Use of Weapons

Overview:

  • Title: Use of Weapons
  • Author: Iain M. Banks
  • Year: 2006
  • ISBN-10: 185723135X
  • Publisher: Orbit
  • Price: £7.99
  • Pages: 411
  • Binding: Trade Paperback
  • Type: Novel
  • Title Reference: Use of Weapons
  • Notes:
    • 17th printing (from printing history on copyright page)
    • Publication year derived from printing history
    • Printing history on copyright page:
      • This edition published in 1992 by Orbit
      • Reprinted 1992, 1993, 1994 (twice), 1995, 1996 (twice), 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006
    • Additional copyright page statement: "First published in Great Britain in 1990 by Macdonald & Co (Publishers) Ltd"
    • Publication does not appear in Locus1 (neither in the 2006 nor in the 2007 index; the 2005 index lists the 16th printing)
    • Cover art not credited, no visible signature (looks like a photograph)
    • Back cover states "DESIGN: ©www.blacksheep-uk.com
    • Additional price on back cover: C$18.50
    • The Prologue chapter starts at page 1. It is preceded by a 2-page poem-like piece titled "'Slight Mechanical Destruction'" (note the single quotes which are part of the title). The poem is fictional (i.e. it is written by a fictional character) and considered to be part of the novel.