Iain M. Banks
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Against a Dark Background
- Written by: Iain M. Banks
- Narrated by: Peter Kenny
- Length: 18 hrs and 19 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 10
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 10
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 10
Sharrow was once the leader of a personality-attuned combat team in one of the sporadic little commercial wars in the civilisation based around the planet Golter....
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5 out of 5 stars
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Masterful
- By DB@Canada on 2018-06-13
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Against a Dark Background
- Narrated by: Peter Kenny
- Length: 18 hrs and 19 mins
- Release date: 2012-07-19
- Language: English
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The Hydrogen Sonata
- Written by: Iain M. Banks
- Narrated by: Peter Kenny
- Length: 17 hrs and 14 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 59
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 49
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 49
The Scavenger species are circling. It is, truly, provably, the End Days for the Gzilt civilization....
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5 out of 5 stars
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Great story
- By Amazon Customer on 2023-07-03
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The Hydrogen Sonata
- Narrated by: Peter Kenny
- Series: Culture, Book 10
- Length: 17 hrs and 14 mins
- Release date: 2012-10-09
- Language: English
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Excession
- Culture Series, Book 5
- Written by: Iain M. Banks
- Narrated by: Peter Kenny
- Length: 15 hrs and 55 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 85
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 76
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 76
Two and a half millennia ago, the artifact appeared in a remote corner of space....
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5 out of 5 stars
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Great fun.
- By Michael Palmer on 2018-09-19
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Excession
- Culture Series, Book 5
- Narrated by: Peter Kenny
- Series: Culture, Book 5
- Length: 15 hrs and 55 mins
- Release date: 2013-03-07
- Language: English
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Consider Phlebas
- Culture Series, Book 1
- Written by: Iain M. Banks
- Narrated by: Peter Kenny
- Length: 16 hrs and 25 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 182
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 160
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 159
The war raged across the galaxy. Billions had died, billions more were doomed. Moons, planets, the very stars themselves, faced destruction....
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3 out of 5 stars
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Mis-fire
- By Austin Fusilier on 2018-09-13
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Consider Phlebas
- Culture Series, Book 1
- Narrated by: Peter Kenny
- Series: Culture, Book 1
- Length: 16 hrs and 25 mins
- Release date: 2010-11-05
- Language: English
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Surface Detail
- A Culture Novel
- Written by: Iain M. Banks
- Narrated by: Peter Kenny
- Length: 20 hrs and 23 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 58
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 50
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 50
It begins in the realm of the Real, where matter still matters. And it begins with a murder....
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5 out of 5 stars
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Narration top notch, writing fantastic
- By Reader on 2023-04-09
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Surface Detail
- A Culture Novel
- Narrated by: Peter Kenny
- Series: Culture, Book 9
- Length: 20 hrs and 23 mins
- Release date: 2010-10-28
- Language: English
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Feersum Endjinn
- Written by: Iain M. Banks
- Narrated by: Peter Kenny
- Length: 9 hrs and 56 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 7
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 7
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 7
Count Sessine is about to die for the very last time....
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Feersum Endjinn
- Narrated by: Peter Kenny
- Length: 9 hrs and 56 mins
- Release date: 2013-01-03
- Language: English
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The State of the Art
- Culture Series, Book 4
- Written by: Iain M. Banks
- Narrated by: Peter Kenny
- Length: 6 hrs and 20 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 29
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 25
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Story4 out of 5 stars 25
The first ever collection of Iain Banks's short fiction, this volume includes the acclaimed novella, The State of the Art....
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4 out of 5 stars
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Fun read!
- By Anonymous User on 2023-05-28
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The State of the Art
- Culture Series, Book 4
- Narrated by: Peter Kenny
- Series: Culture, Book 4
- Length: 6 hrs and 20 mins
- Release date: 2014-01-23
- Language: English
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Inversions
- Culture Series, Book 6
- Written by: Iain M. Banks
- Narrated by: Peter Kenny
- Length: 11 hrs and 26 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 44
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 39
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 39
In the winter palace, the King's new physician has more enemies than she at first realises. But then she also has more remedies to hand than those who wish her ill can know about....
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5 out of 5 stars
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One of the best Culture books!
- By Anonymous User on 2023-07-03
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Inversions
- Culture Series, Book 6
- Narrated by: Peter Kenny
- Series: Culture, Book 6
- Length: 11 hrs and 26 mins
- Release date: 2013-06-06
- Language: English
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The Algebraist
- Written by: Iain M. Banks
- Narrated by: Anton Lesser
- Length: 7 hrs and 42 mins
- Abridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 5
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 4
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Story5 out of 5 stars 4
It is 4034 AD. Humanity lives among the stars. Fassin Taak will be lucky if he makes it to the end of the year....
