The Player of Games baloney & friends An officer is taken down—and

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Something Else By the Kinks

The Player of Games baloney & friends An officer is taken down—andThe Culture a human machine symbiotic society has thrown up many great Game Players, and one of the greatest is Gurgeh Jernau Morat Gurgeh. The Player of Games. Master of every board, computer and strategy. Bored with success, Gurgeh travels to the Empire of Azad, cruel and incredibly wealthy, to try their fabulous game. . . a game so complex, so like life itself, that the winner becomes emperor. Mocked, blackmailed, almost murdered, Gurgeh accepts