Banks (Iain M.) Consider Phlebas
£1,250
London, Macmillan, 1987.
First edition, first impression. Signed by the author on title-page. 8vo. Original boards. Dust-jacket.
The first of Banks’ Culture novels, Consider Phlebas launched the ‘Culture’ series of space operas for which he is best known today, in sci-fi circles at least, not least for the integration of sentient machines with humans and other organic lifeforms.
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Slight tanning to edges of text-block; boards and dust-jacket very good+.
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