Space Opera

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.
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New Releases Tagged "Space Opera"

As You Wake, Break the Shell
Code and Codex
Der ewige Sturz
Massif
Light Bringer (Red Rising Saga, #6)
Platform Decay (The Murderbot Diaries, #8)
Elder Race (Elder Race #1)
Fugitive Telemetry (The Murderbot Diaries, #6)
System Collapse (The Murderbot Diaries, #7)
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Not Till We Are Lost (Bobiverse, #5)
Leviathan Falls (The Expanse, #9)
The Mercy of Gods (The Captive's War, #1)
The Faith of Beasts (The Captive's War, #2)
Moss'd in Space (Moss'd in Space, #1)
Mickey7 (Mickey7, #1)
The Last Contract of Isako
Kingdoms of Death (The Sun Eater, #4)
Ashes of Man (The Sun Eater, #5)
Leviathan Wakes (The Expanse, #1)
Dune (Dune, #1)
The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet (Wayfarers, #1)
Caliban’s War (The Expanse, #2)
Ancillary Justice (Imperial Radch, #1)
Abaddon’s Gate (The Expanse, #3)
Old Man's War (Old Man's War, #1)
Hyperion (Hyperion Cantos, #1)
Consider Phlebas (Culture, #1)
A Memory Called Empire (Teixcalaan, #1)
Cibola Burn (The Expanse, #4)
Children of Time (Children of Time, #1)
Nemesis Games (The Expanse, #5)
Revelation Space (The Inhibitor Sequence, #1)
Pandora's Star (Commonwealth Saga, #1)
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Max Nowaz
“ Sci-Fi, Space-Travel, Space-Opera, Chance-Encounters, Adventure-Reads, Speculative-Fiction, Book-Quotes ”
― Max Nowaz, The Polymorph

Robert Silverberg
“ Meanwhile here I am- Earthborn woman, a mere barbaric maula, geting deeper into Imperial Space with each passing light second. I should be trembling with fear, I suppouse. No. Let the Emperor tremble. Laylah is here! ”
― Robert Silverberg

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