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[Title] Surface Detail (Culture, #9) [Author] Iain M. Banks [Rating] ★★★ [Year] 2010 [Read] 2011/07/20 [Review] 
The usual intertwined Banks plotting was easier to follow this time, and the overall resolution very satisfactory. Not as interesting as Player of Games, but still a solid Culture novel
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