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Space Opera Books
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Leviathan Wakes (The Expanse, #1)
by (shelved 1438 times as space-opera)
avg rating 4.31 — 318,018 ratings — published 2011
Dune (Dune, #1)
by (shelved 966 times as space-opera)
avg rating 4.29 — 1,623,751 ratings — published 1965
The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet (Wayfarers, #1)
by (shelved 939 times as space-opera)
avg rating 4.17 — 184,566 ratings — published 2014
Caliban’s War (The Expanse, #2)
by (shelved 871 times as space-opera)
avg rating 4.39 — 182,345 ratings — published 2012
Ancillary Justice (Imperial Radch, #1)
by (shelved 863 times as space-opera)
avg rating 3.99 — 118,783 ratings — published 2013
Abaddon’s Gate (The Expanse, #3)
by (shelved 733 times as space-opera)
avg rating 4.28 — 154,002 ratings — published 2013
Old Man's War (Old Man's War, #1)
by (shelved 724 times as space-opera)
avg rating 4.23 — 223,810 ratings — published 2005
Hyperion (Hyperion Cantos, #1)
by (shelved 700 times as space-opera)
avg rating 4.27 — 298,101 ratings — published 1989
Consider Phlebas (Culture, #1)
by (shelved 664 times as space-opera)
avg rating 3.85 — 100,452 ratings — published 1987
Cibola Burn (The Expanse, #4)
by (shelved 640 times as space-opera)
avg rating 4.23 — 127,312 ratings — published 2014
A Memory Called Empire (Teixcalaan, #1)
by (shelved 599 times as space-opera)
avg rating 4.11 — 72,004 ratings — published 2019
Nemesis Games (The Expanse, #5)
by (shelved 584 times as space-opera)
avg rating 4.44 — 114,309 ratings — published 2015
Revelation Space (Revelation Space, #1)
by (shelved 580 times as space-opera)
avg rating 3.99 — 61,651 ratings — published 2000
Pandora's Star (Commonwealth Saga, #1)
by (shelved 554 times as space-opera)
avg rating 4.23 — 53,790 ratings — published 2004
Shards of Honour (Vorkosigan Saga, #1)
by (shelved 547 times as space-opera)
avg rating 4.07 — 40,222 ratings — published 1986
Children of Time (Children of Time, #1)
by (shelved 542 times as space-opera)
avg rating 4.30 — 173,442 ratings — published 2015
The Collapsing Empire (The Interdependency, #1)
by (shelved 537 times as space-opera)
avg rating 4.13 — 59,765 ratings — published 2017
Foundation (Foundation, #1)
by (shelved 520 times as space-opera)
avg rating 4.17 — 595,498 ratings — published 1951
Babylon’s Ashes (The Expanse, #6)
by (shelved 512 times as space-opera)
avg rating 4.25 — 98,384 ratings — published 2016
A Fire Upon the Deep (Zones of Thought, #1)
by (shelved 482 times as space-opera)
avg rating 4.13 — 66,584 ratings — published 1992
On Basilisk Station (Honor Harrington, #1)
by (shelved 482 times as space-opera)
avg rating 4.14 — 48,854 ratings — published 1993
Persepolis Rising (The Expanse, #7)
by (shelved 444 times as space-opera)
avg rating 4.38 — 86,753 ratings — published 2017
Ancillary Sword (Imperial Radch #2)
by (shelved 437 times as space-opera)
avg rating 4.08 — 60,440 ratings — published 2014
Ender’s Game (Ender's Saga, #1)
by (shelved 411 times as space-opera)
avg rating 4.31 — 1,472,353 ratings — published 1985
The Warrior's Apprentice (Vorkosigan Saga, #2)
by (shelved 392 times as space-opera)
avg rating 4.27 — 30,313 ratings — published 1986
Tiamat's Wrath (The Expanse, #8)
by (shelved 389 times as space-opera)
avg rating 4.57 — 81,413 ratings — published 2019
Dune Messiah (Dune #2)
by (shelved 382 times as space-opera)
avg rating 3.89 — 401,931 ratings — published 1969
The Reality Dysfunction (Night's Dawn, #1)
by (shelved 361 times as space-opera)
avg rating 4.12 — 38,047 ratings — published 1996
The Player of Games (Culture, #2)
by (shelved 361 times as space-opera)
avg rating 4.28 — 80,547 ratings — published 1988
All Systems Red (The Murderbot Diaries, #1)
by (shelved 358 times as space-opera)
avg rating 4.12 — 367,425 ratings — published 2017
The Ghost Brigades (Old Man's War, #2)
by (shelved 358 times as space-opera)
avg rating 4.12 — 96,387 ratings — published 2006
A Closed and Common Orbit (Wayfarers, #2)
by (shelved 357 times as space-opera)
avg rating 4.37 — 88,373 ratings — published 2016
The Fall of Hyperion (Hyperion Cantos, #2)
by (shelved 349 times as space-opera)
avg rating 4.24 — 147,732 ratings — published 1990
Ancillary Mercy (Imperial Radch, #3)
by (shelved 344 times as space-opera)
avg rating 4.22 — 49,966 ratings — published 2015
Ninefox Gambit (The Machineries of Empire, #1)
by (shelved 342 times as space-opera)
avg rating 3.79 — 21,496 ratings — published 2016
