Haven&#x27;t been up on SF works outside video games. Personally, I think they did a good job with Shepard and Reaper plot on Mass Effect 1. Kind of integrated a lot of themes into the ultimate villain and ability to artificially mitigate the threat of biological evolution. Maybe it was a knock-off of someone but I thought it was clever. Reapers remain my favorite, SF villains. :)<p>Need to get back into the genre at some point. Anyone got recommendations on especially interesting or innovative works?