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 Sixth Nik
Exodus: The Helium Sea (Archimedes Engine, #2)
Saga, Book Four
The Last Contract of Isako
Platform Decay (The Murderbot Diaries, #8)
Radiant Star
The Republic of Memory (The Song of the Safina, #1)
Platform Decay (The Murderbot Diaries, #8)
Light Bringer (Red Rising Saga, #6)
Fugitive Telemetry (The Murderbot Diaries, #6)
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)
Rapport: Friendship, Solidarity, Communion, Empathy (The Murderbot Diaries, #2.5)
Leviathan Falls (The Expanse, #9)
Children of Memory (Children of Time, #3)
Not Till We Are Lost (Bobiverse, #5)
Children of Strife (Children of Time, #4)
Kingdoms of Death (The Sun Eater, #4)
Cytonic (Skyward, #3)
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Space Opera
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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)
Children of Time (Children of Time, #1)
Pandora's Star (Commonwealth Saga, #1)

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Max Nowaz
The ship had made the jump into hyperspace, so there were no stars or worlds to be seen, just a vortex of light and shade they were passing through.
Max Nowaz, The Polymorph

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