of chases or violence 20% planning/preparing, gather info, debate puzzles/motives 10% Feelings, relationships, character bio/development 30% Descript. Ferociously intelligent, both witty and horrific, Use of Weapons is a masterpiece of science fiction. Iain Bankss Use of Weapons does not include dates or distances (though his fans construct elaborate chronologies for his novels on websites) but an impression of scale is essential to it. But not even its machine intelligence could see the horrors in his past.Click on a plot link to find similar books! Plot & Themes Composition of Book Descript. It believed the man to be a burnt-out case. He continued to write both mainstream fiction (as Iain Banks) and science fiction (as Iain M. His first science fiction novel, Consider Phlebas, was published in 1987. It had once saved the woman’s life by massacring her attackers in a particularly bloody manner. Banks came to widespread and controversial public note with the publication of his first novel, The Wasp Factory, in 1984. The drone known as Skaffen-Amtiskaw knew both of these people.

The woman known as Diziet Sma had plucked him from obscurity and pushed him towards his present eminence, but despite all their dealings she did not know him as well as she thought. The man known as Cheradenine Zakalwe was one of Special Circumstances’ foremost agents, changing the destiny of planets to suit the Culture through intrigue, dirty tricks or military action.

But be warned: Many readers will undoubtedly find the book’s. Banks, a modern master of science fiction. Banks’ Use of Weapons is a thought-provoking, if flawed, meditation on the use of violence as a tool for political and societal development by future highly advanced cultures, and the disturbing personal implications for those doing the dirty work it consists of. The woman known as Diziet Sma had plucked him from obscurity and pushed him towards his present eminence, but. The third Culture novel from the awesome imagination of Iain M. Banks 9.99 Format: ebook 9.99 Audiobook Download (Unabridged) Trade Paperback 16.99 Also available from: Description The man known as Cheradenine Zakalwe was one of Special Circumstances' foremost agents, changing the destiny of planets to suit the Culture through intrigue, dirty tricks and military action. The man known as Cheradenine Zakalwe was one of Special Circumstances foremost agents, changing the destiny of planets to suit the Culture through intrigue, dirty tricks or military action. Banks On sale 18th July 2005 Price: £9.

Use of Weapons by Iain M. Banks