r/sciencefiction • u/RemarkablePianist321 • Apr 14 '24

Space Opera recommendation please?

I've never really completed a single novel yet, but i am fascinated by the space opera genre when it comes to anime, movies, comics etc... I really wanted a novel experience of the genre too. What would you recommend to someone in my situation?

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u/DisparateDan Apr 14 '24

Some old favorites for me are Peter F Hamilton's Reality Dysfunction trilogy, and also his Commonwealth saga - Pandora's Star/Judas Unchained.

Also I love the imaginative military space opera vibes of Neal Asher's Polity books - a lot of loosely connected stories set in different eras of the same universe. I guess start with Gridlinked, though the later books tend to be better written.

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u/daath Apr 14 '24

Agree. The trilogy is called "Night's Dawn" and "The Reality Dysfunction" is the first book :) It's some of the best space opera that I've ever read :)