
Read an extract from The Player of Games by Iain M. Banks
28 November 2025
The Âé¶¹´«Ã½ 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

28 November 2025
The Âé¶¹´«Ã½ 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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Seven Worlds, One Planet, David Attenborough’s stunning celebration of Earth’s biodiversity, prepares a new generation to save a beautiful world

30 December 2017
Compassionate, caring, conflicted, bigoted, self-absorbed, narcissistic, downright evil: as pervasive and powerful AI arrives, it will reflect who we are