Mass Effect, Star Trek, similar stuff, without the giant franchise money machine. To consume like popcorn.

One of my favourites is Spiral Wars by Joel Sheppard.

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    The Mote in God’s Eye. Awesome first contact story!

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      Read it! It was pretty good. I’m told it’s part of a larger universe which I haven’t explored at all. Read anything else in the setting?

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        “The Gripping Hand” was a direct sequel and while not as good, it was still an excellent story. As far as I know there are no more Mote stories but the “Known Space” set of novels, created by Larry Niven and others, are very much in the same vein.