| 2008-01-31 |
NOVEL |
English |
Matter |
Iain M. Banks |
|
|
space opera (2), science fiction (2), artifact (1), nanotechnology (1), artificial intelligence (1), mega-engineering (1), transhuman (1), megastructure (1)
|
| 2007-06-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
Glory |
Greg Egan |
|
|
mathematics (1), archeology (1), space opera (1), female main character (1)
|
| 2007-06-01 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
Hatch |
Robert Reed |
|
|
space opera (2), nanotechnology (2), alien ecology (2), mega-starship (2)
|
| 2007-00-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
Minla's Flowers |
Alastair Reynolds |
|
|
lost colony (2), sub-light speed (2), space opera (1), science fiction (1)
|
| 2007-06-01 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
Muse of Fire |
Dan Simmons |
|
|
theatre (1), space opera (1), humanity enslaved (1), theater (1)
|
| 2007-01-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
Off Armageddon Reef |
David Weber |
|
|
religion (1), mind cloning (1), android (1), space opera (1), military sf (1), space navy (1), war with aliens (1), new religion (1), science fiction (1), androids (1)
|
| 2007-06-01 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
Remembrance |
Stephen Baxter |
|
|
space opera (1), war with aliens (1), humanity enslaved (1)
|
| 2007-06-00 |
ANTHOLOGY |
English |
The New Space Opera |
Gardner Dozois and Jonathan Strahan |
|
|
space opera (1), original anthology (1)
|
| 2007-06-01 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
The Valley of the Gardens |
Tony Daniel |
|
|
space opera (1), war with aliens (1), transdimensional (1)
|
| 2007-06-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
Verthandi's Ring |
Ian McDonald |
|
|
space opera (1), war with aliens (1), sub-light speed (1)
|
| 2007-06-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
Who's Afraid of Wolf 359? |
Ken MacLeod |
|
|
sub-light speed (1), space opera (1), empire (1)
|
| 2006-00-00 |
ESSAY |
English |
Introduction: How Shit Became Shinola: Definition and Redefinition of Space Opera |
Kathryn Cramer and David G. Hartwell |
|
|
essay (1), space opera (1), history-of-sf (1)
|
| 2006-05-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
Prador Moon |
Neal Asher |
|
|
artificial intelligence (3), space opera (2), war with aliens (2), transhuman (1), ai citizens (1), science fiction (1)
|
| 2006-07-00 |
ANTHOLOGY |
English |
The Space Opera Renaissance |
Kathryn Cramer and David G. Hartwell |
|
|
space opera (1)
|
| 2005-07-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
Lady of Mazes |
Karl Schroeder |
|
|
augmented reality (1), transhuman (1), virtual reality (1), space opera (1), mega-engineering (1), science fiction (1)
|
| 2005-01-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
Old Man's War |
John Scalzi |
|
|
military sf (3), space opera (3), mind cloning (2), war with aliens (1), genetic engineering (1), nanotechnology (1), science fiction (1), dyson sphere (1), Abebooks: 50 Essential SF Books (1)
|
| 2004-03-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
Newton's Wake |
Ken MacLeod |
|
|
space opera (2), artificial intelligence (2), nanotechnology (2), science fiction (2), transhuman (1)
|
| 2004-10-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
The Algebraist |
Iain M. Banks |
|
|
space opera (3), nanotechnology (2), gas giant planet (2), galactic empire (2), science fiction (2), methane breathers (1)
|
| 2002-02-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
The Shiva Option |
David Weber and Steve White |
|
|
war with aliens (1), space navy (1), military sf (1), space opera (1), from-board game (1), science fiction (1)
|
| 2001-04-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
Appleseed |
John Clute |
|
|
space opera (1), science fiction (1)
|
| 2001-12-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
Psychohistorical Crisis |
Donald Kingsbury |
|
|
space opera (1), transhuman (1), psychohistory (1)
|
| 2000-11-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
Cosmonaut Keep |
Ken MacLeod |
|
|
space opera (2), sub-light speed (1), science fiction (1)
|
| 2000-08-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
Look to Windward |
Iain M. Banks |
|
|
science fiction (2), space opera (2), artificial intelligence (2), nanotechnology (1), mega-engineering (1), ai citizens (1), gas giant planet (1)
|
| 1999-03-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
A Deepness in the Sky |
Vernor Vinge |
|
|
space opera (2), nanotechnology (2), alien perspective (1), transhuman (1), first contact (1), 3-award-winner (1), Kurd Laßwitz Award: Best Foreign Novel (1), science fiction (1), hard sf (1)
|
| 1997-05-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
In Death Ground |
David Weber and Steve White |
|
|
war with aliens (1), space navy (1), military sf (1), space opera (1), from-board game (1), science fiction (1)
|
| 1997-00-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
Once a Hero |
Elizabeth Moon |
