Light wear to dust jacket. First edition in priced dust jacket. Full number line. Gurgeh is one of the greatest game-players the Culture's ever produced; respected and rarely beaten, he is successful at almost everything. the Empire of Azad, a civilization of immense and appalling cruelty. where there exists a game so complex and so closely modeled on the rules of existence that the winner becomes Emperor.

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Title: The Player of Games (First edition/first printing)
Publisher: St. Martins, New York
Publication Date: 1988
Language: English
ISBN 10: 0312026307
ISBN 13: 9780312026301
Binding: Hardcover
Edition: First Edition
Condition: Near Fine
Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine

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The champion of an ancient, all-embracing Culture in which there is no disease or disaster, Gurgeh beats everyone at a series of endless games, until he accepts the challenge from the Empire of Azad and discovers what the Game is really all about. Reprint.

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The Culture's greatest game player travels to the Empire of Azad to participate in a complex competition that could settle the fates of two civilizations. Theauthor of Consider Phlebas vividlyportrays an empire ruled by arcane conventions and sophisticated brutality in an ambitious novel of gamesmanship and intrigue. Supple prose and subtle manipulations of plot produce a thought-provoking story which is highly recommended.-- JC
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