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Space Opera
Grand, melodramatic science fiction productions without the
music, but with lots of great scenery, anguish, death, and an
occasional fat lady.
Related Genres
Galactic Empires
Authors & Titles
- Allen, Roger MacBride: Chronicles of Solace series
- The Depths of Time

- The Ocean of Years

- Anderson, Kevin J.: The Saga of the Seven Suns
(prequel) Veiled Alliances 
- Hidden Empire

- A Forest of Stars

- Horizon Storms

- Scattered Suns

- Of Fire and Night

- Metal Swarm

- Asher, Neal: Polity series

(prequel) Shadow of the Scorpion

- Prador Moon

- Gridlinked

- The Line of Polity

- The Skinner

- The Voyage of the Sable Keech

- Banks, Iain M.: The Algebraist

- Bayley, Barrington J.: Annihilation Factor

- Bayley, Barrington J.: The Garments of Caean

- Bayley, Barrington J.: The Grand Wheel

- Bayley, Barrington J.: The Pillars of Eternity

- Bayley, Barrington J.: The Star Virus

- Bayley, Barrington J.: The Zen Gun

- Bentley, C.F.: Harmony series
- Harmony

- Enigma

- Carver, Jeffrey A.: Chaos Chronicles

- Neptune Crossing

- Strange Attractors

- The Infinite Sea

- Sunborn

- Carver, Jeffrey A.: Eternity's End

- Cherryh, C.J.: At the Edge of Space

- Cook, Glen: Starfishers series

- Shadowline

- Starfishers

- Stars' End

(related title) Passage at Arms 
- Donaldson, Stephen R.: Gap series
- The Gap Into Conflict: The Real Story

- The Gap Into Vision: Forbidden Knowledge

- The Gap Into Power: A Dark and Hungry God Arises

- The Gap Into Madness: Chaos and Order

- The Gap Into Ruin: This Day All Gods Die

- Doyle, Debra & MacDonald, James D.: Mageworlds series
- The Price of the Stars

- Starpilot's Grave

- By Honor Betray'd

- The Gathering Flame

- The Long Hunt

- The Stars Asunder

- A Working of Stars

- Glass, James C.: Shanji Empire series
- Shanji

- Empress of Light

- Green, Simon R.: Deathstalker series
(prelude 1) Mistworld 
(prelude 2) Ghostworld 
(prelude 3) Hellworld 
- Deathstalker

- Deathstalker Rebellion

- Deathstalker War

- Deathstalker Honor

- Deathstalker Destiny

- Deathstalker Legacy

- Deathstalker Return

- Deathstalker Coda

- Hamilton, Peter F.: Intersolar Commonwealth series
- Pandora's Star

- Judas Unchained

- The Dreaming Void (Void Trilogy #1)

- The Temporal Void (Void Trilogy #2)

- The Evolutionary Void (Void Trilogy #3)

- Hamilton, Peter F.: Night's Dawn series
- The Reality Dysfunction Part 1: Emergence

- The Reality Dysfunction Part 2: Expansion

- The Neutronium Alchemist Part 1: Consolidation

- The Neutronium Alchemist Part 2: Conflict

- The Naked God

- Harper, Steven: Silent Empire series
- Dreamer

- Nightmare

- Trickster

- Offspring

- Harrison, Harry: Stainless Steel Rat series
- A Stainless Steel Rat is Born

- The Stainless Steel Rat Gets Drafted

- The Stainless Steel Rat Sings the Blues

(#1-3 collected in one volume as A Stainless Steel Trio
)
- The Stainless Steel Rat

- The Stainless Steel Rat's Revenge

- The Stainless Steel Rat Saves the World

- The Stainless Steel Rat Wants You

- The Stainless Steel Rat For President

- Stainless Steel Visions

- The Stainless Steel Rat Goes to Hell

- The Stainless Steel Rat Joins the Circus

- The Stainless Steel Rat Returns

- Harrison, M. John: Light series
- Light

- Nova Swing

- Herbert, Brian: Timeweb Chronicles

- Timeweb

- The Web and the Stars

- Webdancers

- Ingrid, Charles: Patterns of Chaos series
- Radius of Doubt

- Path of Fire

(above two titles collected in one volume as The Patterns of Chaos Vol. 1
)
- The Downfall Matrix

- Soulfire

(above two titles collected in one volume as The Patterns of Chaos Vol. 2
)
- Jessup, Paul: Open Your Eyes

- Lee, Sharon & Miller, Steve: Liaden Universe series
- I Dare

- Local Custom

- Scout's Progress

- Conflict of Honors

- Agent of Change

- Carpe Diem

- Plan B

- Balance of Trade

- Crystal Soldier (Great Migration #1)

