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The Algebraist
- By: Iain M. Banks
- Narrated by: Peter Kenny
- Length: 19 hrs and 20 mins
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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. The Nasqueron Dwellers inhabit a gas giant on the outskirts of the galaxy, in a system awaiting its wormhole connection to the rest of civilisation. In the meantime, they are dismissed as decadents living in a state of highly developed barbarism, hoarding data without order, hunting their own young and fighting pointless formal wars.
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Classic Banks
- By edmc on 20-05-24
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The Algebraist
- Narrated by: Peter Kenny
- Length: 19 hrs and 20 mins
- Release date: 14-05-24
- Language: English
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Excession
- Culture Series, Book 5
- By: Iain M. Banks
- Narrated by: Peter Kenny
- Length: 15 hrs and 55 mins
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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 universe. It was a perfect black-body sphere, and it did nothing. Then it disappeared.
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Masterpiece!
- By Raymond Moffat on 14-03-13
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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: 07-03-13
- Language: English
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Use of Weapons
- Culture Series, Book 3
- By: Iain M. Banks
- Narrated by: Peter Kenny
- Length: 13 hrs and 28 mins
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The man known as Cheradenine Zakalwe was one of Special Circumstances' foremost agents, changing the destiny of planets to suit the Culture through intrigue, dirty tricks or military action. The woman known as Diziet Sma had plucked him from obscurity and pushed him towards his present eminence, but despite all their dealings she did not know him as well as she thought. The drone known as Skaffen-Amtiskaw knew both of these people.
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Another great book from Iain M Banks.
- By Thomas on 16-04-12
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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: 05-04-12
- Language: English
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Consider Phlebas
- Culture Series, Book 1
- By: Iain M. Banks
- Narrated by: Peter Kenny
- Length: 16 hrs and 25 mins
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The war raged across the galaxy. Billions had died, billions more were doomed. Moons, planets, the very stars themselves, faced destruction - cold-blooded, brutal, and worse, random. The Idirans fought for their Faith; the Culture for its moral right to exist. Principles were at stake. There could be no surrender. Within the cosmic conflict, an individual crusade....
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A Truly Great Sci-Fi Novel
- By scotty on 09-04-12
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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: 05-11-10
- Language: English
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The Hydrogen Sonata
- Culture Series, Book 10
- By: Iain M. Banks
- Narrated by: Peter Kenny
- Length: 17 hrs and 12 mins
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The Scavenger species are circling. It is, truly, the End Days for the Gzilt civilization. An ancient people, organized on military principles and yet almost perversely peaceful, the Gzilt helped set up the Culture 10,000 years earlier and were very nearly one of its founding societies, deciding not to join only at the last moment. Now they've made the collective decision to follow the well-trodden path of millions of other civilizations: They are going to Sublime, elevating themselves to a new and almost infinitely more rich and complex existence.
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Sublime
- By M on 27-10-12
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The Hydrogen Sonata
- Culture Series, Book 10
- Narrated by: Peter Kenny
- Series: Culture, Book 10
- Length: 17 hrs and 12 mins
- Release date: 04-10-12
- Language: English
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Surface Detail
- Culture Series, Book 9
- By: Iain M. Banks
- Narrated by: Peter Kenny
- Length: 20 hrs and 22 mins
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The dazzling new Culture novel from a modern master of science fiction - a tour de force of brilliant storytelling, world-building and imagination.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.
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The finest Culture novel yet!
- By J Hurwitz on 04-11-10
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Surface Detail
- Culture Series, Book 9
- Narrated by: Peter Kenny
- Series: Culture, Book 9
- Length: 20 hrs and 22 mins
- Release date: 07-10-10
- Language: English
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The Player of Games
- Culture Series, Book 2
- By: Iain M. Banks
- Narrated by: Peter Kenny
- Length: 11 hrs and 26 mins
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The Culture - a human/machine symbiotic society - has thrown up many great Game Players, and one of the greatest is Gurgeh: Jernau Morat Gurgeh, The Player of Games, master of every board, computer, and strategy. Bored with success, Gurgeh travels to the Empire of Azad, cruel and incredibly wealthy, to try their fabulous game... a game so complex, so like life itself, that the winner becomes emperor.
