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Read an extract from The Player of Games by Iain M. Banks

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Read an extract from The Player of Games by Iain M. Banks

The �鶹��ý Book Club is currently reading Iain M. Banks's classic sci-fi novel The Player of Games. In this extract, we meet protagonist Gurgeh for the first time

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Why sci-fi novelist Iain M. Banks was an ‘astounding’ world-builder

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Why sci-fi novelist Iain M. Banks was an ‘astounding’ world-builder

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Astronaut sits in a window frame inside a space ship and reads a book about science. Concept of exploring space.

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The 12 best science fiction books of 2025

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A new understanding of causality could fix quantum theory’s fatal flaw

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A new understanding of causality could fix quantum theory’s fatal flaw

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Quantum computer core. Light rays passing through the nanoscale crystal core of a quantum computer. Quantum computers, which are under development, are based on quantum mechanics and the principle of representing information in quantum bits (qubits) using quantum properties. This could involve optical properties of chemically doped crystals, like the one shown here. Quantum computing has the potential to massively increase computing power.

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An ambitious look at quantum physics is fun – but overdoes it a little

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Quantum computers that recycle their qubits can limit errors

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The forgotten women of quantum physics

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Breaking Bad showrunner uses sci-fi for smart dive into happiness

Vince Gilligan, the showrunner behind Breaking Bad and Better Call Saul, is back, this time using sci-fi to explore a deceptively rich premise about the pursuit of happiness and the notion of utopia, finds Bethan Ackerley

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IBM has unveiled two unprecedentedly complex quantum computers

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New quantum computer is on the path to unravelling superconductivity

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Quantum numbers are the true essence of reality, says Vlatko Vedral

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�鶹��ý recommends the cult film Hackers – 30 years late

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