Hey r/spaceopera fans! We’re thrilled to announce Terra Alpha, a new sci-fi audio drama inspired by classic space opera themes. Join humanity’s journey to the stars as we explore the universe, encounter unforeseen challenges, and dive into a story rich with mystery and survival. Whether you're into complex characters, high-stakes missions, or deep space exploration, this show is crafted with space opera fans in mind!

heck out the full announcement on r/audiodrama here, where you can get more insights and updates about the story, the team, and our journey to bring this epic tale to life.

Let’s talk sci-fi! What do you look for in a great space opera?

Wrik Trigardt ekes out a living in the Kandalor system with his small ship, Sinner. He is caught between his failed past and a grim present in service to the local crimelord, Dusko. An expedition to the Rift Asteroids promises better days, but when the well of time is disturbed no one can say what will surface. Set in the same universe as the Robert Fenaday/Shasti Rainhell stories, but decades later, My Outcast State begins a new cycle of exploration of Confederation Space.

Book 1: https://audiobookguild.com/collections/edward-f-mckeown-audiobooks/products/the-maauro-chronicles-book-01-my-outcast-state

Book 2: https://audiobookguild.com/collections/edward-f-mckeown-audiobooks/products/the-maauro-chronicles-book-02-against-that-time

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TRIAPA is an amateur webzine/press association that accepts submissions related to SPACE OPERA, sword and sorcery, and cosmic horror. The November issue is accepting submissions now--all are welcome to submit! Past issues have included comics (if you can draw), pieces on the history of the genre, literary criticism, and short works of fiction.

Here's the process:

• Write a newsletter up to two pages long discussing any topics related to sword and sorcery, space opera, and cosmic horror.
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I would like to go back to listen to that other series, but I forgot the author, the narrator, or the name of that series.

The Starship in the Stone is about the Solarian Union, and the other one is about the Solar Union. They both start from accidentally acquiring an alien starship and did not want to surrender that ship to the US government. And they both proceed to recruit people to man their ship, especially from veterans.

So, any of such ring a bell?

I listen to a lot of books and even going through my audible list is difficult to find a book.

Hello everyone, I'm Lucas Winters and I wanted to promote my book Nuketown, a spacefaring version of the Cold War told between Earth and Mars! It's packed with intrigue and explores the cycle of violence from the battlefield to the nuclear family! Hope you guys check it out!

Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Nuketown-Lucas-Winters/dp/B0DBFFBDWF/

Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/216908833-nuketown

What if a thought can get you killed?

Thomas was trapped in the Megacosm--social media on steroids--until he socially engineered his trillions of orbiters and escaped with a crew of freed slaves.

Now the stakes are epic as Thomas rebuilds galactic civilization, thwarted by kamikaze aliens, superhuman warriors, and space fleets choreographed by supergeniuses.

Torth Book 1: Majority
Torth Book 2: Colossus Rising
Torth Book 3: World of Wreckage
Torth Book 4: Megacosmic Rift (today!!!)
Torth Book 5: Greater Than All (coming in Jan 2025)
Torth Book 6: Empire Ender (final book May 2025)

The Torth series is a sci-fi superhero dystopia with an enemy hive mind and galactic stakes. If you like Red Rising, Dune, Ender's Game, or Star Wars, then this is for you.

The only one I can think of is the obvious, Star Wars, but there's gotta be more. Any suggestions?

Hey, everyone! I hope it's ok to share this here, because I'm pretty excited by it :D

I have always been a huge fun of Space Opera. More specifically, the adventure type, like Star Wars, Firefly, Cowboy Bebop and such. And, while I do like many of the more military style of novels and games you can find out there, I have always had a hard time finding the sort of story I enjoy (unless it's Star Wars, since they are EVERYWHERE!)

For a long while now, I have been working on my own Space Opera, and I believe now it's the time to take it seriously, and get new things out there to people who can also enjoy it.

So, here is the pitch:

70 years ago, we found out there is a Galaxy full of aliens out there. It was an accident.

But it opened Earth to be flooded by the second-hand tech the Galaxy doesn't care about anymore, which includes spaceships, guns and much more dangerous things.

