Автор - Iain Banks
Canal Dreams
Автор: Iain BanksЖанр: Иностранная литература
Hisako Onoda, world famous cellist, refuses to fly. And so she travels through the Panama Canal as a passenger on a tanker bound for Europe. But Panama is a country whose politics are as volatile as the local freedom fighters. When Hisako's ship is captured, it is not long before the atmosphere is as flammable as an oxy-acetylene torch, and the tension as sharp as the spike on her cello… 'Apocalyptic is the first word that springs to mind to describe this violent and powerful novel in which Banks once again demonstrates his extraordinary dark powers of imagination… impressive' The Times 'Brilliantly crafted' Scotsman 'Currents of dark wit swirl through Banks' writing, enriching its buoyancy… and, like Graham Greene, he can readily open the reader's senses to the «foreignness» of places' Scotland on Sunday 'Extraordinary, brilliant, bloody' Fay Weldon
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Complicity
Автор: Iain BanksЖанр: Иностранная литература
n. 1. the fact of being an accomplice, esp. in a criminal act A few spliffs, a spot of mild S&M, phone through the copy for tomorrow's front page, catch up with the latest from your mystery source — could be big, could be very big — in fact, just a regular day at the office for free-wheeling, substance-abusing Cameron Colley, a fully-paid-up Gonzo hack on an Edinburgh newspaper. The source is pretty thin, but Cameron senses a scoop and checks out a series of bizarre deaths from a few years ago — only to find that the police are checking out a series of bizarre deaths that are happening right now. And Cameron just might know more about it than he'd care to admit… Involvement; connection; liability — Complicity is a stunning exploration of the morality of greed, corruption and violence, venturing fearlessly into the darker recesses of human purpose. 'A remarkable novel… superbly Grafted, funny and intelligent" Times 'A stylishly executed and well produced study in fear, loathing and victimisation which moves towards doom in measured steps" Observer 'Compelling and sinister… a very good thriller" Glasgow Herald 'Fast moving… tightly plotted" Sunday Times
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Consider Phlebas
Автор: Iain BanksЖанр: Иностранная литература
The war raged across the galaxy. Billions had died, billions more were doomed. Moons, planets, the very stars themselves, faced destruction; coldblooded, brutal, and worse, random. The Idirans fought for their Faith; the Culture for its moral right to exist. Principals were at stake. There could be no surrender. Within the cosmic conflict, an individual crusade. Deep within a fabled labyrinth on a barren world, a Planet of the Dead proscribed to mortals, lay a fugitive Mind. Both the Culture and the Idirans sought it. It was the fate of Horza, the Changer, and his motley crew of unpredictable mercenaries, human and machine, actually to find it, and with it their own destruction. Consider Phlebas — a space opera of stunning power and awesome imagination from one of the most talented writers of his generation.
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Matter
Автор: Iain BanksЖанр: Иностранная литература
The Culture is a far-future society of seemingly limitless resources and infinite technological possibilities. Yet the Culture is far from perfect, and it is still subject to brutal wars, political upheaval and intrusions from beyond the edges of known space. With extraordinary imaginative scope and storytelling prowess, Iain M. Banks’ new Culture novel will be one of the most highly anticipated SF novels of the year.
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Dead Air
Автор: Iain BanksЖанр: Иностранная литература
Iain Banks' daring new novel opens in a loft apartment in the East End, in a former factory due to be knocked down in a few days. Ken Nott is a devoutly contrarian vaguely left wing radio shock-jock living in LondonAfter a wedding breakfast people start dropping fruits from a balcony on to a deserted carpark ten storeys below, then they start dropping other things; an old TV that doesn't work, a blown loudspeaker, beanbags, other unwanted furniture…Then they get carried away and start dropping things that are still working, while wrecking the rest of the apartment. But mobile phones start ringing and they're told to turn on a TV, because a plane has just crashed into the World Trade Centre. At ease with the volatility of modernity, Iain Banks is also our most accomplished literary writer of narrative-driven adventure stories that never ignore the injustices and moral conundrums of the real world. His new novel, displays his trademark dark wit, buoyancy and momentum. It will be one of the most important novels of 2002.
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El puente
Автор: Iain BanksЖанр: Иностранная литература
"El hombre que se despierta en el mundo extraordinario del puente sufre amnesia, y su médico parece no querer curarlo. Pero?eso importa?Explorar el puente ocupa la mayor parte de sus días. Pero por la noche están sus sueños. Sueños en los que los hombres desesperados conducen carruajes sellados a través de montañas yermas rumbo a un extraño encuentro; un bárbaro analfabeto asalta una torre encantada mediante una tormenta verbal; y hombres destrozados caminan eternamente sobre puentes sin fin, atormentados por visiones de una sexualidad que los lleva a la perdición.Yacer en cama inconsciente después de sufrir un accidente no parece muy divertido a simple vista.?Y si lo es? Depende de quién seas y de lo que hayas dejado atrás."