|
|
space opera (1), military sf (1), space navy (1)
|
| 1996-10-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
Adiamante |
L. E. Modesitt, Jr. |
|
|
pollution (1), diplomacy (1), space opera (1), ecology (1)
|
| 1996-00-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
Excession |
Iain M. Banks |
|
|
ship AI (2), artificial intelligence (2), space opera (2), science fiction (2), nanotechnology (1), Kurd Laßwitz Award: Best Foreign Novel (1)
|
| 1995-08-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
Winning Colors |
Elizabeth Moon |
|
|
space opera (1), female main character (1)
|
| 1994-09-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
Sporting Chance |
Elizabeth Moon |
|
|
space opera (1)
|
| 1994-10-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
The Engines of God |
Jack McDevitt |
|
|
space opera (2), alien artifact (1), archeology (1), first contact (1)
|
| 1993-00-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
Against a Dark Background |
Iain M. Banks |
|
|
space opera (2), quest (1), science fiction (1), ancient artifacts (1), assemble the squad (1), no aliens (1), interplanetary travel (1), robots (1), gang heist (1), female protagonist (1), Clones (1), sibling rivalry (1)
|
| 1993-07-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
Hunting Party |
Elizabeth Moon |
|
|
female main character (1), space opera (1)
|
| 1993-12-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
The Armageddon Inheritance |
David Weber |
|
|
space opera (1), lost heritage (1), galactic empire (1), science fiction (1)
|
| 1992-04-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
A Fire Upon the Deep |
Vernor Vinge |
|
|
space opera (3), nanotechnology (1), alien perspective (1), artificial intelligence (1), transhuman (1), galactic culture (1), science fiction (1), 2-award-winner (1), war with machines (1), hard sf (1)
|
| 1992-09-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
Aristoi |
Walter Jon Williams |
|
|
nanotechnology (2), virtual reality (2), transhuman (1), space opera (1), science fiction (1), augmented reality (1), galactic empire (1), caste system (1), multiple personalities (1), education (1), LGBTQ+ (1)
|
| 1992-03-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
Crusade |
David Weber and Steve White |
|
|
war with aliens (1), space navy (1), military sf (1), space opera (1), from-board game (1), science fiction (1)
|
| 1991-06-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
Heavy Time |
C. J. Cherryh |
|
|
space opera (1), science fiction (1)
|
| 1991-10-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
Mutineers' Moon |
David Weber |
|
|
space opera (1), mega-engineering (1), galactic empire (1), moon (1), lost heritage (1), science fiction (1)
|
| 1990-11-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
Insurrection |
David Weber and Steve White |
|
|
war with aliens (1), space navy (1), military sf (1), space opera (1), from-board game (1), science fiction (1)
|
| 1990-03-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
Sassinak |
Anne McCaffrey and Elizabeth Moon |
|
|
military sf (1), space opera (1), female main character (1)
|
| 1990-00-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
Use of Weapons |
Iain M. Banks |
|
|
space opera (4), artificial intelligence (2), science fiction (2), ship AI (1), nanotechnology (1), assassin (1), transhuman (1), Kurd Laßwitz Award: Best Foreign Novel (1), hard sf (1), alternating chapter structure (1)
|
| 1989-06-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
Hyperion |
Dan Simmons |
|
|
space opera (4), nanotechnology (2), mega-flora (1), storytelling (1), AI (1), 2-award-winner (1), dolphin (1), science fiction (1), far future (1), space warfare (1), artificial intelligence (1), Abebooks: 50 Essential SF Books (1)
|
| 1989-06-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
Rimrunners |
C. J. Cherryh |
|
|
space opera (2), military sf (2), science fiction (1), space pirates (1)
|
| 1988-00-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
Buck Godot — PSmith |
Phil Foglio |
|
|
psionics (1), graphic novel (1), space opera (1), detective (1), humorous (1), private eye (1)
|
| 1988-04-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
Fleet of the Damned |
Chris Bunch and Allan Cole |
|
|
space opera (2), science fiction (1), military sf (1), space navy (1)
|
| 1988-08-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
The Dragon Never Sleeps |
Glen Cook |
|
|
space opera (2), science fiction (1), empire (1), mind cloning (1), military sf (1), galactic empire (1)
|
| 1988-08-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
The Player of Games |
Iain M. Banks |
|
|
space opera (4), artificial intelligence (3), ship AI (2), science fiction (2), nanotechnology (2), transhuman (1), games (1), Fictional games (1), 1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die (1)
|
| 1987-00-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
Consider Phlebas |
Iain M. Banks |
|
|
