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Consider Phlebas, first published in 1987, is a space opera novel by Scottish writer Iain M. Banks. It is the first in a series of novels about an interstellar post-scarcity society called the Culture.
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| Subject | Predicate | Object | Confidence | Src |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Consider Phlebas | Audio read by | Peter Kenny | 1.00 | infobox |
| Consider Phlebas | Author | Iain M. Banks | 1.00 | infobox |
| Consider Phlebas | Cover artist | Richard Hopkinson | 1.00 | infobox |
| Consider Phlebas | Followed by | The Player of Games | 1.00 | infobox |
| Consider Phlebas | Genre | Science fiction | 1.00 | infobox |
| Consider Phlebas | ISBN | .mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:r… | 1.00 | infobox |
| Consider Phlebas | Language | English | 1.00 | infobox |
| Consider Phlebas | Media type | Print (hardback & paperback) | 1.00 | infobox |
| Consider Phlebas | OCLC | 15197422 | 1.00 | infobox |
| Consider Phlebas | Pages | 471 | 1.00 | infobox |
| Consider Phlebas | Publication date | 23 April 1987 | 1.00 | infobox |
| Consider Phlebas | Publication place | United Kingdom | 1.00 | infobox |
| Consider Phlebas | Publisher | Macmillan | 1.00 | infobox |
| Consider Phlebas | Series | The Culture | 1.00 | infobox |
These clusters group vocabulary that occurs around closely connected concepts in the source material.
Bridges can reveal useful research angles that are easy to miss in a flat list of related terms.