General Information

Title:                  Culture Book 1 - Consider Phlebas [Booktrack Edition]
Author:                 Iain M. Banks
Read By:                Peter Kenny
Copyright:              (c)2009 Iain M. Banks (P)2020 Orbit
Audible.com Release:    February 25th, 2020
Original Publication:   1987
Genre:                  Space Opera
Format:                 MPEG-4 (M4B)
Publisher:              Orbit
Duration:               16 hours, 25 minutes, 42 seconds
Chapters:               27
Unabridged:             Yes

Media Information

Source Format:          Audible AAX
Source Sample Rate:     44100 Hz
Source Channels:        2
Source Bitrate:         126 kbits

Lossless Encode:        Yes
Encoded Codec:          AAC / M4B
Encoded Sample Rate:    44100 Hz
Encoded Channels:       2
Encoded Bitrate:        126 kbits

Chapter Adjust:         inAudible 1.97 -KAZIN
Chapter Rename:         inAudible 1.97 -KAZIN
Ripper:                 inAudible 1.97''True Decrypt''-KAZIN
ID Tagging:             iTunes 12.7.3.46 -KAZIN

Book Description

Consider Phlebas: Booktrack Edition adds an immersive musical soundtrack to your audiobook listening experience!

The first audiobook in Iain M. Banks's seminal science fiction series, The Culture. Consider Phlebas introduces listeners to the utopian conglomeration of human and alien races that explores the nature of war, morality, and the limitless bounds of mankind's imagination.

The war raged across the galaxy. Billions had died, billions more were doomed. Moons, planets, the very stars themselves, faced destruction, cold-blooded, brutal, and worse, random. The Idirans fought for their Faith; the Culture for its moral right to exist. Principles were at stake. There could be no surrender.

Within the cosmic conflict, an individual crusade. Deep within a fabled labyrinth on a barren world, a Planet of the Dead proscribed to mortals, lay a fugitive Mind. Both the Culture and the Idirans sought it. It was the fate of Horza, the Changer, and his motley crew of unpredictable mercenaries, human and machine, actually to find it, and with it their own destruction.

Booktrack is an immersive format that pairs traditional audiobook narration to complementary music. The tempo and rhythm of the score are in perfect harmony with the action and characters throughout the audiobook. Gently playing in the background, the music never overpowers or distracts from the narration, so listeners can enjoy every minute. When you purchase this Booktrack edition, you receive the exact narration as the traditional audiobook available, with the addition of music throughout.