{"id":1127,"date":"2026-01-03T21:14:40","date_gmt":"2026-01-03T21:14:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/epub-book.com\/download\/culture-02-player-of-games-banks-iain\/"},"modified":"2026-01-03T21:14:40","modified_gmt":"2026-01-03T21:14:40","slug":"culture-02-player-of-games-banks-iain","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/epub-book.com\/download\/culture-02-player-of-games-banks-iain\/","title":{"rendered":"Culture 02 – Player of Games – Banks, Iain"},"content":{"rendered":"
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This is the story of a man who went far away for a long time, just to play a game. The man is a game-player called ‘Gurgeh’. The story starts with a battle that is not a battle, and ends with a game that is not a game. <\/p>\n

Me? I’ll tell you about me later. <\/p>\n

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Dust drifted with each footstep. He limped across the desert, following the suited figure in front. The gun was quiet in his hands. They must be nearly there; the noise of distant surf boomed through the helmet soundfield. They were approaching a tall dune, from which they ought to be able to see the coast. Somehow he had survived; he had not expected to. <\/p>\n

It was bright and hot and dry outside, but inside the suit he was shielded from the sun and the baking air; cosseted and cool. One edge of the helmet visor was dark, where it had taken a hit, and the right leg flexed awkwardly, also damaged, making him limp, but otherwise he’d been lucky. The last time they’d been attacked had been a kilometre back, and now they were nearly out of range. <\/p>\n

The flight of missiles cleared the nearest ridge in a glittering arc. He saw them late because of the<\/p>\n

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