re: #398 William Lewis
The “Culture” is great. I miss Banks greatly.
I’m also extremely fond of the Vorkosigan series of books by Louis McMasters Bujold. Exquisite stuff that ranges from military SF to romance (in a very classical sense - Georgette Heyer forex) to detective stories all with the same cast of characters, but the most important being a hyperactive git named Miles. By far my favorite series of books.
BTW, sci-fi writer Bujold is Lois, not Louis.
Dunno why, but I see her name mis-gendered a lot online: maybe spellcheck sexism?