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Use of Weapons is a science fiction novel by Scottish writer Iain M. Banks, first published in 1990.It is the third novel in the Culture series. [1]The narrative takes the form of a biography of a man called Cheradenine Zakalwe, who was born outside of the Culture but was recruited into it by Special Circumstances agent Diziet Sma to work as an operative intervening in less advanced civilizations.
Kirkus Reviews gave it a starred review, summarizing that there's "no high drama here, but Marie and Gabe are compelling in their basic goodness." [1]Writing in The New York Times, Janet Maslin praised the novel, stating Someone is a "wonderfully modest title for such a fine-tuned, beautiful book filled with so much universal experience, such haunting imagery, such urgent matters of life and ...
Stanisław Lem pictured at a typewriter in 1966. Stanisław Lem's fictitious criticism of nonexistent books may be found in his following works: in three collections of faux reviews of fictional books: A Perfect Vacuum (Doskonała próżnia, 1971), Provocation (Prowokacja, 1984), and Library of 21st Century (Biblioteka XXI wieku, 1986) translated as One Human Minute, and in Imaginary Magnitude ...
A weapon infobox may be used to summarize information about a particular weapon or weapon system (such as a firearm, a sword, a grenade, an artillery piece, a torpedo, or a tank); cartridges and artillery shells should use {{Infobox firearm cartridge}} instead. The infobox should be added using the {{Infobox weapon}} template, as shown below.
This list reflects the knowledge of the MNF as of the end of Weapons of Choice.A number of ships of the MNF did not go through the Transition with the rest of the fleet; as of the end of the book, it is unclear which of these ships remained in the 21st century, which were destroyed by the Transition or immediately after, and which fell into enemy hands.
Our Word Is Our Weapon is a collection of writings by Subcomandante Marcos of the Zapatista Army of National Liberation published by Seven Stories Press in 2002. [1] Much of the book contains political essays, as well as stories and commentary in the style of magical realism , with conversations between Marcos and a beetle named Durito.
Weapon is a 1989 science fiction novel by Robert Mason. The book was Mason's first novel; he had previously written a memoir about his experiences in Vietnam titled Chickenhawk . The book is about an android , designed to kill, which experiences a crisis of conscience and runs away from its government masters to live in a Nicaraguan village.
In a review for Prometheus, the newsletter of the Libertarian Futurist Society, Fran Van Cleave criticized the depictions of torture and violence and called the book a "neo-con fantasy". [7] Don D'Ammassa described Freehold as an "oversimplified, black-and-white" political tract with an unrealistic view of humanity, and a "very long but frankly ...