artificial intelligence (3), space opera (3), ship AI (2), science fiction (2), nanotechnology (2), war with aliens (2), transhuman (1), ai citizens (1), dyson sphere (1), Abebooks: 50 Essential SF Books (1)
|
| 1987-04-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
The Uplift War |
David Brin |
|
|
space opera (2), uplift (1), 2-award-winner (1), science fiction (1), ecological collapse (1), aliens (1), dolphins (1), apes (1), interstellar travel (1)
|
| 1986-00-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
Buck Godot: Zap Gun for Hire |
Phil Foglio |
|
|
humorous (1), graphic novel (1), space opera (1), detective (1), artificial intelligence (1), private eye (1)
|
| 1986-08-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
The Warrior's Apprentice |
Lois McMaster Bujold |
|
|
space opera (1), military sf (1), science fiction (1)
|
| 1985-01-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
Ender's Game |
Orson Scott Card |
|
|
space opera (3), science fiction (3), military sf (2), into-movie (2), first contact (1), from-short (1), child protagonist (1), 3-award-winner (1), aliens (1), asteroids (1), antigravity (1), genocide (1), ansible (1), Abebooks: 50 Essential SF Books (1), games (1)
|
| 1985-08-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
Eon |
Greg Bear |
|
|
time travel (2), space opera (2), genetic engineering (1), mind augmentation (1), asteroid (1), terraforming (1), generation ship (1), nuclear warfare (1), exploration (1), aliens (1), alien invasion (1), religion (1), hard sf (1), parallel universe (1), science fiction (1), near future (1), artifact (1), first contact (1), transdimensional (1)
|
| 1985-05-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
Requiem for a Ruler of Worlds |
Brian Daley |
|
|
space opera (1), science fiction (1)
|
| 1983-09-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
Startide Rising |
David Brin |
|
|
space opera (2), alien perspective (1), genetic monsters (1), mysterious planetary ecology (1), war in space (1), interstellar travel (1), genetic engineering (1), dolphin point of view (1), dolphins (1), strong female characters (1), water world (1), ancient aliens (1), trojan horse (1), ancient library (1), artificial intelligence (1), Poetry (1), tsunami (1), interstellar war (1), aliens (1), alien artifacts (1), apes (1), hard sf (1), science fiction (1), 2-award-winner (1), dolphin (1), 3-award-winner (1), aquatic (1), uplift (1)
|
| 1982-07-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
Merchanter's Luck |
C. J. Cherryh |
|
|
space opera (2), strong female characters (1), science fiction (1), space pirates (1), trading (1), pirates (1), operating on the fringes of the law (1), intrigue (1), PTSD (1), shame (1), loyalty (1), family (1), romance (1), interstellar travel (1), family spaceship (1)
|
| 1982-01-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
The Pride of Chanur |
C. J. Cherryh |
|
|
trading (1), space opera (1), alien culture (1), science fiction (1), strong female characters (1)
|
| 1981-02-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
Downbelow Station |
C. J. Cherryh |
|
|
space opera (3), military sf (2), science fiction (1), space pirates (1), into-board game (1), pirates (1), hard sf (1), Tau Ceti (1)
|
| 1981-06-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
War Games |
Karl Hansen |
|
|
power armor (1), cyborg (1), future war (1), space opera (1)
|
| 1980-02-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
Sundiver |
David Brin |
|
|
space opera (2), uplift (1), galactic culture (1), science fiction (1), politics (1), murder mystery (1), advanced aliens (1), exploring sun (1), genetic engineering (1), intelligent chimps (1), intelligent dolphins (1), sun (1), star-dwelling beings (1)
|
| 1980-00-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
The Number of the Beast |
Robert A. Heinlein |
|
|
transdimensional (1), space opera (1), crossover (1), set at specfic conventions (1), science fiction (1)
|
| 1975-01-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
The Forever War |
Joe Haldeman |
|
|
military sf (4), space opera (3), science fiction (2), into-board game (1), sub-light speed (1), war with aliens (1), power armor (1), dilatation (1), time travel (1), relativistic time dilation (1), hard sf (1)
|
| 1974-01-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
The Godwhale |
T. J. Bass |
|
|
space opera (1), religion (1)
|
| 1974-11-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
The Mote in God's Eye |
Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle |
|
|
first contact (2), space opera (2), lost colony (1), science fiction (1), concentration camp (1), rebellion (1), art (1), museum (1), aliens (1), zoo (1), scientists (1), religion (1), interstellar travel (1), lasers (1), force fields (1), coffee (1), collapse of civilization (1), asteroids (1), life cycle (1), military sf (1)
|
| 1973-02-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
Collision Course |
Barrington J. Bayley |
|
|
