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Revelation Space series by Alastair Reynolds
I asked a similar question right after I finished The Expanse and the response I received was to read Revelation Space. Needless to say I wasn't disappointed!
I'm working on The Culture series by Ian Banks now.
Second for culture, I'm really enjoying it!
Third for The Culture!
Funny you should say that, I just recently started reading and it's fascinating. Alastair knows his shit.
I really appreciate that he stuck to his guns on the self imposed “no FTL” rule for those books. It really makes things interesting
No FTL? So I'm assuming the books center around one local star system?
Nope, sleep pods, ships that get close but not quite to the speed of light, and decades between destinations. The timelines of his books are massive.
That's pretty interesting, I'll have to check his stuff out. It reminds me of my favorite sci-fi book regarding large time scales was The Forever War, which discusses how traveling at the speed of light creates time bubbles for the passengers aboard the ship, essentially the whole general relativity concept. This makes it so that by the time their soldiers get back to their main station hubs from missions, sometimes multiple years/decades/longer have passed. I highly recommend that book to anyone that's never read it and likes sci-fi!
Seconded. Fantastic series with vast world building. Reynolds is a master class author