Excession

499 pages

English language

Published May 10, 1998 by Bantam Books.

ISBN:
9780553575378

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5 stars (1 review)

Two and a half millennia ago, the artifact appeared in a remote corner of space, beside a trillion-year-old dying sun from a different universe. It was a perfect black-body sphere, and it did nothing. Then it disappeared.

Now it is back.

7 editions

Review of 'Excession' on 'Goodreads'

5 stars

(Reread.) Revisiting this was rewarding. Probably my second-favorite Culture novel. I think I picked up on a lot more of the intricacies this time around. The plot is convoluted enough that motivations are hard to understand on the first go-round.