I don’t recommend The Dosadi Experiment as a good example of rationality; I explicitly de-recommend it.
The Vor Game, aside from being delightful, can be seen as a wonderful lesson in how setting priorities can be helpful, but it’s not about rationality, it’s about personal manipulation. One character groks another’s motivational structure and creates a situation that will make her “fall off the horse”, so to speak.
Vorkosigan works primarily through charisma and sub-conscious analysis. He’s not a rationalist in any particular sense.
http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/ThirtyXanatosPileup
They specifically recommend Code Geass and The Dosadi Experiment.
http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/XanatosSpeedChess also mentions The Vor Game by Bujold.
I’ve spent a lot of time scouring tvtropes.org for something similar, Code Geass was one of the better ones.
Any particular reason to single those two out? I might give The Dosadi Experiment higher priority.
I don’t recommend The Dosadi Experiment as a good example of rationality; I explicitly de-recommend it.
The Vor Game, aside from being delightful, can be seen as a wonderful lesson in how setting priorities can be helpful, but it’s not about rationality, it’s about personal manipulation. One character groks another’s motivational structure and creates a situation that will make her “fall off the horse”, so to speak.
Vorkosigan works primarily through charisma and sub-conscious analysis. He’s not a rationalist in any particular sense.