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The Algebraist
- Narrated by: Anton Lesser
- Length: 7 hrs and 42 mins
- Release date: 2006-02-09
- Language: English
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Use of Weapons
- Culture Series, Book 3
- Written by: Iain M. Banks
- Narrated by: Peter Kenny
- Length: 13 hrs and 28 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 91
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 80
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 79
The man known as Cheradenine Zakalwe was one of Special Circumstances' foremost agents....
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4 out of 5 stars
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Great Read
- By Jon Winebrenner on 2019-04-12
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Use of Weapons
- Culture Series, Book 3
- Narrated by: Peter Kenny
- Series: Culture, Book 3
- Length: 13 hrs and 28 mins
- Release date: 2012-04-05
- Language: English
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The Algebraist
- Written by: Iain M. Banks
- Narrated by: Peter Kenny
- Length: 19 hrs and 20 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall0 out of 5 stars 0
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Performance0 out of 5 stars 0
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It is 4034 AD. Humanity has made it to the stars but Fassin Taak, a Slow Seer at the Court of the Nasqueron Dwellers, will be fortunate if he makes it to the end of the year.
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The Algebraist
- Narrated by: Peter Kenny
- Length: 19 hrs and 20 mins
- Release date: 2024-05-14
- Language: English
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Matter
- Culture, Book 8
- Written by: Iain M. Banks
- Narrated by: Toby Longworth
- Length: 17 hrs and 58 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 49
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 44
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 44
In a world renowned even within a galaxy full of wonders, a crime within a war. For one man it means a desperate flight, and a search for the one who could clear his name....
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4 out of 5 stars
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Another fantastic Culture book
- By Shesophist on 2019-10-06
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Matter
- Culture, Book 8
- Narrated by: Toby Longworth
- Series: Culture, Book 8
- Length: 17 hrs and 58 mins
- Release date: 2014-02-11
- Language: English
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The Player of Games
- Culture Series, Book 2
- Written by: Iain M. Banks
- Narrated by: Peter Kenny
- Length: 11 hrs and 26 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 143
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 117
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 117
The Culture - a human/machine symbiotic society - has thrown up many great Game Players, and one of the greatest is Gurgeh....
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5 out of 5 stars
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Excellent story and performance
- By Brylee Rogers on 2024-10-21
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The Player of Games
- Culture Series, Book 2
- Narrated by: Peter Kenny
- Series: Culture, Book 2
- Length: 11 hrs and 26 mins
- Release date: 2010-12-02
- Language: English
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Look to Windward
- Culture Series, Book 7
- Written by: Iain M. Banks
- Narrated by: Peter Kenny
- Length: 12 hrs and 11 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 56
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 51
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 51
It was one of the less glorious incidents of a long-ago war. It led to the destruction of two suns and the billions of lives they supported....
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5 out of 5 stars
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Likely my favourite novel in the Culture series
- By Anonymous User on 2024-10-17
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Look to Windward
- Culture Series, Book 7
- Narrated by: Peter Kenny
- Series: Culture, Book 7
- Length: 12 hrs and 11 mins
- Release date: 2014-01-23
- Language: English
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Matter
- Written by: Iain M. Banks
- Narrated by: Toby Longworth
- Length: 5 hrs and 33 mins
- Abridged
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Overall3 out of 5 stars 2
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 2
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Story3 out of 5 stars 2
In a world renowned even within a galaxy full of wonders, a crime within a war. For one brother it means a desperate flight, and a search for the people who could clear his name....
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1 out of 5 stars
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abridged and badly
- By B.Murray on 2019-04-23
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Matter
- Narrated by: Toby Longworth
- Length: 5 hrs and 33 mins
- Release date: 2009-02-10
- Language: English
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Transition
- Written by: Iain M. Banks
- Narrated by: Peter Kenny
- Length: 13 hrs and 37 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 7
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 5
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Story5 out of 5 stars 5
There is a world that hangs suspended between triumph and catastrophe, between the dismantling of the Wall and the fall of the Twin Towers....
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4 out of 5 stars
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Iain M. Banks meets Iain Banks
- By DB@Canada on 2023-07-07
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Transition
- Narrated by: Peter Kenny
- Length: 13 hrs and 37 mins
- Release date: 2009-09-22
- Language: English
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Bedenke Phlebas
- Written by: Iain Banks
- Narrated by: Mark Bremer
- Length: 20 hrs and 59 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall0 out of 5 stars 0
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Performance0 out of 5 stars 0
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In ferner Zukunft haben die Maschinen entschieden, eine perfekte Gesellschaft zu bauen - die "Kultur". Eine Gesellschaft, die alle Völker...
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Bedenke Phlebas
- Narrated by: Mark Bremer
- Length: 20 hrs and 59 mins
- Release date: 2019-02-08
- Language: German
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