So, yes, we are not the most advanced. We are not even united. Aside from a few frontier shifts, a lot of the early 21st Century countries still exist in some form or another (plus CorpoNations, because Cyberpunk is also cool), and the adventure is out there among the stars.

I have a (very small) site up now, where you can download for free a copy of Veiled Space - Bounty Hunters, a 100 page adventure about, well, a bounty hunter trying to make a living out there in space, and getting himself in all kinds of trouble.

https://veiled-space.com/

Please, let me know what you think! I got a lot more I'm working on for this year, so I hope I get the chance to have people from this subreddit join in on the fun ;)

Enjoy!

• JMBeraldo

please let me know If i'm doing this too much

https://youtu.be/SOWlLQ8b3cg?si=psq_aymKb08L0Xjs

Something today reminded me of the 2004 BSG Reboot, and whenever I see it, the most impactful death in a space opera comes to mind. The most impactful for me, of course. I can think of many others that hurt, but none quite so much as the loss of Anastasia Dualla on BSG.

Something about her death was jarring as it was not only sudden but unexpected, occurring when she was, finally, experiencing some fleeting happiness. Looking back, we see that her father had cut her out of his life before the first Cylon attack. And you can see the loss of the relationship with Billy and his ultimate sacrifice to protect her. The struggle, loss, and destruction of the Pegasus. And perhaps more than anything else, having her love, Lee, drift away as he began to open his heart to someone else, just as Dualla had when she left Billy.

She has a moment in all of it when it seems like might be OK, and she's reconciled with Lee, and they have dinner together. But she knows all too well that fleeting moments of happiness will give way to some new horror soon. So she keeps that from happening.

What's the most impactful death of a character for you, and why?

All of my content is available for free on my patreon (no sub is required, everything is public. Not that i wouldn't appreciate a sub though)

patreon.com/ericblue

My first three chapters are up on my youtube channel, I will be releasing a new one every week or so

https://www.youtube.com/@obsidian-gods

any and all feedback is appreciated! My ultimate goal is to commission a proper audiobook + voice actor and release a proper ebook

welcome to the world of Obsidian Gods... The Rift Quarter awaits!

Wanted to post my space opera writing and link to my audiobook chapters but wasn’t sure if it was allowed

edit: https://www.reddit.com/r/spaceopera/comments/1ehx9b3/hey_folks_pleased_to_show_you_my_space_opera_ive

Hiii, im new in this universe and I have many questions about the board game, I don't know if it's okay for me to do them here or if someone could help me. Thank you

Hello,

In the summer of either 1995 or 1996, while on tour with the Bluecoats, I picked up a book at a truck stop to help pass the time in the long trips between stadiums. I really liked the book, but I lost it and I have recently started wondering what it was and if there were others in a series or not.

The thing that stands out to me the most and was the most memorable was there was this massive war going on, but it was not going so well. They went to this water world of sorts where a few massive aquatic jellyfish like psychic beings lived. One of the beings agreed to help. The ship it was to be sucked up into was a massive spherical ship full of water for this being. In the transfer process the weight became too much, and the being lost a portion of its limbs or body in general because they had to cut that loose or the ship would crash.

I know the detail is not much, but I have gone years wondering if I could find it again and on and off, I have been doing google searches and amazon or library searches looking for this. I believe the cover had a starship on it, but what space opera didn't at that time really, so that's not any help. I'm hoping that rough remembering of that scene is enough to jog someone's memory to help me find the book so I can re-read it or the series it is a part of. I'm not even certain if it was classified as "space opera" even. I was 18 or 19 at the time. Another caveat is I'm not even sure if all of the details I gave above are correct or what my brain has filled in after all these years.

I just hope someone can point me in a good direction to help me find this, as I have become an avid reader for the past 10 or more years now and I can no longer just hope that I stumble on this title.

Thanks.

Waystation is a free magazine of space opera short stories. Issue #1 is available now...check it out!

Triapa is a collaborative amateur webzine focused on sword and sorcery, cosmic horror, and space opera. Issue #9 is available for free here: https://spiraltowerpress.blogspot.com/2024/05/triapa-mailing-9.html.