DiverSci-Fi Book Club: Now Reading "Player of Games" by Iain M. Banks

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Here we go reading again!

This is an adult book club with the aim of being open and accessible to everyone, and to read as many sci-fi & fantasy works from diverse authors as we can.

This month, we're diving into The Player of Games by Iain M. Banks.

"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."

-Goodreads.com

You can find/request a copy of the book at our website here: https://dallaslibrary2.org/

This book club meets online only on the first Thursday of each month. To register for upcoming meetings, click on the link below.

Thursday, January 5: The Dispossessed by Ursula K. LeGuin