Inversions
Culture Series, Book 6
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Narrated by:
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Peter Kenny
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By:
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Iain M. Banks
About this listen
The 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.
'Banks is a phenomenon' William Gibson
In the winter palace, the King's new physician has more enemies than she realises. But then she also has more defences than even her most hardened adversaries could imagine.
In another palace, far across the mountains, sits the regicidal Protector General. His chief bodyguard also has enemies to worry about, with the threat of treachery and assassination never far away.
And beneath the surface of these feudal courts - behind the spies, murders, politics and intrigues - lies an entirely different kind of threat, an entity that nobody would ever suspect.
Praise for the Culture series:
'Epic in scope, ambitious in its ideas and absorbing in its execution' Independent on Sunday
'Banks has created one of the most enduring and endearing visions of the future' Guardian
'Banks's sci-fi, at its best, is staggeringly inventive, beautifully written, dramatic and often very funny. His stories are packed with ideas, warships with minds very much of their own, alien races, charismatic drones and intergalactic politics' New Scientist
'Jam-packed with extraordinary invention' Scotsman
'Compulsive reading' Sunday Telegraph
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- Mark
- 10-01-2025
The Culture book that never mentions the Culture
The book is continuously ironic - the reader is guessing that what is happening involves the Culture, but is never totally sure. I was totally satisfied by the denouement and was convinced I was right in my assumptions. Never knowing what the Doctor was thinking required me to imagine much, and kept me enthralled.
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- Anonymous User
- 30-03-2021
A beautiful tale of culture intrigue
Not for those new to "culture" interference. A great view from outside the culture. Brilliant!
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- Skepses
- 22-11-2021
A refreshing and satisfying change of perspective
This story weaves two intriguing tales from different perspectives, set in a feudal society yet subtly embedded within the much larger context of the Culture. There are the usual exhilarating twists that we can expect from Banks, and only after these are revealed is the reason for the book’s name, ‘Inversions’, clear.
Finding and understanding the Culture references is part of the enjoyment, but in order to perceive these elements you need to be familiar with the earlier books. Even though each Culture story stands alone, for best enjoyment this shouldn’t be your first Culture book.
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- James McCluskey
- 04-04-2018
solid entry
great culture entry - makes little sense if you're not familiar with the others in the series though.
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- Anonymous User
- 19-03-2019
Don't choose this as your first Culture novel...
Beautifully nuanced tale with just the scent of the Culture, which makes it so brilliant
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- Anonymous User
- 12-08-2021
Not quite what I was expecting
Not quite what I was expecting for a culture book but still a good story
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- Rudy
- 21-02-2024
not a culture book at all
review is in the title. this is a alternative universe period drama, not scifi or culture related
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- Jared Neaves
- 01-06-2018
The most boring book in the culture series.
The most boring book in the culture series. The performance is fantastic as usual but the content has no purpose and is barely in the universe apart from some veiled hints at the existence of a knife missile.
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- stv9007
- 25-09-2019
Not the best
This is easily the worst culture book. It’s a fairly boring story of a Bronze Age civ with only hints of special circumstances. SC would not bother with this culture but even if they would who cares
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