General Information

Title:                  The Algebraist
Author:                 Iain M. Banks
Read By:                Geoffrey Annis
Copyright:              (c)2004 Iain M. Banks (P)2005 W.F. Howes Ltd
Audible.com Release:    November 9th, 2017
Original Publicaton:    2004
Genre:                  Space Opera
Format:                 MPEG-4 (M4B)
Publisher:              W.F. Howes Ltd
Duration:               24 hours, 3 minutes, 56 seconds
Chapters:               31
Unabridged:             Yes

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Source Format:          Audible AAX
Source Sample Rate:     22050 Hz
Source Channels:        2
Source Bitrate:         63 kbits

Lossless Encode:        Yes
Encoded Codec:          AAC / M4B
Encoded Sample Rate:    22050 Hz
Encoded Channels:       2
Encoded Bitrate:        63 kbits

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

Book Description

For short-lived 'quick' races like humans, space is dominated by the complicated, grandiose Mercatoria, whose rule is both military and religious. To the Dwellers who may live billions of years, the galaxy consists of their gas-giant planets - the rest is debris.

Our human hero, Fassin Taak, is a Slow Seer privileged to work with the Dwellers of the gas-giant Nasqueron in his home system Ulubis. His work consists of rummaging for data in their vast, disorganised memories and libraries. Unfortunately, without knowing it, he's come close to an ancient secret of unimaginable importance....