I listened to the first Culture novel on audiobook, and while I usually love that type of shit I just wasn't wowed by it. I'll still probably check out another one of those books at some point.
But if you're into that, you might be interested in the Star Carrier series by Ian Douglas (fucking Ians, right?). I'd describe it as a hybrid of fully automated luxury gay space communism and The Expanse.
They get better and worse, depending on what you're into. Each one should probably be judged individually simply because they can be telling a different type of story. I liked his culture series better than the one of his other space opera type works I tried.
I listened to the first Culture novel on audiobook, and while I usually love that type of shit I just wasn't wowed by it. I'll still probably check out another one of those books at some point.
But if you're into that, you might be interested in the Star Carrier series by Ian Douglas (fucking Ians, right?). I'd describe it as a hybrid of fully automated luxury gay space communism and The Expanse.
They get better and worse, depending on what you're into. Each one should probably be judged individually simply because they can be telling a different type of story. I liked his culture series better than the one of his other space opera type works I tried.