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[Baracuda6977]

umm, the halo novels are good apparently, there isn't a very large selection of sci-fi out there,



from my knowledge of sci-fi, it involves getting a high school level understanding of science, an imagination and bull****ting your way through it. sci-fi is really just a setting for any generic story line, hell if LotR was set in the far future after a wave of tunneling aliens invaded the world and the only way to stop them was to plant a massive nuke in their hive with an army of beam rifle and beam sword wielders, the story would still be the same (maybe a bad example but still)



are you sure you mean an opera though?

[mattp420]

a space opera is the genre a game like mass effect is, so the op probably means what he/she says.

Although the OP has no interest in Star Wars novels I will recommend the ones by ME's lead writer Drew Karpyshyn. He also has a couple of ME novels with a third coming out this summer.

http://www.drewkarpy....com/novels.htm

Dark Horse also has a ME series.

In terms of HALO, there's a dvd out -- Halo Legends -- which is a bunch of prequel stuff to the game HALO: Combat Evolved

I really liked the new Star Trek movie that came out last year.

Modifié par mattp420, 22 février 2010 - 02:03 .

[A Killing Sound]

Try reading the Lensmen novel series,

or watch the animated series Robotech.

[Archdemon Cthulhu]

David Weber, though your mileage may vary depending on just how serious you want the work to be.



Robert Heinlein, especially Starship Troopers, though that's military sci-fi.



John Scalzi books, Jack campbell books.



Babylon 5 the TV series, and Farscapethe TV series, again, your mileage may vary depending on your tolerance for bad special effects.



If you don't mind no aliens watch the reimagined Battlestar Galactica series from recently.

[orpheus333]

Has their ever actually been a real Space Opera? I would love to see and hear one.

[shadowwaker_3]

I know the Doctor in Star Trek Voyager had a passion for opera and was sometimes found singing himself. I believe he tried to get Seven-of-Nine into it as well. Can't think of anything else... or perhaps don't want to remember.

[Loerwyn]

Peter F. Hamilton.

Pretty much summed up as the god of British Space Opera

[Mr.Skar]

I'll second Peter F. Hamilton. The first few lines of The Reality Dysfunction will grab any sci-fi fan. Scott Westerfeld has a two book series out that is a blast to read, starts with The Risen Empire if I remember correctly and it ends with The Killing of Worlds. Has a very Dune like feel to it, but don't let that turn you away. It has enough unique ideas to stand apart from the crowd. I just finished Diving Into the Wreck by kristine Kathryn Rusch (imagine deep sea wreck diving, but applied to space and all the dangers that would bring) and I would recommend that.



The Culture novels are good as well (starts with Consider Phlebas) all by Iain M.Banks. That's all I can thik of off the top of my head .

[Noilly Prat]

I was just about to mention Peter F. Hamilton. I've never even read one of his books, but that's the name that usually seems to get mentioned in association with space opera.

I haven't read any of Iain Banks' science fiction stuff, but I enjoyed his first novel The Wasp Factory, and the Culture stuff sounds good. I've got a copy of Use of Weapons at the ready, which I will start reading once I finish some of the other books I'm currently reading.

I've enjoyed what I've read so far of Richard Morgan's Takeshi Kovacs books (starting with Altered Carbon). I think they sort of have elements of space opera here and there, but they might not be exactly what the topic creator is looking for. No aliens (no living ones, anyway), and, while space travel does factor into it, the whole first book takes place in future San Francisco.

Good stuff, though.

[GnusmasTHX]

andyr1986 wrote...

Has their ever actually been a real Space Opera? I would love to see and hear one.

The Fifth Element.

A Killing Sound wrote...

or watch the animated series Robotech.

Macross is better.

(Original, of course. None of that modern Japanese teeny bopper ****.)

Modifié par GnusmasTHX, 01 mars 2010 - 12:43 .

[FreezaSama]

Peter F. Hamilton is good, but keep in mind his books are usually massive. If you're looking for something on the lighter side, I'd go with John Scalzi's Old Man's War and its sequels.

[Loerwyn]

Indeed they are, Sama. I've only got two and they're huge. Judas Unchained is in hardback and it's massive! I think it's probably the 3rd biggest hardback in my collection.

[SargeantRenegade]

I'd recommend Star Trek, specifically the Deep Space 9 seasons. DS9 was different because it put in huge story arcs that went not only from week to week, but also from season to season; without needing to reestablish the status quo at the end of every episode the writers gave a gripping story that gets more intriguing as you go from episode to episode. Just watch from the beginning and try not to skip too many episodes, or you'll totally lose track of the plot.