The Player of Games
Ranked #12 in Gaming, Ranked #12 in Games — see more rankings.
The Culture--a humanoid/machine symbiotic society--has thrown up many great Game Players. One of the best is Jernau Morat Gurgeh, Player of Games, master of every board, computer and strategy. Bored with success, Gurgeh travels to the Empire of Azad, cruel & incredibly wealthy, to try their fabulous game, a game so complex, so like life itself, that the winner becomes emperor. Mocked, blackmailed, almost murdered, Gurgeh accepts the game and with it the challenge of his life, and very possibly his death. less
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Mark Zuckerberg Founder/FacebookThis is a change of pace from all the recent social science books. Instead, it's a science fiction book about an advanced civilization with AI and a vibrant culture. (Source)
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The Player of Games is ranked in the following categories:
- #59 in Artificial Intelligence
- #32 in Culture
- #21 in Robotics
- #84 in Science Fiction
- #24 in Singularity
- #95 in Space
- #13 in Space Opera
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