One feature of Iain Banks’ “Culture” novels that I enjoyed was the colorful AI ships. I also enjoyed them in Neal Asher’s novels, although they seemed more gruff and pragmatic.
Are there any other works out there that contain sentient spacecraft?
by zulwe
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There are other examples, but I’m going to go with books 2 and 5 of *Murderbot Diaries* as my personal favorite.
Anne Lecke’s stuff, starting with Ancillary Justice, would fit the bill. I haven’t read the others but I really enjoyed that one.
The Bobiverse isn’t AI (or is it…..) but wonderful.
One of the Wayfarer series…. Book 2? Heavily features a ship AI.
And of course 2001 aSpace odyssey
The Protectorate trilogy by Megan O’Keefe features a sentient AI spaceship and is a lot of fun.