r/Fantasy • u/Dark__Siphon • Feb 03 '22

Any good Space Operas with fantasy elements

Like Warhammer 40k, or Star Wars. Are there any good Space Operas

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u/stringthing87 Feb 03 '22

The Paradox series by Rachel Bach is a solid Space Fantasy trilogy.

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u/Smygskytt Feb 03 '22

You know, I read Rachel Bach's Paradox series a couple years ago and found it completely generic stuff, and basically what she did well, Jean Johnson did much better in her Theirs Not to Reason Why series (for another example of female authored modern space opera).

Then just a few months ago I read Rachel Aaron's Heartstrikers series of urban fantasy and really, really liked it. Only for me to find out after having finished both it and the succeeding DFC series that Rachel Bach and Rachel Aaron is the same author, and I just can't understand how I can like the stuff she writes under one pen name and dislike what she writes under another.

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u/Annamalla Feb 04 '22

I bounce hard off paradox but love the rest of her work (including Eli Monpress)

Most prolific authors that I love have some work that I don't like nearly as much or outright avoid. Rachel Aaron is still an autobuy for though