"Hard" science fiction with themes of adventure, large scale change or conflict.
Space Opera Public
Created and curated by David Bremner
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Surface Detail by Iain M. Banks
4 stars
It begins in the realm of the Real, where matter still matters.
It begins with a murder.
And it will …
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Home: Habitat, Range, Niche, Territory by Martha Wells
4 stars
“Home: Habitat, Range, Niche, Territory” is a short story set in the world of Martha Well's Murderbot Diaries. This story …
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The Dark Forest by Liu Cixin (Remembrance of Earth's Past, #2)
4 stars
This is the second novel in the "Remembrance of Earth’s Past" near-future trilogy. Written by the China's multiple-award-winning science fiction …
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Consider Phlebas by Iain M. Banks (Culture, #1)
4 stars
The war raged across the galaxy. Billions had died, billions more were doomed. Moons, planets, the very stars themselves, faced …
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Space Oddity by Catherynne M. Valente (Space Opera, #2)
4 stars
The Metagalactic Grand Prix—part gladiatorial contest, part beauty pageant, part concert extravaganza, and part continuation of the wars of the …