space opera (2), time travel (1)
|
| 1973-12-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
Star Smashers of the Galaxy Rangers |
Harry Harrison |
|
|
humorous (1), space opera (1), parody (1), science fiction (1), invention (1), Cheese (1), Titan (1), aliens (1), interstellar travel (1), LGBTQ+ (1)
|
| 1972-00-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
Patterns of Chaos |
Colin Kapp |
|
|
space opera (1)
|
| 1970-02-00 |
OMNIBUS |
English |
Cities in Flight |
James Blish |
|
|
space opera (1), Anatomy of Wonder 1 Core Collection (1), New York City (1), flying city (1)
|
| 1966-11-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
Skylark DuQuesne |
Edward E. Smith |
|
|
space opera (1), action-adventure (1), science fiction (1)
|
| 1965-12-01 |
NOVEL |
English |
Dune |
Frank Herbert |
|
|
space opera (3), galactic empire (3), precognition (3), religion (2), ecology (2), into-movie (2), into-tv (2), science fiction (2), desert (1), cult fiction (1), interstellar empire (1), space empire (1), specialized human breeding (1), prophecy (1), interstellar travel (1), eugenics (1), alien ecology (1), assassination (1), feud (1), strong female characters (1), into-board game (1), space fantasy (1), drugs (1), force fields (1), ornithopters (1), secret breeding program (1), Abebooks: 50 Essential SF Books (1), SF: The 100 Best Novels 1949-1984 (1), The 5-Parsec Shelf (1), 2-award-winner (1), Anatomy of Wonder 1 Core Collection (1), mega-fauna (1), revolution (1), superman (1)
|
| 1961-09-08 |
SHORTFICTION |
German |
Unternehmen "Stardust" |
K. H. Scheer |
|
|
space opera (1), first contact (1), moon (1), into-movie (1), cult fiction (1)
|
| 1954-00-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
Children of the Lens |
Edward E. Smith |
|
|
space opera (2), action-adventure (1), telepathy (1), Anatomy of Wonder 1 Core Collection (1)
|
| 1953-00-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
Second Stage Lensmen |
Edward E. Smith |
|
|
space opera (2), action-adventure (1), telepathy (1), Anatomy of Wonder 1 Core Collection (1)
|
| 1951-00-00 |
COLLECTION |
English |
Foundation |
Isaac Asimov |
|
|
archaeology (1), surveillance (1), world city (1), nuclear power (1), nuclear weapons (1), scientists (1), transmutation (1), symbolic logic (1), gold (1), courtroom drama (1), time capsule (1), force fields (1), hyperwave (1), diplomacy (1), ray guns (1), iron (1), interstellar trade (1), empire (1), computers (1), encyclopedia (1), mathematics (1), interstellar travel (1), antigravity (1), 1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die (1), Les 100 principaux titres de la science-fiction (1), religion (1), hard sf (1), science fiction (1), Abebooks: 50 Essential SF Books (1), Fix up (1), galactic empire (1), space opera (1), psychohistory (1)
|
| 1951-00-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
Gray Lensman |
Edward E. Smith |
|
|
space opera (3), action-adventure (1), telepathy (1), Anatomy of Wonder 1 Core Collection (1), science fiction (1)
|
| 1950-00-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
First Lensman |
Edward E. Smith |
|
|
space opera (2), action-adventure (1), telepathy (1), science fiction (1), Anatomy of Wonder 1 Core Collection (1), The 5-Parsec Shelf (1), 1950 (1)
|
| 1950-00-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
Galactic Patrol |
Edward E. Smith |
|
|
space opera (3), telepathy (2), science fiction (2), action-adventure (1), Anatomy of Wonder 1 Core Collection (1), into-movie (1), into-tv (1), 1950 (1), psi powers (1), psionics (1), psychic ability (1), psychic abilities (1), psychic powers (1)
|
| 1949-00-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
Skylark of Valeron |
Edward E. Smith |
|
|
space opera (1), action-adventure (1), science fiction (1), NESFA Core Reading List (1)
|
| 1948-00-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
Skylark Three |
Edward E. Smith |
|
|
space opera (1), action-adventure (1), science fiction (1), Librivox (1), NESFA Core Reading List (1)
|
| 1948-00-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
Triplanetary |
Edward E. Smith |
|
|
space opera (2), action-adventure (1), secret breeding program (1), Librivox (1), interstellar exploration (1), science fiction (1), Anatomy of Wonder 1 Core Collection (1), NESFA Core Reading List (1), BLEILER: abduction by aliens (1)
|
| 1947-00-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
Spacehounds of IPC |
Edward E. Smith |
|
|
space opera (1), marooned (1), science fiction (1)
|
| 1946-00-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
The Skylark of Space |
Lee Hawkins Garby and Edward E. Smith |
|
|
first contact (1), space opera (1), action-adventure (1), inventor (1), wireless telephone (1), Librivox (1), science fiction (1), Competition (1), near future (1), NESFA Core Reading List (1)
|
| 1928-00-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
Crashing Suns |
Edmond Hamilton |
|
|
space opera (1)
|
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