The Algebraist, a science fiction novel by Scottish writer Iain M. Banks, first appeared in print in 2004. It was nominated for a Hugo Award for Best Novel in 2005.
It was his third science fiction novel not to be based or set in The Culture, and the first not to be potentially in the same universe.
The novel takes place in 4034 A.D. With the assistance of other species, humans have spread across the galaxy. In center-stage Banks portrays the hum...
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The Algebraist, a science fiction novel by Scottish writer Iain M. Banks, first appeared in print in 2004. It was nominated for a Hugo Award for Best Novel in 2005.
It was his third science fiction novel not to be based or set in The Culture, and the first not to be potentially in the same universe.
The novel takes place in 4034 A.D. With the assistance of other species, humans have spread across the galaxy. In center-stage Banks portrays the human Fassin Taak, a Slow Seer at the Court of the Nasqueron Dwellers. The Beyonders, a large fleet of space marauders, have cut the system of Nasqueron's star (Ulubis) off from the rest of Mercatoria civilization by destroying its portal, and the local Mercatoria adherents await the delivery of a wormhole connection from a neighboring system via sub-lightspeed travel.
The Dwellers, an advanced and ancient civilization of non-humanoid gas giant dwellers, lead an almost anarchic existence based on kudos, and inhabit the majority of gas-giant...
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