alt Hacker NewsIain M Banks Culture series
The Mote God's Eye
Anything by Asimov
Also there's a lot of great short stories in this genre. For example the road not taken by Harry Turtledove
Iain M Banks Culture series
The Mote God's Eye
Anything by Asimov
Also there's a lot of great short stories in this genre. For example the road not taken by Harry Turtledove
Asimov? Brilliant sci-fi but his writing is so dry that it makes eating a box of dry saltine crackers feel like porridge in comparison. ;)