"Space Opera" recommendations for my sister!

[PeggyGuggenheim]

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My sister is desperate for recommendations for something to read on holiday please. Examples of things she has loved: Hyperion by Dan Simmons
Consider Phloebus Iain M. Banks
Alastair Reynolds
Children of Time Adrian Tchaikovsky ..... Please give me some ideas!
Thanks so much!

Yoon Ha Lee -a conservation of shadows

Cixin Liu - three body problem

Becky Chambers - a long way to a small angry planet

Ann leckie - ancillary justice

Elizabeth bear - dust

I think she would like A Fire Upon The Deep and A Deepness in the Sky by Vernon Vinge

It's not space opera but I think she should consider reading it. Anne Charnock wrote a wonderful book about what it means to be human called A Calculated Life. I'd recommend it not only for the story but the writing style which is so heavily influenced by her work as a science journalist

Gave up reading scifi but used to read a lot years ago so out of date but still

Iain M Banks wrote about a zillion "culture" novels so she definitely could get her teeth into those linky for titles en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Culture_(series)#Books_in_the_series my favourite of those was Excession
He did some good non culture as well I loved Feersum Enjinn

Other authors to try some more futuristic or just weird than space >
Jeff Noon Vurt I read when young and enjoyed a lot of his > pollen was good too although not read them for years
General space stuff and future stuff asimov short stories collection is worth its weight in gold-pressed latinum, my favourite "entropy". He did do a great long space opera I read almost all of it but found it quite hard going which was a shame
going to check bookcase
I want to get back into this but am out of ideas. I am maybe weird in that I LOVE scifi (thought provoking side) butI can't stand fantasy which most people seem to wrap together and then recommend robin hobbe etc I gave it a go but just no can't get on with it.

If she enjoyed consider phlebus I'd go feerdum enjinn and excession as guaranteed great books she will like and then look for backup from there

Vernor not Vernon, sorry!

@importantwater

Yes. So much. I reread those recently and it was absolutely brilliant even the second time around

Am taking recommendations down as well so thank you for the thread adnd responses!

The Expanse series

The rest of the Culture novels, though I assume she has read them if she's read Consider Phlebas

I bet she'd enjoy Neuromancer and its sequels

Ursula K Le Guin wrote wonderful science fiction including the Left Hand of Darkness, the Dispossessed and a lot of wonderful short story collections, my favourite is Changing Planes

If they're into kindle then I'd check out Clarkesworld and Lightspeed magazine for some great modern short form fiction.

Nothingontelly my favourite Culture novel is Excession too, second is Player of Games

The Vorkosigan saga, starting with Shards of Honor, is well worth a try.

checked shelves

as i say have not bought for years
apart from jeff noon i seem to have liked michael marshall smith (first read only forward which was great some of his other stuff got a bit dark esp from a female perspective)
and william gibson but i can't really remember the stories now!
both would also be in weirdy futuristic rather than space opera section so probs not much good

Hi-five Xiaoxiong

Neoromancer was a william gibson + loads others on the shelf I enjoyed reading but don't think I revisited

I got a bit obsessed with Jeff Noon's books and reread them loads!

The Expanse Series by James S A Corey is classic space opera complete with nonsensical economy, lax attitudes to distance etc. Its also very engaging and so much better than the TV series

Military SF (with a twist) rather than space opera, but still if she liked Children of Time then what about Dogs of War by the same author. It's 99p in the Kindle sale at the moment so not much lost if she doesn't like it!

Excession was such a different perspective - the intelligent ships thing - I wont write it all here for spoilers BUT I think I might get it out and reread... It's about time!

maybe I should have another go at reading all the books I used to love / and see how they read at 45 as opposed to 25!!!

@Sadik good spot. I'd read that recently and it's rather good. Not amazing but an interesting read.

I love Alastair Reynolds (except for Pushing Ice which was dreary and had odd, annoying characters). I also love Richard Morgan's Altered Carbon series (there's a good adaptation of the first book on Netflix). The Expanse series (another one with a good adaptation on Netflix) by James Corey is wonderfully complicated and intricate. I've also really enjoyed most of the books co-written by Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle. C J Cherryh is worth a try too, although some of hers I haven't enjoyed all that much.

Alistair Reynolds I will second and you cannot beat some classic Isaac Asimov - Elijah Bailey's detective series and of course Foundation.

The kurtherian gambit- amazing series

Neal Stephenson, Seveneves

The Red Rising Series by Pierce Brown might hit the spot? Great world-building, slightly dystopian, definitely space operatic. Also the source of my username

Thanks so much everyone! She is very pleased with those recommendations - several of which are new to her. I knew you would deliver

The Lensmen Series by E.E. Smith
Lost Fleet series by Jack Campbell
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