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Space opera is a subgenre of speculative fiction or science fiction that emphasizes romantic, often melodramatic adventure, set mainly or entirely in space, generally involving conflict between opponents possessing powerful (and sometimes quite fanciful) technologies and abilities. Perhaps the most significant trait of space opera is that settings, characters, battles, powers, and themes tend to be very large-scale.

Also see Planetary Romance, which has similarities. ...more

Most Read This Week Tagged "Space Opera"

Light Bringer (Red Rising Saga, #6)
Fugitive Telemetry (The Murderbot Diaries, #6)
Echoes of Insurrection (The Firebird Chronicles, #6)
System Collapse (The Murderbot Diaries, #7)
Mickey7 (Mickey7 #1)
Rapport: Friendship, Solidarity, Communion, Empathy (The Murderbot Diaries, #2.5)
The Mercy of Gods (The Captive's War, #1)
Leviathan Falls (The Expanse, #9)
Shadows Upon Time (The Sun Eater, #7)
Not Till We Are Lost (Bobiverse, #5)
Cytonic (Skyward, #3)
Of Monsters and Mainframes
Kingdoms of Death (The Sun Eater, #4)
Children of Memory (Children of Time, #3)
Ashes of Man (The Sun Eater, #5)
Shroud
Disquiet Gods (The Sun Eater, #6)
Nona the Ninth (The Locked Tomb, #3)
Defiant (Skyward, #4)
The Polymorph
Alien Clay
The Galaxy, and the Ground Within (Wayfarers, #4)
Slow Gods
A Desolation Called Peace (Teixcalaan, #2)
Livesuit (The Captive's War, #1.5)
The Shattering Peace (Old Man's War, #7)
Shards of Earth (The Final Architecture, #1)
Elder Race (Elder Race #1)
Antimatter Blues (Mickey7, #2)
How It Unfolds (The Far Reaches, #1)
Light of the Jedi (Star Wars: The High Republic)
Slow Time Between the Stars (The Far Reaches, #6)
Eyes of the Void (The Final Architecture, #2)
Lords of Uncreation (The Final Architecture, #3)
Some Desperate Glory
Sunreach (Skyward, #2.1)
ReDawn (Skyward, #2.2)
The Worst Ship in the Fleet (Dumb Luck and Dead Heroes, #1)
Saga, Volume 11
Saga, Volume 12
Sunward
Evershore (Skyward, #2.3)
A Hole in the Sky (Arkship #1)
Fractal Noise (Fractalverse, #0)
Aurora's End (The Aurora Cycle, #3)
City of Dreams (Danny Ryan #2)
Termination Shock
Saga, Volume 10
Greater Good (Star Wars: Thrawn Ascendancy, #2)
Full Speed to a Crash Landing (Chaotic Orbits, #1)
Exodus (Archimedes Engine #1)
The Rising Storm (Star Wars: The High Republic)
Master of Evil (Star Wars)
Facets of Revolution (The Firebird Chronicles, #4)
Hunt the Stars (Starlight's Shadow, #1)
Breakaway (Expeditionary Force, #12)
The Long Game (The Far Reaches, #4)
Brotherhood (Star Wars)
Lesser Evil (Star Wars: Thrawn Ascendancy, #3)
Aftermath (Expeditionary Force, #16)
Match Game (Expeditionary Force, #14)
The Sins of Our Fathers (The Expanse, #9.5)
The Stardust Grail
Memory's Legion
Fallout (Expeditionary Force, #13)
Into the Dark (Star Wars: The High Republic)
Translation State
Failure Mode (Expeditionary Force, #15)
Infinity Gate (Pandominion, #1)
These Burning Stars (The Kindom Trilogy, #1)
The Blighted Stars (The Devoured Worlds, #1)
Paradise-1 (Red Space, #1)
The Fourth Consort
Corvus (Frontlines: Evolution, #2)
Trap Line
The Lion: Son of the Forest (Warhammer 40,000)
The Last Watch (The Divide, #1)
How to Steal a Galaxy (Chaotic Orbits, #2)
The Worst Spies in the Sector (Dumb Luck and Dead Heroes, #2)
The Worst Pirate Hunters in the Fringe (Dumb Luck and Dead Heroes, #3)
Task Force Hammer (Expeditionary Force, #17)
Trials of Conviction (The Firebird Chronicles, #5)
The Fallen Star (Star Wars: The High Republic)
Volatile Memory (The Volatile Memory Duology, #1)
Out of the Shadows (Star Wars: The High Republic)
Echo of Worlds (Pandominion, #2)
Queen's Hope (Star Wars: The Padmé Trilogy, #3)
The Last Gifts of the Universe
Scorpio (Frontlines: Evolution, #1)
Last Chance to Save the World (Chaotic Orbits, #3)
Skyward Flight: The Collection: Sunreach / ReDawn / Evershore
Eversion
Fated Blades (Kinsmen, #3)
The End and the Death: Volume III (The Horus Heresy: Siege of Terra)
The Captain (The Last Horizon, #1)
Warhawk (The Siege of Terra, #6)
Path of Deceit (Star Wars: The High Republic: Phase II: Quest of the Jedi #1)
Rogues Lie (Caldryn Parliament #3)
The Knight (The Last Horizon, #3)
This Brutal Moon (The Kindom Trilogy, #3)

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Quotes Tagged “Space Opera”

“ Brother Cavil: In all your travels, have you ever seen a star go supernova? ... I have. I saw a star explode and send out the building blocks of the Universe. Other stars, other planets and eventually other life. A supernova! Creation itself! I was there. I wanted to see it and be part of the moment. And you know how I perceived one of the most glorious events in the universe? With these ridiculous gelatinous orbs in my skull! With eyes designed to perceive only a tiny fraction of the EM spec ...more ”
― Ronald D. Moore
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“ As a rule of thumb, it was always safer if the Commander-in-Chief formulated a risky plan. ”
― Rowena Cherry, Forced Mate
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