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Re:The Culture War: Iain M. Banks’s Billionaire Fans by specialist on Wednesday January 27, 2021 @11:26AM (#25930179)
For space opera stuff, I really liked Ann Leckie's Ancillary Sword https://annleckie.com/novel/ancillary-justice/ series and Corey's The Expanse stuff (I read the books after watching the series).

For transhuman stuff, Brin's Kiln People, Morgan's Altered Carbon, and Scalzi's Old Man's War were fun.

Along the lines of epics like Asimov's Foundation and Banks' Culture, nothing springs to mind. Sadness. That's probably my favorite genre.

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Re:The Culture War: Iain M. Banks’s Billionaire Fans by pas on Wednesday January 27, 2021 @06:12PM (#25935466)
Uh, if you like transhumanist space opera and haven't yet given a go to Alastair Reynolds' Revelation Space series ... I have to warn you it'll be very addictive.

Also Greg Egan's Diaspora is very large scale space opera.

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Re:The Culture War: Iain M. Banks’s Billionaire Fans by specialist on Friday January 29, 2021 @09:52AM (#25957789)
Solid recs. Got them. Thank you!
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