I really enjoyed The Hyperion Cantos, and the first few Dune books I read a long time ago (may reread these now). Can anyone recommend some other books (or series) along these lines? Huge stories on an epic scale, space battles, cool future tech, etc.

  • Landrin201@lemmy.ml
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    1 year ago

    I think The Expanse is a pretty obvious recommendation.

    I also really like the Remembrance of Earth’s Past books by Cixin Liu, but I’m not sure I’d call that a Space Opera. It’s a series, yes, but it is very unlike other long-form space operas.

    • hbar@lemmy.mlOP
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      1 year ago

      I’ve heard the Expanse books are great, I watched the Amazon series already. Are the books even better?

      • Landrin201@lemmy.ml
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        1 year ago

        I watched the show first (I’ve never gotten past season 4, personally) and I liked the books WAY more. The show added a lot of unnecessary drama that distracted from the overall plot IMO.