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"

The Last Contract of Isako
Platform Decay (The Murderbot Diaries, #8)
Radiant Star
The Republic of Memory (The Song of the Safina, #1)
The Faith of Beasts (The Captive's War, #2)
The Photonic Effect
Platform Decay (The Murderbot Diaries, #8)
Light Bringer (Red Rising Saga, #6)
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The Faith of Beasts (The Captive's War, #2)
System Collapse (The Murderbot Diaries, #7)
The Last Contract of Isako
Mickey7 (Mickey7 #1)
The Mercy of Gods (The Captive's War, #1)
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Livesuit (The Captive's War, #1.5)
Children of Strife (Children of Time, #4)
Not Till We Are Lost (Bobiverse, #5)
Radiant Star
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Leviathan Falls (The Expanse, #9)
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451 books — 267 voters
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283 books — 385 voters

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306 books — 572 voters
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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)
Cibola Burn (The Expanse, #4)
A Memory Called Empire (Teixcalaan, #1)
Nemesis Games (The Expanse, #5)
Revelation Space (The Inhibitor Sequence, #1)
Shards of Honour  (Vorkosigan Saga, #1)
Children of Time (Children of Time, #1)

Bob Bello
If scientists and archaeologists investigate everything like detectives, their proof will be more than circumstantial, and their theories will take us to the stars!” —Captain Jul Naris
Bob Bello, Timewreck

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As a rule of thumb, it was always safer if the Commander-in-Chief formulated a risky plan.
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