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Use of Weapons (Culture #3)

Iain M. Banks

Paperback | Pages: 411 pages

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Original Title:	Use of Weapons
ISBN:	185723135X (ISBN13: 9781857231359)
Edition Language:	English URL http://www.iain-banks.net/uk/use-of-weapons/
Series:	Culture #3
Characters:	Cheradenine Zakalwe, Diziet Sma, Skaffen-Amstikaw
Literary Awards:	Arthur C. Clarke Award Nominee (1991), Kurd-Laßwitz-Preis for Bester ausländischer SF-Roman (Best Foreign Work) (1993), British Science Fiction Association Award Nominee for Best Novel (1990), Grand Prix de l'Imaginaire Nominee for Roman étranger (1993)

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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. 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. The drone known as Skaffen-Amtiskaw knew both of these people. It had once saved the woman's life by massacring her attackers in a particularly bloody manner. It believed the man to be a lost cause. But not even its machine could see the horrors in his past. Ferociously intelligent, both witty and horrific, USE OF WEAPONS is a masterpiece of science fiction.

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Title	:	Use of Weapons (Culture #3)
Author	:	Iain M. Banks
Book Format	:	Paperback
Book Edition	:	Anniversary Edition
Pages	:	Pages: 411 pages
Published	:	March 26th 1992 by Orbit (first published March 1990)
Categories	:	Science Fiction. Fiction. Space. Space Opera

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I'd prefer to sit on the floor, thanks. No, really! I'll feel more comfortable that way.I'm sorry? Oh, just something I read. It doesn't matter. To be honest, I'd rather not talk about it.

June 9, 2013It's a sad day for me. I won't speak for anyone else on the passing of Iain (M.) Banks. I will only speak for myself, and for myself this is a sad, sad day. I came to Banks circuitously. A close friend of mine was teaching Wasp Factory in a class he'd designed about serial killer literature, and of all the books on his syllabus he told me to read Wasp Factory, so I did, and I loved every page. And then I drifted away from Banks for a good long while until my sister moved to Scotland

Use of Weapons: A dark and brooding tale of warfare, manipulation and guiltOriginally posted at Fantasy LiteratureUse of Weapons (1990) is the third published novel in Banks Culture series, although it is actually a rewrite of a draft written much earlier that the author claims was impossible to comprehend without thinking in six dimensions. Well, for readers who generally dwell in just three or four dimensions, the narrative structure of Use of Weapons is fairly complex until you get used to

Fantastic. After I finish most books, I head to the book shelf and flip through the three or four books that I had in my mind as I was getting to the end of the last one. Not this time. As soon as I turned the last page, I gave this one some significant thought. I take this opportunity to also remind you that this is a science fiction novel. I prefer, if at all possible, to avoid writing reviews with spoilers. In this case, this is going to be a challenge because much of what is wicked about Use

Majorly disappointed in this one. The first Culture books are amongst my favourites but this is very flaky, confusing and a trifle boring. I will continue with the series, but this was a struggle.

The Minds did not assume such distinctions; to them, there was no cut-off between the two. Tactics cohered into strategy, strategy disintegrated into tactics, in the sliding scale of their dialectical moral algebra. It was all more than they ever expected the mammal brain to cope with.Okay, so this gets off to a rocky start: the early chapters in this book are a bit odd, almost as if they were written by someone other than Banks. Or is it just Banks being Banks, and giving the reader the old