There is plenty of action and adventure in space opera. Typically, space opera occurs on a galactic scale, has multiple types of spacecraft, from speedy corvettes to battleships capable of destroying planets. The genre has almost no relationship to the opera music form, except for the similarity of grand scope and dramatic intensity.
And these 25 books are among the best space opera books out there - in this universe or any other.Space opera is a genre of science fiction literature, and the term can also be applied to movies and TV programs. It’s got the drama and heart of the very best of fiction, but set in a sci-fi universe, whether on a spaceship or alien planet. That’s what space opera is, essentially: science fiction that’s more concerned with exploring the characters and world than getting into the nitty gritty of plausible science. But choices must be made, and I was the one to make them, so while this list features some of the best space opera books I know of, it’s certainly possible some escaped my attention - or my regard.Īs a long-time reader of science fiction (and space operas in particular), I loved scouring through some of my personal favorite reads as well as other seminal works of the genre and new classics to create a list that I think will appeal to anyone who loves a good sci-fi novel focused on character and story.
I’m certainly unimpressed when I see “best of the best” lists featuring almost exclusively cis het white male authors when I know there’s so much more to the literary world than that. (She says, knowing full well this is exactly what she’s done.) It’s going to be too narrow or too recent or not include your favorite book that obviously should’ve been counted among the best, so the entire premise of the list is therefore null and void. Any list claiming to feature the best “insert adjective here” books of all time is inevitable going to be a bit controversial.
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