Book 16: "The Player of Games" by Iain M. Banks
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kittiwake'They didn't tell me this when they offered me the job!' Flere-Imsaho protested, slamming the body-shell shut again. 'They say it's because the Empire isn't supposed to know how small us drones are! Why couldn't they just have got a big drone then? Why saddle me with this . . this . . .'
'Fancy Dress?' Gurgeh suggested, rubbing a hand through his hair and stepping out of the airstream.
'Fancy?' the library drone screamed. 'Fancy? Dowdy's what it is; rags! Worse than that I'm supposed to make a "humming" noise and produce lots of static electricity, just to convince these barbarian dingbats we can't build drones properly!' The small machine's voice rose to a screech. 'A "humming" noise! I ask you!'
A re-read of the second book in the Culture series. It is a book about a game that mirrors life, and how a uniquely talented games player from the Culture becomes a pawn trapped in a game being played by Special Circumstances.
'Fancy Dress?' Gurgeh suggested, rubbing a hand through his hair and stepping out of the airstream.
'Fancy?' the library drone screamed. 'Fancy? Dowdy's what it is; rags! Worse than that I'm supposed to make a "humming" noise and produce lots of static electricity, just to convince these barbarian dingbats we can't build drones properly!' The small machine's voice rose to a screech. 'A "humming" noise! I ask you!'
A re-read of the second book in the Culture series. It is a book about a game that mirrors life, and how a uniquely talented games player from the Culture becomes a pawn trapped in a game being played by Special Circumstances.
