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878 books · 1,166 voters · list created August 12th, 2009 by Kevis Hendrickson (votes) .
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Comments Showing 1-8 of 8 (8 new)

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message 1: by Melody (new)

Melody Mixed I wish I could find more of the second and up books in series used. Lots buy the first one it seems then stop. Of course I wish i could win the lottery to then i could buy all my books as they came out instead of having to wait to find them use most of the time.


message 2: by Emily (new)

Emily This list suffers from a serious lack of E.E. "Doc" Smith, who basically invented the genre!


message 3: by Kevis (new)

Kevis Hendrickson Emily wrote: "This list suffers from a serious lack of E.E. "Doc" Smith, who basically invented the genre!"

You're absolutely right. Adding him now. ;)


message 4: by Jason (new)

Jason Emily wrote: "This list suffers from a serious lack of E.E. "Doc" Smith, who basically invented the genre!"

I agree


message 5: by Greg (new)

Greg Strandberg Too many Star Wars books, in my humble opinion.


message 6: by Rebecca (new)

Rebecca This is a sausage fest.


message 7: by Phil (new)

Phil Friel Far too many of the books on this list are not even "space opera". Lists of this type really need to stick strictly to their respective sub-genre of SF, rather than just adding other kinds of SF willy-nilly. Chucking in lots of hard SF, military SF, time travel and books not even set in space is cheating and greatly dilutes the value of this list. The same is true of most of these Listopia lists. They tend to turn into generic SF lists.


message 8: by Jay (new)

Jay Greene Danger From SpaceThe Future Is Failing. An Alien Threat Is Coming. Only Two Scientists Can Stop It.

In 2075, Earth is choking under pollution, rising seas, and collapsing ecosystems. Humanity is running out of time.
Then NASA astrophysicist Tim Smith sees it first.
A massive alien spacecraft emerging from a wormhole.
A corrupted artificial intelligence.
A countdown to extinction.
With his brilliant wife Peggy, Tim leads a desperate fight to save a wounded planet—using science, courage, and a love strong enough to defy the stars.
Danger From Space is a gripping, hopeful sci-fi adventure about survival, sacrifice, and second chances—for Earth and for humanity.
Book One of the Tim & Peggy Smith Space Adventure Trilogy
Read it now.
Join the mission.
Because saving the world… is just the beginning.


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