Ancillary Justice is quite good, and it went on to win the Nebula and Hugo awards for the year.
In addition to AI and identity theory, there is also quite a bit about gender and language, as the dominant empire has no gender in its language and little to no dimorphism, either physically or culturally. The AI tends to guess (with mixed results) when dealing with other languages and cultures.
Ancillary Justice is quite good, and it went on to win the Nebula and Hugo awards for the year.
In addition to AI and identity theory, there is also quite a bit about gender and language, as the dominant empire has no gender in its language and little to no dimorphism, either physically or culturally. The AI tends to guess (with mixed results) when dealing with other languages and cultures.