Red Rising (Red Rising Saga, #1)
by (shelved 331 times as space-opera)
avg rating 4.27 — 765,231 ratings — published 2014
We Are Legion (We Are Bob) (Bobiverse, #1)
by (shelved 327 times as space-opera)
avg rating 4.27 — 123,310 ratings — published 2016
Judas Unchained (Commonwealth Saga #2)
by (shelved 322 times as space-opera)
avg rating 4.30 — 40,434 ratings — published 2005
The Forever War (The Forever War, #1)
by (shelved 321 times as space-opera)
avg rating 4.14 — 180,256 ratings — published 2003
Shards of Earth (The Final Architecture, #1)
by (shelved 316 times as space-opera)
avg rating 4.18 — 33,443 ratings — published 2021
House of Suns (Paperback)
by (shelved 315 times as space-opera)
avg rating 4.24 — 32,566 ratings — published 2008
Golden Son (Red Rising Saga, #2)
by (shelved 308 times as space-opera)
avg rating 4.50 — 469,597 ratings — published 2015
Fortune's Pawn (Paradox, #1)
by (shelved 306 times as space-opera)
avg rating 3.94 — 16,190 ratings — published 2013
The Vor Game (Vorkosigan Saga, #6)
by (shelved 302 times as space-opera)
avg rating 4.27 — 27,115 ratings — published 1990
Foundation and Empire (Foundation, #2)
by (shelved 302 times as space-opera)
avg rating 4.22 — 226,100 ratings — published 1952
Morning Star (Red Rising Saga, #3)
by (shelved 298 times as space-opera)
avg rating 4.54 — 383,464 ratings — published 2016
Star Wars: Heir to the Empire (The Thrawn Trilogy, #1)
by (shelved 297 times as space-opera)
avg rating 4.17 — 102,784 ratings — published 1991
The Honor of the Queen (Honor Harrington, #2)
by (shelved 296 times as space-opera)
avg rating 4.23 — 29,936 ratings — published 1993
Empire of Silence (The Sun Eater, #1)
by (shelved 296 times as space-opera)
avg rating 3.96 — 47,751 ratings — published 2018
A Desolation Called Peace (Teixcalaan, #2)
by (shelved 294 times as space-opera)
avg rating 4.30 — 36,323 ratings — published 2021
“Zasadnicze znaczenie ma wybór odpowiedniego momentu, zwłaszcza przy opracowaniu elementu zaskoczenia. - Vorian Atryda, Wspomnienia bez wstydu”
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“Brother Cavil:
In all your travels, have you ever seen a star go supernova? ...
I have. I saw a star explode and send out the building blocks of the Universe. Other stars, other planets and eventually other life. A supernova! Creation itself! I was there. I wanted to see it and be part of the moment. And you know how I perceived one of the most glorious events in the universe? With these ridiculous gelatinous orbs in my skull! With eyes designed to perceive only a tiny fraction of the EM spectrum. With ears designed only to hear vibrations in the air. ...
I don't want to be human! I want to see gamma rays! I want to hear X-rays! And I want to - I want to smell dark matter! Do you see the absurdity of what I am? I can't even express these things properly because I have to - I have to conceptualize complex ideas in this stupid limiting spoken language! But I know I want to reach out with something other than these prehensile paws! And feel the wind of a supernova flowing over me! I'm a machine! And I can know much more! I can experience so much more. But I'm trapped in this absurd body! And why? Because my five creators thought that God wanted it that way!”
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In all your travels, have you ever seen a star go supernova? ...
I have. I saw a star explode and send out the building blocks of the Universe. Other stars, other planets and eventually other life. A supernova! Creation itself! I was there. I wanted to see it and be part of the moment. And you know how I perceived one of the most glorious events in the universe? With these ridiculous gelatinous orbs in my skull! With eyes designed to perceive only a tiny fraction of the EM spectrum. With ears designed only to hear vibrations in the air. ...
I don't want to be human! I want to see gamma rays! I want to hear X-rays! And I want to - I want to smell dark matter! Do you see the absurdity of what I am? I can't even express these things properly because I have to - I have to conceptualize complex ideas in this stupid limiting spoken language! But I know I want to reach out with something other than these prehensile paws! And feel the wind of a supernova flowing over me! I'm a machine! And I can know much more! I can experience so much more. But I'm trapped in this absurd body! And why? Because my five creators thought that God wanted it that way!”
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