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Civilisation and the Culture
- By Mark on 08-12-10
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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: 02-12-10
- Language: English
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Look to Windward
- Culture Series, Book 7
- By: Iain M. Banks
- Narrated by: Peter Kenny
- Length: 12 hrs and 11 mins
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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. Now, 800 years later, the light from the first of those ancient mistakes has reached the Culture Orbital, Masaq. The light from the second may not.
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Fantastic book, expertly delivered by Peter Kenny.
- By Marc on 22-05-14
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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: 23-01-14
- Language: English
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Against a Dark Background
- By: Iain M. Banks
- Narrated by: Peter Kenny
- Length: 18 hrs and 19 mins
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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. Now she is hunted by the Huhsz, a religious cult which believes that she is the last obstacle before the faith's apotheosis, and her only hope of escape is to find the last of the apocalyptically powerful Lazy Guns before the Huhsz find her.
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You want a strong, female protagonist? Here 'tis.
- By Mr. P. D. Selman on 15-07-16
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Against a Dark Background
- Narrated by: Peter Kenny
- Length: 18 hrs and 19 mins
- Release date: 19-07-12
- Language: English
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A Song of Stone
- By: Iain Banks
- Narrated by: Peter Kenny
- Length: 7 hrs and 5 mins
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The war is ending, perhaps ended. For the castle and its occupants the troubles are just beginning. Armed gangs roam a lawless land where each farm and house supports a column of dark smoke. Taking to the roads with the other refugees, anonymous in their raggedness, seems safer than remaining in the ancient keep. However, the lieutenant of an outlaw band has other ideas and the castle becomes the focus for a dangerous game of desire, deceit and death.
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iain banks can do no wrong, apart from dying ...
- By angels on 28-04-18
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A Song of Stone
- Narrated by: Peter Kenny
- Length: 7 hrs and 5 mins
- Release date: 23-01-14
- Language: English
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Raw Spirit
- By: Iain Banks
- Narrated by: Tom Cotcher
- Length: 12 hrs and 24 mins
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In a bid to uncover the unique spirit of the single malt whisky, author lain Banks has decided to undertake a tour of the distilleries of his homeland. His tour of Scotland combines history, literature and landscape in an entertaining and informative account.
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Iain Banks is a great writer!
- By Paul on 06-08-21
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Raw Spirit
- Narrated by: Tom Cotcher
- Length: 12 hrs and 24 mins
- Release date: 24-11-17
- Language: English
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Duchess of My Heart
- By: Maya Banks
- Narrated by: Tim Campbell
- Length: 7 hrs and 46 mins
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Jillian's marriage was a nightmare, the news of her husband's death an answered prayer. She refuses to bow to the ton and pretend to mourn. And her best friend, Case, will be by her side as she defies society's rules and has her first taste of freedom. Justin, eighth Duke of Whittington, is determined to save his family name from the scandal his brother Case is creating, but the lovely Jillian is not the foe he expected. Both vulnerable and vexing, he's never met another woman like her.
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Good story even though mispronunciations made me wince
- By DAVID G ROGERS on 21-05-24
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Duchess of My Heart
- Narrated by: Tim Campbell
- Series: The Vault Collection, Book 1
- Length: 7 hrs and 46 mins
- Release date: 20-05-19
- Language: English
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Transition
- By: Iain Banks
- Narrated by: Peter Kenny
- Length: 13 hrs and 36 mins
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A world that hangs suspended between triumph and catastrophe, between the dismantling of the Wall and the fall of the Twin Towers, frozen in the shadow of suicide terrorism and global financial collapse, such a world requires a firm hand and a guiding light. But does it need the Concern: an all-powerful organisation with a malevolent presiding genius, pervasive influence and numberless invisible operatives in possession of extraordinary powers?
