The Algebraist

The Algebraist
AuthorIain M. Banks
LanguageEnglish
GenreScience fiction novel
Published2004 (Orbit)
Publication placeScotland
Media typePrint (Hardcover & Paperback)
Pages534
ISBN1-84149-155-1
OCLC56645233
Preceded byRaw Spirit 
Followed byThe Steep Approach to Garbadale 

The Algebraist is a science fiction novel by Scottish writer Iain M. Banks, published in print in 2004. It was nominated for a Hugo Award for Best Novel in 2005.[1]

It was his third science fiction novel not to be based or set in The Culture, the earlier two being Against a Dark Background and Feersum Endjinn.

  1. ^ "2005 Hugo Awards". The Hugo Awards. 24 July 2007. Retrieved 29 April 2014.