Hugonauts: The Best Sci-Fi Books of All Time — The Best Space Operas Ever Written - the biggest stories and the best characters!

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The Best Space Operas Ever Written - the biggest stories and the best characters!

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We've got 18 books and series we highly recommend, so there's something here for all kinds of readers - and at the end of the episode we rank our top 3 to bring you the best of the best. What is space opera? Books with big characters and a bigger world - they usually even come with big 'ol wordcounts. Space opera is…

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