by Ian M Banks
Two SpaceX drone ships, Of Course I Still Love You and Just Read The Instructions are named after star ships in this book.
I can't remember where I got the recommendation to read it from, but I was itching for some sci fi fiction and after hearing it briefly mentioned once just dived right in.
This book is the second in a series but from my understanding, the books just take place in the same universe, not in one continuous story line.
I thoroughly enjoyed this book especially the ending. The Culture, the reigning Utopia civilization seems super interesting and I'm going to start on the first book ASAP.
This book dreams big in it's science fiction. Some sci books have people struggling with the same problems we have now, just in a different back drop or on a larger scale. This book not only dreams bigger, but dreams differently.