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.
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.
The Culture series:
Consider Phlebas
The Player of Games
Use of Weapons
Excession
Inversions
Look to Windward
Matter
Surface Detail
The Hydrogen Sonata
The State of the Art
Other books by Iain M. Banks:
Against a Dark Background
Feersum Endjinn
The Algebraist
Critic Reviews
"A fantastic, awe-inspiring book...I can't imagine anyone not being won over by this deeply entertaining, thought-provoking and humane story" (Express)
"Taut, hilarious and wicked" (Mail on Sunday)
"Compulsive Banksian reading...thoughtful, intelligently bloody stuff" (SFX)
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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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