In large part, the novel is about a Mind called Lasting Damage who was inside a ship during the Culture-Idiran War. Hundreds of years later, Lasting Damage is still traumatized by memories of the ...

Consider Phlebas drills down on a war between the Culture and the Idiran Empire, an expansionist empire dominated by religion. When a Culture Mind — a powerful AI — takes refuge on a distant ...

In Consider Phlebas, while war rages between the utopian Culture and the Idiran Empire, a Culture Ship AI “Mind” takes refuge on a forbidden planet. Both Horza, a shape-shifting mercenary ...

Bora Horza is a Changer and is neutral in this Culture-Idiran war. As the name suggests, Changers have the ability to change appearance and resemble other humans exactly – this means they make ...

The first book, Consider Phlebas, is about the Culture’s war with the Idiran Empire — a conflict that many of the other books are concerned with as well. While the book is about the Culture ...

"Consider Phlebas" by Iain M. Banks cover art: Orbit Books In Consider Phlebas, while war rages between the utopian Culture and the Idiran Empire, a newly-birthed infant Culture Ship AI "Mind ...

In large part, the novel is about a Mind called Lasting Damage who was inside a ship during the Culture-Idiran War. Hundreds of years later, Lasting Damage is still traumatized by memories of the ...