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF. |
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Surface Detail | 2011-03-01 | Iain M. Banks | ISIS Audio Books | 978-1-4450-0771-7 | audio MP3 CD?Compact disc with mp3-encoded audio tracks |
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Surface Detail | 2011-05-12 | Iain M. Banks | Orbit (US) | 978-0-316-12341-9 | $14.99?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD |
644 | 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 | Shutterstock | ![]() |
Surface Detail | 2011-05-26 | Iain M. Banks | Orbit | 978-1-84149-895-9 | £8.99?£: UK pound. ISO code: GBP |
627 | 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. |
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Les enfers virtuels 1: Surface | 2011-10-00 | Iain M. Banks | Robert Laffont (Ailleurs et demain) | 978-2-221-12790-2 | €21.00?€: Euro. ISO code: EUR |
388 | 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 | Manchu | |
Les enfers virtuels 2: Détail | 2011-10-00 | Iain M. Banks | Robert Laffont (Ailleurs et demain) | 978-2-221-12791-9 | €20.00?€: Euro. ISO code: EUR |
326 | 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 | Manchu | |
Surface Detail | 2012-00-00 | Iain M. Banks | Orbit | 978-1-84149-895-9 | £8.99?£: UK pound. ISO code: GBP |
627 | 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. |
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Krieg der Seelen | 2012-01-00 | Iain Banks | Heyne | 978-3-453-52871-0 | €15.99?€: Euro. ISO code: EUR |
799 | 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 |
Nele Schütz?Nele Schuetz
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Les enfers virtuels | 2013-08-00 | Iain M. Banks | Le Livre de Poche (Le Livre de Poche #33142) | 978-2-253-16977-2 | €8.90?€: Euro. ISO code: EUR |
861 | 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 | Lauren Panepinto | |
Les enfers virtuels | 2013-09-00 | Iain M. Banks | Le Livre de Poche (Le Livre de Poche - Science Fiction #33142) | 978-2-253-16977-2 | 864 | 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. |
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Surface Detail | 2023-11-30 | Iain M. Banks | Orbit | 978-0-356-52171-8 | £10.99?£: UK pound. ISO code: GBP |
640 | 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 | ||
Surface Detail | date unknown | Iain M. Banks | Orbit (US) | 978-0-316-12341-9 | $14.99?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD |
644 | 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 | Shutterstock | ![]() |
Reviews
- Review by Paul Kincaid (2010) in Interzone, #231 November-December 2010
- Review by Simon Petrie (2010) in Andromeda Spaceways Inflight Magazine, Issue #49
- Review by Patrick Ward (2010) in Bull Spec, December 2010-January-February 2011
- Review by Paul Witcover (2011) in Locus, #600 January 2011
- Review by Russell Letson (2011) in Locus, #600 January 2011
- Review by Abigail Nussbaum (2011) in Strange Horizons, 13 June 2011
- Review by Marcus Flavin (2011) in Vector 266 Spring 2011
- Review by David Conyers (2011) in Albedo One, #41, (2011)
- Review [French] by Jean-Pierre Lion (2012) in Bifrost, #66
- Review [French] by Jean-Pierre Lion (2012) in Bifrost, #66
- Review [Dutch] by Jaap Boekestein (2014) in Holland-SF 2014, #2