Banksovi i iPhone fanovi, dobre vijesti

Svi fanovi Iaina M. Banksa bit će sretni čuti da u listopadu izlazi njegov novi SF roman iz serije o Kulturi – anarhističkom, utopijskom i tehnološki vrlo naprednom budućem društvu koje živi razbacano po poznatom svemiru, a koje se sastoji od ljudi i umjetnih inteligencija. Oni koji su ujedno fanovi iPhonea, s veseljem će skinuti Banksovu iPhone aplikaciju …

Najnoviji roman Kulture zove se Surface Detail, a blurb kaže sljedeće …

It begins in the realm of the Real, where matter still matters.

It begins with a murder.

And it will not end until the Culture has gone to war with death itself.

Lededje Y’breq is one of the Intagliated, her marked body bearing witness to a family shame, her life belonging to a man whose lust for power is without limit. Prepared to risk everything for her freedom, her release, when it comes, is at a price, and to put things right she will need the help of the Culture.

Benevolent, enlightened and almost infinitely resourceful though it may be, the Culture can only do so much for any individual. With the assistance of one of its most powerful – and arguably deranged – warships, Lededje finds herself heading into a combat zone not even sure which side the Culture is really on. A war – brutal, far-reaching – is already raging within the digital realms that store the souls of the dead, and it’s about to erupt into reality.

It started in the realm of the Real and that is where it will end. It will touch countless lives and affect entire civilizations, but at the centre of it all is a young woman whose need for revenge masks another motive altogether.

Iain Banks iPhone App može se besplatno skinuti iz UK Apple App Storea od 1. srpnja. Svi koji skinu aplikaciju mogu pogledati timeline Banksovih knjiga i čitati novosti o svom omiljenom autoru, a oni koji posjeduju roman Transition mogu otvoriti i posebni dodatni sadržaj skeniranjem barkoda na knjizi.

Galerija: Iain Banks iPhone App

Inače, Transition je ušao među finaliste Memorijalne nagrade John W. Campbell. Dodjela nagrade održat će se na svečanoj ceremoniji u sklopu Campbellove konferencije, koja se održava između 16. i 18. srpnja u Lawrenceu, Kansas.

Ire

Irena Rašeta je vlasnica i glavna urednica NOSF-a, stalna suradnica u magazinu Plan B, glavna urednica na portalu Online.hr i autorica zbirke priča Cabrón. Aktivna je članica zagrebačkog društva ljubitelja znanstvene fantastike SFera te organizatorica SFeraKonskog programa.

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