Three essays beginning with Gurgeh's small act of cheating, then entering the imperial game of Azad and the fire after its emperor loses. Victory remains divided among the player, the planners, and people who must live beyond the board.
Iain M. Banks's 1988 Culture novel. Full-book spoilers.
One act of cheating gives a secret agency the shame it needs to move a celebrated player.
A stable game hides the larger unfairness of making defeat cost the rest of life.
Gurgeh's real victory occurs inside an intervention that did not freely belong to him.
三篇从葛古的一次作弊出发，进入选出阿扎德皇帝的游戏，以及皇帝失败后的火场。胜利始终分散在玩家、计划者与棋盘之外仍要继续生活的人之间。
伊恩·M.班克斯1988年“文明”系列小说。涉及完整剧情。
三篇從葛古的一次作弊出發，進入選出阿扎德皇帝的遊戲，以及皇帝失敗後的火場。勝利始終分散在玩家、計劃者與棋盤之外仍要繼續生活的人之間。
伊恩·M.班克斯1988年「文明」系列小說。涉及完整劇情。