Like Saudi Arabia . and the Clinton Foundation ? <| sep |> Okay . What you are looking for is Singularity scifi , in case you were not aware . Big fan myself , and I ' ve plowed thru quite a lot of it . Two big ones , both by Charles Stross are and . Great fun , and both standalones in the same universe . The first deals with the singularities rapid onset , and one families jury thru it . The second follows up a few centuries later . Awesome stuff . You might want to skip is other singularity work the Eschaton series . Book 1 is really terrible , the second a lil ' bit better . Secret agents cleaning up Singularity style messes . Ian M Banks is a master in this genre . his work deals with a anarchosyndicalist utopia call The Culture . culture This series often deals with how The Culture , a post singular civilization , and the Minds AIs that shepherd them , interacts with often less advanced civilizations . This series is fucking amazing . People other than me love the Jean le Flambeur series . jeanleflambeur It borders on fantasy and revolves around a gentleman thief ala the Pink Panther or Lupin . Ready to get weird ? Check the Ware Tetrologyware . Its long strange trip . I was disgusted , appalled , and pulled right in . And you ' ll never look at a plate of cheese the same way again . Like space opera ? Like gritty morally ambiguous characters ? Tied with The Culture for most awesome is the Revelation Space universe . revelationspace I ' d call this more ' cusp ' or ' false start ' than full singularity but a lot of the same meat is on the menu . Alastair Reynolds does incredible character development . Thats all I got . Check out the goodreads section on singularity fiction , and just feel out what sounds appealing .