I just read through the recent Hannu Rajanaemi series (Quantum Thief, Fractal Prince, Causal Angel) which is all about that kind of thing. The Iain M. Banks no

I just read through the recent Hannu Rajanaemi series (Quantum Thief, Fractal Prince, Causal Angel) which is all about that kind of thing. The Iain M. Banks novel "The Algebraist" is set mostly in the atmosphere of a gas giant planet and is pretty hard-sci-fi in outlook and plot.