Dune
Frank Herbert
1965
Books with the “Space Opera” trope
A sweeping space saga of interstellar empires, wars, and intrigue.
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Genre tropes · Space Opera
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Foundation
Isaac Asimov
1951
Hyperion
Dan Simmons
1989
Gateway
Frederik Pohl
1977
A Fire Upon the Deep
Vernor Vinge
1992
Old Man's War
John Scalzi
2005
Leviathan Wakes
James S. A. Corey
2011
The Collapsing Empire
John Scalzi
2017
Schismatrix
Bruce Sterling
1985
The Quantum Thief
Hannu Rajaniemi
2010
Ancillary Justice
Ann Leckie
2013
A Memory Called Empire
Arkady Martine
2019
The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet
Becky Chambers
2014
The Stars My Destination
Alfred Bester
1956
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