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Excession

Excession is a 1996 science fiction novel by Scottish writer Iain M. Banks. It is the fifth in the Culture series, a series of ten science fiction novels which feature a post-scarcity, interstellar society called the Culture. It concerns the response of the Culture and other interstellar societies to an unprecedented alien artifact, the Excession of the…

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Author
Iain M. Banks
Genre
Science fiction
Publication date
1996
Publisher
Orbit Books
Awards
Best Novel (1996) BSFA
Audio read by
Peter Kenny

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Excession

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Excession → As, Contact, Culture, Culture's, Dajeil, Eccentric General Systems Vehicle, Genar-Hofoen, GSV, ITG, Minds, Sleeper Service, Special Circumstances, The Affront, The Excession, The Interesting Times Gang, The Sleeper Service, They, Universe, Zetetic Elench
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Excession → Arcane Magazine, Banks, Banks's Culture, Brilliantly, Chattering, Excession's, In, Kirkus Reviews, Minds, Part, Peter Tieryas, Reviewed, There, Tor
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Excession → 1996 science fiction novel by Scottish writer Iain M, sentient entity that was acting as a bridge for a procession of beings that travel between universes
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Excession → Peter Kenny
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Excession → Iain M. Banks
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Excession → Best Novel (1996) BSFA
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Excession → Mark Salwowski
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Excession → Inversions
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Excession → Science fiction
ISBN · 1
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ExcessionAuthorIain M. Banks1.00infobox
ExcessionAwardsBest Novel (1996) BSFA1.00infobox
ExcessionCover artistMark Salwowski1.00infobox
ExcessionFollowed byInversions1.00infobox
ExcessionGenreScience fiction1.00infobox
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ExcessionLanguageEnglish1.00infobox
ExcessionMedia typePrint (Hardback & Paperback)1.00infobox
ExcessionOCLC353795781.00infobox
ExcessionPages4511.00infobox
ExcessionPreceded byThe State of the Art1.00infobox
ExcessionPublication date19961.00infobox
ExcessionPublication placeScotland1.00infobox
ExcessionPublisherOrbit Books1.00infobox
ExcessionSeriesThe Culture1.00infobox
Excessionis a1996 science fiction novel by Scottish writer Iain M0.90text
Excessionis asentient entity that was acting as a bridge for a procession of beings that travel between universes0.90text

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