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455 pages • paperback • first pub 1996 • 18 editions
ISBN/UID: 9781857234572
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Publisher: Orbit
Edition Pub Date: 15 May 1997
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All processing is done on StoryGraph, so your reading data is kept private and never shared.
Regarding the environmental impact: The entire feature uses the power of a single gaming PC and runs on 100% renewable energy.
SGAI is opt-in and off by default. Press the button below to turn it off, and you can turn it back on from the Preferences page:
Description
The fifth Culture book from the awesome imagination of Iain M. Banks, a modern master of science fiction. Two and a half millennia ago, the artifact appeared in a remote corner of space, beside a trillion-year-old dying sun from a different unive...
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455 pages • paperback • 1996
ISBN/UID: 9781857234572
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Publisher: Orbit
Edition Pub Date: 15 May 1997
About SGAI
SGAI (StoryGraph AI) is a complete in-house solution. This is not ChatGPT or Claude.
All processing is done on StoryGraph, so your reading data is kept private and never shared.
Regarding the environmental impact: The entire feature uses the power of a single gaming PC and runs on 100% renewable energy.
SGAI is opt-in and off by default. Press the button below to turn it off, and you can turn it back on from the Preferences page:
Description
The fifth Culture book from the awesome imagination of Iain M. Banks, a modern master of science fiction. Two and a half millennia ago, the artifact appeared in a remote corner of space, beside a trillion-year-old dying sun from a different unive...
Community Reviews
Content Warnings