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The man known as Cheradenine Zakalwe was one of Special Circumstances' foremost agents, changing the destiny of planets to suit the Culture through intrigue, dirty tricks and military action.
The woman known as Diziet Sma had plucked him from obscurity and pushed him towards his present eminence, but despite all their dealings she did not know him as well as she thought. The drone known as Skaffen-Amtiskaw knew both of these people. It had once saved the woman's life by massacring her attackers in a particularly bloody manner. It believed the man to be a lost cause. But not even its machine could see the horrors in his past. Ferociously intelligent, both witty and horrific, USE OF WEAPONS is a masterpiece of science fiction.
prezzey: Banks seems to have been inspired by the Strugatskys' concept of Progressors. Similar theme, different perspective (Western vs Eastern bloc) - if you liked one, you will probably be interested in the other.
Cheradenine Zakalwe era uno de los agentes más importantes de Circunstancias Especiales, que cambiaba el destino de los planetas según las directrices de la Cultura por medio de conspiraciones, sucias artimañas y acciones militares. Diziet Sma lo había sacado de la oscuridad y lo había empujado hacia su actual celebridad, pero a pesar de su relación, ella no lo conocía tanto como pensaba. El drone conocido como Skaffen-Amtiskaw conocía a ambos. Hace tiempo, había salvado la vida de la mujer al masacrar a sus atacantes de una manera especialmente sangrienta. Del hombre, pensaba que era un caso perdido. Pero ni siquiera su inteligencia mecánica podía imaginar los horrores en el pasado de Zakalwe.
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“Tell me, what is happiness?” (Prologue)
She made her way through the turbine hall, surrounded by an ever-changing ring of friends, admirers and animals – nebula to her attractive focus – talking to her guests, giving instructions to her staff, making suggestions and offering compliments to the many and various entertainers. (One)
Dust as usual followed them, though the young man said several times he thought it might rain. (Epilogue)
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You might call them soft, because they’re very reluctant to kill, and they might agree with you, but they’re soft the way the ocean is soft, and, well; ask any sea captain how harmless and puny the ocean can be.
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Now, Mr Escoerea," Sma said, shivering. "How would you like a proper job?"
Still they waited, and when the first shells started to fall they found they'd picked the wrong place to wait, and so went scrambling out of it; down the steps and into the courtyard and into the half-track and then away, out into the desert and the wasteland beyond, where they camped at dusk and got drunk again and stayed up specially that night, to watch the flash. (Epilogue)
The man known as Cheradenine Zakalwe was one of Special Circumstances' foremost agents, changing the destiny of planets to suit the Culture through intrigue, dirty tricks and military action.
The woman known as Diziet Sma had plucked him from obscurity and pushed him towards his present eminence, but despite all their dealings she did not know him as well as she thought. The drone known as Skaffen-Amtiskaw knew both of these people. It had once saved the woman's life by massacring her attackers in a particularly bloody manner. It believed the man to be a lost cause. But not even its machine could see the horrors in his past. Ferociously intelligent, both witty and horrific, USE OF WEAPONS is a masterpiece of science fiction.
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