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El uso de las armas
Автор: Iain BanksЖанр: Иностранная литература
Cheradenine Zakalwe es un agente de Circunstancias Especiales, la sección de élite para la que ningún medio resulta reprobable: la guerra, el espionaje y el asesinato son lícitos cuando lo que está en juego son los intereses de la Cultura. Zakalwe ha sido empujado a tomar parte en innumerables conflictos, habiéndole tocado pertenecer al bando perdedor en demasiadas ocasiones. Por ello, ha decidido retirarse. Pero Ciscunstancias Especiales necesita sus servicios en un planeta donde Zakalwe había servido anteriormente y donde está a punto de desencadenarse una guerra a gran escala, y la agencia sabe a qué puede recurrir para presionarle… Una nueva novela ambientada en el deslumbrante universo de “Pensad en Flebas” y “El jugador”.
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Excession
Автор: Iain BanksЖанр: Иностранная литература
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 univese. It was a perfect black-body sphere, and it did nothing. Then it disappeared. Now it is back. Silent, motionless, and resisting all efforts to make contact, the artifact waits. The Culture ships, however, cannot. For the artifact is something they need to understand first, before it falls into less understanding hands — and triggers a political and military crisis which will threaten everything the Culture has achieved. One person who saw the artifact when it first appeared may have information concerning its purpose, but she is living out her death in the immense Eccentric ship, the Sleeper Service. The Culture ships formulate a plan to retrieve her. The Sleeper Service has other things on its mind. A novel of extraordinary imagination, richness and energy, Excession is Iain M. Banks at his magnificent best.
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Gracz
Автор: Iain BanksЖанр: Иностранная литература
Znudzony nieustannymi sukcesami, zniechęcony brakiem poważnych wyzwań i stymulujących przeżyć, niezwyciężony Gurgel — najlepszy gracz galaktyki — przybywa do Imperium Azadu, by wziąć udział w najbardziej skomplikowanej i najtrudniejszej grze, jaką wymyślono we wszechświecie. Stawką w tej grze jest nie tylko życie, lecz również samo Imperium. A także coś jeszcze… Miłośnicy literackiego talentu Iaina M. Banksa wiedzą już, czego spodziewać się po tym autorze: nieskrępowanej, zrywającej ze wszelkimi schematami wyobraźni, pasjonującej akcji, niezwykłych bohaterów i przewrotnego poczucia humoru. Tym razem również się nie zawiodą.
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Pasos sobre cristal
Автор: Iain BanksЖанр: Иностранная литература
La historia de Pasos sobre cristal, son tres historias en realidad. En la primera tenemos a Graham, un joven artista que se dirige a casa de su amiga Sarah, acompañado de una carpeta con varios dibujos de ella. En segundo lugar está Steven Grout, un tipo verdaderamente extraño, que acaba de renunciar a su puesto de trabajo y que siempre va con casco, huyendo de sus Atormentadores. Y por último tenemos a Quiss y Ajayi, un hombre y una mujer, respectivamente, ya mayores, que están encerrados en un extraño castillo, algunas de cuyas paredes son de cristal, detrás de las cuáles hay peces luminiscentes, y donde pasan los días jugando a estrambóticos juegos de mesa con el fin de poder obtener la opción de responder a un acertijo, y así poder salir libres.
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Surface Detail
Автор: Iain BanksЖанр: Иностранная литература
It begins in the realm of the Real, where matter still matters.It begins with a murder.And it will not end until the Culture has gone to war with death itself.Lededje Y'breq is one of the Intagliated, her marked body bearing witness to a family shame, her life belonging to a man whose lust for power is without limit. Prepared to risk everything for her freedom, her release, when it comes, is at a price, and to put things right she will need the help of the Culture.Benevolent, enlightened and almost infinitely resourceful though it may be, the Culture can only do so much for any individual. With the assistance of one of its most powerful – and arguably deranged – warships, Lededje finds herself heading into a combat zone not even sure which side the Culture is really on. A war – brutal, far-reaching – is already raging within the digital realms that store the souls of the dead, and it's about to erupt into reality.It started in the realm of the Real and that is where it will end. It will touch countless lives and affect entire civilizations, but at the center of it all is a young woman whose need for revenge masks another motive altogether.SURFACE DETAIL is Iain M. Banks' new Culture novel, a breathtaking achievement from a writer whose body of work is without parallel in the modern history of science fiction.
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The Bridge
Автор: Iain BanksЖанр: Иностранная литература
A man lies in a coma after a near-fatal accident. His body broken, his memory vanished, he finds himself in the surreal world of the bridge - a world free of the usual constraints of time and space, a world where dream and fantasy, past and future fuse. Who is this man? Where is he? Is he more dead than alive? Or has he never been so alive before? 'Iain Banks of THE WASP FACTORY eclipses that sensational debut...a real dazzler' Daily Mail 'Great artistry, great virtuosity ... great exuberance' New Statesman 'This one's his best yet' New Musical Express 'THE BRIDGE is serious, but playful; it is full of throwaway jokes, minor tangles for the reader to sort out, political/cultural references to the kind of reality that rarely gets into British literature, and nuggets of surprising truth juxtaposed with outrageous lies... convincing in a way too little fantasy or mainstream literature is' City Limits
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