![]() He has since gained enormous popular and critical acclaim for both his mainstream and his science fiction novels. ![]() ![]() Banks' The State of the Art, in which Diziet Sma and the drone Skaffen-Amtiskaw are two of the main characters in the novella that lent its title to the story collection. Banks' Surface Detail, in which Zakalwe also appears under an alias. The Culture Series Consider Phlebas The Player of Games Use of Weapons The State of the Art Excession Inversions Look to Windward Matter Surface Detail The Hydrogen Sonata About the Author Iain Banks came to controversial public notice with the publication of his first novel, The Wasp Factory, in 1984. Use of Weapons was voted the Best sci-fi film never made by the readers of The Register in 2011. Ferociously intelligent, both witty and horrific, Use of Weapons is a masterpiece of science fiction. But not even its machine could see the horrors in his past. It had once saved the womans life by massacring her attackers in a particularly bloody manner. The drone known as Skaffen-Amtiskaw knew both of these people. The woman known as Diziet Sma had plucked him from obscurity and pushed him towards his present eminence, but despite all their dealings she did not know him as well as she thought. Book Synopsis The man known as Cheradenine Zakalwe was one of Special Circumstances foremost agents, changing the destiny of planets to suit the Culture through intrigue, dirty tricks and military action. ![]() Read this book using Google Play Books app on your PC, android, iOS devices. About the Book Originally published: Great Britain: Macdonald and Co., 1990. Use of Weapons - Ebook written by Iain M. ![]()
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