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Oh boy
- By Alison Page on 21-09-09
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Transition
- Narrated by: Peter Kenny
- Length: 13 hrs and 36 mins
- Release date: 03-09-09
- Language: English
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Matter
- By: Iain M. Banks
- Narrated by: Toby Longworth
- Length: 5 hrs and 32 mins
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In a world renowned, even within a galaxy full of wonders, a crime occurs within a war. For one man it means a desperate flight and a search for the one, maybe two, people who could clear his name. For his brother it means a life lived under constant threat of treachery and murder. And for their sister, even without knowing the full truth, it means returning to a place she'd thought abandoned forever. Only the sister is not what she once was.
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An abridged version
- By mark on 03-07-16
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Matter
- Narrated by: Toby Longworth
- Length: 5 hrs and 32 mins
- Release date: 18-02-08
- Language: English
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Perfect 10 with Carol Vorderman
- By: Talent Bank
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10 questions. 10 points. 10 minutes.Hello, I’m Carol Vorderman and welcome to Perfect 10, the daily quiz that’s guaranteed to educate, entertain…and irritate! Each weekday I’ll have ten questions that’ll really get your synapses firing and maybe get you groaning when I reveal the answers. Make sure you subscribe, follow and ‘like’ to get our episodes as soon as they drop, available through Acast on all major Podcast Channels and our Perfect 10 YouTube Channel. So, why not join us Monday to Friday on your commute, coffee break or any spare time, I promise after just 10 minutes...
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Espedair Street
- By: Iain Banks
- Narrated by: Peter Kenny
- Length: 8 hrs and 38 mins
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Daniel Weir used to be a famous - not to say infamous - rock star. Maybe still is. At thirty-one he has been both a brilliant failure and a dull success. He's made a lot of mistakes that have paid off and a lot of smart moves he'll regret forever (however long that turns out to be). Daniel Weir has gone from rags to riches and back, and managed to hold onto them both, though not much else. His friends all seem to be dead, fed up with him or just disgusted - and who can blame them? And now Daniel Weir is all alone.
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Breathtaking
- By Zara on 14-05-17
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Espedair Street
- Narrated by: Peter Kenny
- Length: 8 hrs and 38 mins
- Release date: 23-01-14
- Language: English
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FedTalk
- By: Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland
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The FedTalk series brings the Cleveland Fed together with industry experts, local businesses, community organizations, policymakers, and engaged citizens to discuss issues affecting the communities and people we serve.
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The State of the Art
- Culture Series, Book 4
- By: Iain M. Banks
- Narrated by: Peter Kenny
- Length: 6 hrs and 20 mins
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The first ever collection of Iain Banks's short fiction, this volume includes the acclaimed novella, The State of the Art. This is a striking addition to the growing body of Culture lore, and adds definition and scale to the previous works by using the Earth of 1977 as contrast. The other stories in the collection range from science fiction to horror, dark-coated fantasy to morality tale. All bear the indefinable stamp of Iain Banks's staggering talent.
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Mixed bag, but brilliant narration
- By A L C on 05-02-17
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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: 23-01-14
- Language: English
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The Bridge
- By: Iain Banks
- Narrated by: Peter Kenny
- Length: 9 hrs and 18 mins
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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?
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Interesting but thin on plot
- By Stuart on 04-09-15
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The Bridge
- Narrated by: Peter Kenny
- Length: 9 hrs and 18 mins
- Release date: 23-01-14
- Language: English
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Dead Air
- By: Iain Banks
- Narrated by: Peter Kenny
- Length: 11 hrs and 31 mins
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A loft apartment in London's East End; cool but doomed - demolition and redevelopment slated from the following week. Ken Nott, devoutly contrarian leftish shock-jock attending a mid-week wedding lunch, starts dropping stuff off the rood towards the deserted car park 100 feet below. Other guests join in and soon half the contents of the flat are following the fruit towards the pitted tarmac... just as mobiles start to ring, and the apartment's remaining TV is turned on, because apparently a plane has crashed into the World Trade Center.
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Some of Iain Banks best writing
- By Charles on 08-05-16
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Dead Air
- Narrated by: Peter Kenny
- Length: 11 hrs and 31 mins
- Release date: 23-01-14
- Language: English
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