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Zusatztext Sharply satirical and packed with brilliant action scenes! this space opera proves British SF's big beard still plays the best tunes Informationen zum Autor Iain Banks came to widespread and controversial public notice with the publication of his first novel, The Wasp Factory , in 1984. Consider Phlebas , his first science fiction novel, was published under the name Iain M. Banks in 1987 and began his celebrated ten-book Culture series. He is acclaimed as one of the most powerful, innovative and exciting writers of his generation. Klappentext THE SCAVENGER SPECIES ARE CIRCLING. IT IS, TRULY, THE END DAYS FOR THE GZILT CIVILISATION. 'Banks has created one of the most enduring and endearing visions of the future . . . The Hydrogen Sonata confirms his pre-eminence in the field' GUARDIAN 'Exuberant, slyly funny and mind-stretchingly imaginative' SUNDAY TIMES ' The Hydrogen Sonata counts down to Sublimation, where an entire race leaves our universe to move spiritually upmarket. But scavengers await, and a racial secret sparks violence, intrigue, murder and general unspirituality. Compulsive reading' SUNDAY TELEGRAPH 'Epic in scope, ambitious in its ideas and absorbing in its execution' INDEPENDENT ON SUNDAY 'Sharply satirical and packed with brilliant action scenes' BBC FOCUS 'Magnificent' DAILY MAIL A Sunday Times bestselling Culture novel from the UK´s leading SF writer Zusammenfassung A Sunday Times bestselling Culture novel from the UK's leading SF writer
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25 years after Banks's first Culture novel he is as exuberant, slyly funny and mind-stretchingly imaginative as ever SUNDAY TIMES
