BUZZING· 72%41m·2026-02-03·Arts CultureThe Best Space Operas Ever Written - the biggest stories and the best characters!
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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“E.E. "Doc" Smith: Lensman and Skylark series. Lensman 7 novels (1948 to 1955) Skylark 4 novels (1946 in long form to 1966) Smith is considered the father of space opera with these books. If you haven't read them, you should. If you have, an…”
“Peter F Hamilton is my all time fave space opera author, i have read his Commonwealth Saga and Void Saga and Faller Saga a few times. I did love the Expanse.”
“I like the Red Rising and the Sun Eater series as well”
“Space Opera is only indirectly derived from soap opera. It actually comes the comparison to horse opera, formulaic westerns. So it needs to have a lot of action and adventure.”
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