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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instance_of gptkb:novel
gptkbp:bfsLayer 2
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:physicist
gptkbp:adaptation gptkb:none
gptkbp:author gptkb:Iain_M._Banks
gptkbp:awards gptkb:none
nominated for the 2011 Arthur C. Clarke Award
gptkbp:character gptkb:Lededje_Y'breq
gptkb:The_Enforcers
The Afterlife
Demeisen
The Pervasive
gptkbp:critical_reception positive
generally positive
gptkbp:followed_by gptkb:The_Hydrogen_Sonata
gptkbp:genre gptkb:Author
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gptkbp:influences gptkb:Frank_Herbert
gptkb:Ursula_K._Le_Guin
gptkb:Isaac_Asimov
gptkb:Philip_K._Dick
gptkb:Arthur_C._Clarke
gptkbp:isbn 978-0316080860
gptkbp:language English
gptkbp:main_character Zakalwe
gptkbp:narrative_style third-person
gptkbp:page_count 608
gptkbp:plot 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
gptkbp:preceded_by gptkb:physicist
gptkbp:published_by gptkb:2010
gptkbp:publisher gptkb:Orbit_Books
gptkbp:series gptkb:Culture_series
gptkbp:setting Culture universe
gptkbp:theme gptkb:justice
gptkb:cemetery
gptkb:technology
morality
afterlife