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Read an extract from The Player of Games by Iain M. Banks

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Read an extract from The Player of Games by Iain M. Banks

The New ��ý Book Club is currently reading Iain M. Banks's classic sci-fi novel The Player of Games. In this extract, we meet protagonist Gurgeh for the first time

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Why sci-fi novelist Iain M. Banks was an ‘astounding’ world-builder

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Why sci-fi novelist Iain M. Banks was an ‘astounding’ world-builder

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Astronaut sits in a window frame inside a space ship and reads a book about science. Concept of exploring space.

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The 12 best science fiction books of 2025

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Grace Chan and debut novel Every Version of You

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Grace Chan: 'How to stay in love after uploading into virtual reality'

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People searching for quasicrystals in a surreal pink and blue landscape, reminiscent of a quasicrystal's non-repeating atomic structure

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Why quasicrystals shouldn’t exist but are turning up in strange places

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Breaking Bad showrunner uses sci-fi for smart dive into happiness

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Binary star system, illustration.

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Deep-space sci-fi novel is delightful, profound and not to be missed

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2JHKP8X LAURENCE MASON, MATTHEW LILLARD, ANGELINA JOLIE, JONNY LEE MILLER, JESSE BRADFORD, HACKERS, 1995

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New ��ý recommends the cult film Hackers – 30 years late

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Bulletproof fabric laced with carbon nanotubes is stronger than Kevlar

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The best new science fiction books of November 2025

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The best new science fiction books of November 2025

From Claire North’s new novel Slow Gods to a 10th anniversary edition of a brilliant Adrian Tchaikovsky book, there’s lots to watch out for in November’s science fiction

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Book Club: Read an extract from Every Version of You by Grace Chan

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If you could upload your mind to a virtual utopia, would you?

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New ��ý recommends Never Let Me Go

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New ��ý recommends Sheri S. Tepper's science fiction novel Grass

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