recommend some space opera books to me

[nageov3t]

one criteria: they must have nothing to do with Orson Scott Card 😛

I've been jonesing for space opera, lately. haven't driven into the genre since I finished the saga of seven suns last summer.

 

[theflyingpig]

recommend some space opera books to me

No.

 

[MagnusTheBrewer]

Honor Harrington series by David Webber

 

[CallMeJoe]

Real "Space Opera"?

Try E.E. "Doc" Smith's Lensman series...

 

[sandorski]

To You, I recommend, some Space Opera books.

Feel free to contact me again for more help.

 

[dighn]

lotsof space opera in this thread: http://forums.anandtech.com/me..._key=y&keyword1=sci-fi

just to throw out a suggestion. I really enjoyed the Commonwealth Saga (Pandora's Star) and the Dahak Series (Mutineer's moon)

 

[DaveSimmons]

E.E. Doc Smith - Lensmen series, Vortex Blaster, Skylark series
Brian Daley - Terran Inheritance series (Requiem for a Ruler of Worlds +2)
Edmond Hamilton - Starwolf
James Schmitz - the Baen Telzey & Trigger books edited by Flint, Witches of Karres
Sharon Lee & Steve Miller - Liaden series, The Tomorrow Log
Janet Kagan - Hellspark

 

[SlitheryDee]

"A Fire Upon the Deep" by Vernor Vinge is supposed to be the shizzle. I keep forgetting to pick that one up when I'm at the book store.

 

[Jinru]

Mars trilogy by Kim Stanley Robinson

 

[ShotgunSteven]

Originally posted by: CallMeJoe
Real "Space Opera"?

Try E.E. "Doc" Smith's Lensman series...

The first of which is just recently back in print in a mass market paperback edition. :thumbsup:

 

[Stiganator]

..

 

[trmiv]

Path of the Fury - David Weber

 

[Gunbuster]

Peter F. Hamilton

 

[Wuffsunie]

The Exordium series by Sherwood Smith and Dave Trowbridge. The books are The Phoenix in Flight, Ruler of Naught, Prison Unsought, Rifter's Covenant, and The Thrones of Kronos. If you can find copies of it at a reasonable price (book two gave me problems when I was collecting it, and especially book four) then it's a fantastic read.

And I'm an absolutely huge Alistair Reynolds fan, so anything by him.

 

[WHAMPOM]

Damarest of Earth by E.C. Tubb, 22 or more novels.

 

[nageov3t]

Originally posted by: Stiganator
Dude, you need to read the Deathstalker series if you want space opera. Simon Greene

that was the series that got me into the genre back in high school 🙂 it was too bad they went down hill so fast after the 3rd book.

 

[dighn]

Originally posted by: SlitheryDee
"A Fire Upon the Deep" by Vernor Vinge is supposed to be the shizzle. I keep forgetting to pick that one up when I'm at the book store.

It is excellent. The universe is a bit strange though..

 

[Iron Woode]

he needs to read some of the Gor series.

 

[Newbian]

How are you suppose to sing in space if no one can hear you scream?

 

[ShotgunSteven]

Originally posted by: trmiv
Path of the Fury - David Weber

Check that, read In Fury Born. It contains a novel length prequel to Path of the Fury, and an expanded version of Path of the Fury.

 

[LtPage1]

The cycle by Gene Wolfe that begins with The Shadow of the Torturer. Some of the most well-written books you'll ever read, in any genre.

Or if you want quick, non-cerebral, and tons of fun, check out Simon R. Green's Deathstalker series.