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gptkbp:instance_of
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gptkb:novel
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gptkbp:adaptation
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gptkb:none
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gptkbp:author
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gptkb:Iain_M._Banks
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gptkbp:awards
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gptkb:none
nominated for the 2011 Arthur C. Clarke Award
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gptkbp:character
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gptkb:Lededje_Y'breq
gptkb:The_Enforcers
The Afterlife
Demeisen
The Pervasive
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gptkbp:critical_reception
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positive
generally positive
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gptkbp:followed_by
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gptkb:The_Hydrogen_Sonata
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gptkbp:genre
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gptkb:science_fiction
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https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
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Surface Detail
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gptkbp:influences
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gptkb:Frank_Herbert
gptkb:Ursula_K._Le_Guin
gptkb:Isaac_Asimov
gptkb:Philip_K._Dick
gptkb:Arthur_C._Clarke
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gptkbp:isbn
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978-0316080860
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gptkbp:language
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English
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gptkbp:main_character
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Zakalwe
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gptkbp:narrative_style
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third-person
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gptkbp:page_count
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608
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gptkbp:plot
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features advanced technology
includes themes of revenge
addresses the implications of immortality
examines the nature of consciousness
explores the concept of an afterlife
involves a conflict between different factions
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gptkbp:preceded_by
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gptkb:Mattermost
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gptkbp:published
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gptkb:2010
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gptkbp:publisher
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gptkb:Orbit_Books
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gptkbp:series
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gptkb:Culture_series
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gptkbp:setting
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Culture universe
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gptkbp:theme
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gptkb:justice
gptkb:death
gptkb:technology
morality
afterlife
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gptkbp:bfsParent
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gptkb:Iain_M._Banks
gptkb:Mattermost
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gptkbp:bfsLayer
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4
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