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  Look to Windward (Paperback) By (author) Iain M. Banks

  

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  Short Description for Look to WindwardIt was one of the less glorious incidents of the Idiran wars that led to the destruction of two suns and the billions of lives they supported. Now, 800 years later, the light from the first of those deaths has reached the Culture's Masaq' Orbital. A Chelgrian emissary is dispatched to the Culture.
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  • Publisher: Orbit
  • Published: 02 August 2001
  • Format: Paperback 416 pages
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  • Categories: Science Fiction
  • ISBN 13: 9781841490595 ISBN 10: 1841490598
  • Sales rank: 6,361

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• It was one of the less glorious incidents of a long-ago war. It led to the destruction of two suns and the billions of lives they supported. Now, eight hundred years later, the light from the first of those ancient mistakes has reached the Culture Orbital, Masaq'. The light from the second may not. 'Confirms Banks as the standard by which the rest of SF is judged' GUARDIAN 'In terms of sheer storytelling prowess and verve, Look to Windward is a work of genius' SFX 'A great book' NEW SCIENTIST