- Crystal Dragon (Great Migration #2)

- Fledgling

- Saltation

- Mouse and Dragon

Omnibus volumes:
Pilots Choice (contains Local Custom and Scout's Progress) 
Partners in Necessity (contains Agent of Change and Carpe Diem) 
- MacLeod, Ken: Newton's Wake

- Maloney, Mack: Starhawk series
- Starhawk

- Planet America

- The Fourth Empire

- Battle at Zero Point

- Storm Over Saturn

- May, Julian: Rampart Worlds series
- Perseus Spur

- Orion Arm

- Sagittarius Whorl

- McCaffrey, Anne: Nimisha's Ship

- McDevitt, Jack: Academy series
- The Engines of God

- Deepsix

- Chindi

- Omega

- Odyssey

- Cauldron

An Academy novella appears in Down These Dark Spaceways (edited by Mike Resnick & Catherine Asaro) 
An Academy novella appears in Forbidden Planets (edited by Marvin Kaye) 
- Meaney, John: The Nulapeiron Sequence

- Paradox

- Context

- Resolution

- Meluch, R.M.: Tour of the Merrimack series

- The Myriad

- Wolf Star

- The Sagittarius Command

- Norman, Lisanne: Sholan Alliance series
- Turning Point

- Fortune's Wheel

- Fire Margins

- Razor's Edge

- Dark Nadir

- Stronghold Rising

- Between Darkness and Light

- Palmer, Philip: Debatable Space

- Picano, Felice: Dryland's End

- Resnick, Mike: Santiago series
- Santiago

- The Return of Santiago

- Reynolds, Alistair: House of Suns

- Reynolds, Alistair: Revelation Space series
- Revelation Space

- Redemption Ark

- Absolution Gap

- The Prefect

(short stories) Diamond Dogs, Turquoise Days

(short stories) Galactic North 
- Sakers, Don: Scattered Worlds series
3.75 - Dance for the Ivory Madonna

4.55 - Weaving the Web of Days

4.882 - A Voice in Every Wind

5.38 - A Rose From Old Terra

8.50 - The Leaves of October

- Scott, Melissa: The Game Beyond

- Scott, Melissa: The Roads of Heaven series
- Five-Twelfths of Heaven

- Silence in Solitude

- The Empress of Earth

(omnibus) The Roads of Heaven (contains all three titles) 
- Shatner, William: Quest For Tomorrow series
- Delta Search

- Into Alien Hands

- Step Into Chaos

- Beyond the Stars

- Shadow Planet

- Smith, E.E. "Doc": Lensman series

- Triplanetary

- First Lensman

- Galactic Patrol

- Gray Lensman

- Second Stage Lensman

- Children of the Lens

- Masters of the Vortex

Second Stage Lensman series by David A. Kyle:
- The Dragon Lensman (Second Stage Lensman #1)

- Lensman From Rigel (Second Stage Lensman #2)

- Z-Lensman (Second Stage Lensman #3)

- Smith, E.E. "Doc": Skylark of Space series

- The Skylark of Space

- Skylark Three

- Skylark of Valeron

- Skylark DuQuesne

- Smith, Kristine: Jani Kilian series
- Code of Conduct

- Rules of Conflict

- Law of Survival

- Contact Imminent

- The Space Opera Renaissance (edited by David Hartwell & Kathryn Cramer)

- Stross, Charlie: Singularity Sky series
- Singularity Sky

- Iron Sunrise

- Weber, David: Off Armageddon Reef

- Westerfeld, Scott: Succession series
- The Risen Empire

- The Killing of Worlds

- Williams, Paul O.: Gorboduc series

- The Gifts of the Gorboduc Vandal

- The Man From Far Cloud
- Williams, Sean: Astropolis series

- Saturn Returns

- Williams, Sean & Dix, Shane: Evergence series
- The Prodigal Sun

- The Dying Light

- Williams, Sean & Dix, Shane: Geodesica series

- Geodesica: Ascent

- Williams, Sean & Dix, Shane: Vincula series (aka Orphans series)
- Echoes of Earth

- Orphans of Earth

- Heirs of Earth

- Williams, Walter Jon: Dread Empire's Fall series
- The Praxis

- The Sundering

- Conventions of War

(short story) "The Stickpin" available on Amazon Shorts 
- Williamson, Jack: Legion of Space series

- The Legion of Space

- The Cometeers

- One Against the Legion

- The Queen of the Legion

(omnibus volume) Three From the Legion (contains The Legion of Space, The Cometeers, and One Against the Legion) 
- Williamson, Jack: Seetee series

- Seetee Shock

- Seetee Ship

- Zahn, Timothy: Angelmass

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