[yellowapple]

Randomly generate the ship names by pulling random phrases out of literature and you've got yourself an Ian Banks novel.

[cerberusss]

May he rest in peace. I had such pleasure reading his books, and the ship names were very funny indeed. Someone on HN pointed me to Neil Asher, who also authors the same genre and sometimes similarly names the ships.

[arethuza]

I think the Mistake Not... would like a quiet word.