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Deep into The Culture series rn

Epic space operas and sci-fi that takes non-human intelligence seriously. 10/10 

1st book, Consider Phlebas, is kind of a side quest, told from the perspective of a Culture antagonist, distinct from the other books. 

I enjoyed it as a story on its own and it warms you up to the saga

Those books are my absolute favourite science fiction.

For people not knowing the books, The Culture is an extremely advanced technology society. There are 13 or some such titles in the series spreading across multiple centuries.

The common theme of all stories are the ship minds, super human machine intelligence. The crazy thing is that the minds serve all of the culture citizens but they pull the strings behind the scenes of all sorts of galactic conflicts. 

I absolutely love it.

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Currently my fave

After The Culture series I can;t get into other sci-fi that don't have some treatment for AI or non-human intelligence

I also really enjoy Alistair Reynold's stuff

This is on my list! How would you compare it to other space operas/sci fis?

Maschinen Krieger, scale models and the occasional Gundam. 

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Book 2 a bit of a slow burn as well, plot wise, but it would be a better starter book to the series as you def get a better sense of the universe the stories take place in

Ok, interesting. I started here, finished it last week and thought it was boring. I'll give book 2 a shot then.