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1) Space opera
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Space opera (Catherynne M. Valente) volume 1
Language
English
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"Mankind will not get to fight for its destiny. They must sing. A century ago, the Sentience Wars tore the galaxy apart and nearly ended the entire concept of intelligent space-faring life. In the aftermath, a curious tradition was invented by the remnants of civilization. Something to cheer up everyone who was left. Something to celebrate having escaped total annihilation by the skin of one's teeth, if indeed one has skin. Or teeth. Something to...
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Publisher
The Great Courses
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
Space operas-mega-adventures that span galaxies and many pages-introduce complex and layered narratives with complicated characters who are often not immediately likeable. Professor Wolfe traces the components that comprise a space opera, differentiating it from a regular series. Consider how these new space operas relate to-and differ from-classic space operas, and see how modern television and movies have captured mainstream success with the concept.....
3) Space oddity
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Series
Space opera (Catherynne M. Valente) volume 2
Publisher
Saga Press
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
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"The Metagalactic Grand Prix--part gladiatorial contest, part beauty pageant, part concert extravaganza, and part continuation of the wars of the past returns and the fate of the Earth is once again threatened. The civilizations opposed to humanity have been plotting and want to take down the upstarts. Can humanity rise again in this sequel to the beloved Hugo Award-nominated national bestselling Space Opera?"-- Provided by publisher.
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4) Rumor has it
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Disco space opera volume 3
Publisher
Tor, Tor Publishing Group
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
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"The crew of the You Sexy Thing navigates the aftermath of facing down a pirate king and the relationships that they have created with one another in Cat Rambo's action adventure science fiction Rumor Has It, the third book in the Disco Space Opera. The crew of the You Sexy Thing have laid a course for Coralind Station, hoping the station's famed gardens will provide an opportunity to regroup, recoup, and mourn their losses while while finding a way...
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Series
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
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"Farscape meets The Great British Bake Off in this fantastic space opera You Sexy Thing from former SFWA President, Cat Rambo. Just when they thought they were out... TwiceFar station is at the edge of the known universe, and that's just how Niko Larson, former Admiral in the Grand Military of the Hive Mind, likes it. Retired and finally free of the continual war of conquest, Niko and the remnants of her former unit are content to spend the rest of...
6) Devil's gun
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Series
Publisher
Tor, Tor Publishing Group
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"Blocked by a closed intergalactic Gate, Niko and her crew create a pop-up restaurant to feed those similarly stranded, eventually accepting help from a suspicious archaeologist"-- Provided by publisher.
Life is hard when you're trying to outrun a vengeful pirate king. When the intergalactic Gate Niko and her crew plan to use is out of commission, they make the most of things and create a pop-up restaurant to serve the dozens of other stranded ships....
7) Fortuna
Author
Series
Nova vita protocol volume 1
Publisher
Orbit
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
This book launches a new space opera trilogy that will hook readers from the first crash landing. "...Merbeth is a voice to watch in space opera!"--K.B. Wagers, author of There Before the Chaos.s.
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Farian war volume 1
Publisher
Orbit
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
An epic space opera trilogy featuring the gunrunner empress, Hail Bristol, who must navigate alien politics and deadly plots to prevent an interspecies war. The battle for the throne is over. The war for the galaxy is just beginning. Hail Bristol, infamous galactic gunrunner and former runaway princess, never expected to inherit the throne of Indrana. But after avenging the murder of her entire family and cleansing the Empire of usurpers in a bloody...
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Series
Publisher
Orbit
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
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From the Arthur C. Clarke award-winning author of Children of Time, this third and final novel in an extraordinary space opera trilogy depicts humanity on the brink of extinction--and reveals how one man's discovery will save or destroy us all. Lords of Uncreation is the final high-octane installment in Adrian Tchaikovsky's Final Architecture space opera trilogy.
Idris Telemmier has uncovered the Architects' greatest weakness. A shadowy cartel scrambles...
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Wayfarers (Becky Chambers) volume 2
Language
English
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National Bestseller!
Winner of the Hugo Award for Best Series!
A Publishers Weekly "Best Books of 2017" pick!
Nominated for the 2017 Hugo Award for Best Novel!
Shortlisted for the 2017 Arthur C. Clarke Award!
Winner of the Prix Julia-Verlanger!
Embark on an exciting, adventurous, and dangerous journey through
...Author
Series
Publisher
Baen
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
"Sure to delight longtime fans and newcomers alike, these tales highlight why the nationally best-selling Liaden Universe® novels are treasured by space opera aficionados, with detailed world-building, strong characterizations, compelling romance, and edge-of-the-chair action in stories that range from cosmic to comic."--Publisher.
12) Cold welcome
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Series
Vatta's peace volume 1
Language
English
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"After nearly a decade away, Nebula Award-winning author Elizabeth Moon makes a triumphant return to science fiction with a thrilling new series featuring the daring hero of her acclaimed Vatta's War sequence. Summoned to the home planet of her family's business empire, space-fleet commander Kylara Vatta is told to expect a hero's welcome. But instead, she is thrown into danger unlike any other she has faced and finds herself isolated, unable to communicate...
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Series
Children of time volume 3
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
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Description
On Imir, Captain Holt founded a new colony on an empty world. In the process, he created hope and a new future for humanity. But generations later, his descendants are struggling to survive. As harvests worsen and equipment fails, strangers appear in a town where everyone knows their neighbor. Now the inexplicable lurks in the woods and the community fears it's being observed - that they're not alone. They'd be right, as explorers from the stars had...
14) Point of honor
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Series
The exiled fleet volume 4
Publisher
[Richard Fox]
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
When the Exiled Fleet enters the Cathay Empire, Commodore Gage must confront an awful truth. Albion ships have joined the enemy invasion. With an alliance to liberate the home world in doubt, Gage leads a mission to bring the renegades to account. But will Gage lose everything to protect Albion’s honor? Meanwhile, the spy Tolan sneaks back to Daegon territory and witnesses just how the Daegon rule conquered worlds. There, he finds information that...
15) Homeworld
Author
Series
Odyssey One volume 3
Publisher
47North
Pub. Date
©2013
Language
English
Description
War comes home to the Sol system when the Drasin track a human ship back to Earth, with devastating consequences. Facing massive force of invading alien ships wielding terrible power, the crew of the NAC spacecraft, their allies, and the people of Earth must mount a desperate effort to stop them. Doomed from the start, but with nowhere to retreat, Captain Eric Weston commits his ship to the defense of the human race even as the human outposts in Sol...
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Series
Descender volume 3
Publisher
Image Comics
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
"One young robot's struggle to stay alive in a universe where all androids have been outlawed and bounty hunters lurk on every planet. A rip-roaring and heart-felt cosmic odyssey that pits humanity against machine, and world against world, to create a sprawling space opera from the creators of Trillium, Sweet Tooth, and Little Gotham. This third volume collects issues #12-16 of the best-selling, critically acclaimed series." --
Series
Publisher
The Great Courses
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
The influence of Joseph Campbell and the idea of an archetypal journey have long been credited as part of the success of George Lucas's epic space opera. However, neuroscience has since debunked the idea of this "monomyth" and Professor Fletcher shows you how the power of the script comes down to something much simpler: childlike wonder.
18) Knight
Author
Series
Sibyl's war volume 2
Publisher
Tom Doherty Associates
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
"A legend of Space Opera is back with the second book in the Sibyl's War. Nicole Hammond was just trying to survive on the streets of Philadelphia, then she and her partner Bungie were abducted by a race of mysterious moth-like aliens and taken to a strange ship called the Fyrantha. Now she is a Sibyl, a special human that has the ability to communicate with the aliens and their ship, and no one is happy. Competing factions control different parts...
Author
Publisher
Subterranean Press
Pub. Date
2016
Language
English
Description
"The Guardian called Alastair Reynolds' work "a turbulent, wildly entertaining ride" and The Times acclaimed him as "the mastersinger of space opera". With a career stretching back more than 25 years and across fourteen novels, including the classic 'Revelation Space' series, the bestselling 'Poseidon's Children' series, Century Rain, Pushing Ice, and most recently The Medusa Chronicles (with Stephen Baxter), Reynolds has established himself as one...
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Series
Farian war volume 2
Publisher
Orbit
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
"Gunrunner empress Hail Bristol must navigate alien politics and deadly plots to prevent an interspecies war, in this second novel in the Farian War space opera trilogy. In a surprise attack that killed many of her dearest subjects, Hail Bristol, empress of Indrana, has been captured by the Shen -- the most ruthless and fearsome aliens humanity has ever encountered. As she plots her escape, the centuries-long war between her captors and the Farians,...
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