18 books like The January Dancer

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Saturn Ben Bova · 2003 · ★ 3.6 · 430p · ≈ 14h · Moderate Overview: Second in size only to Jupiter, bigger than a thousand Earths but light enough to float in water, home of crushing gravity and delicate, seemingly impossible rings, it dazzles and attracts us: SATURN Earth groans under the thumb of fundamentalist political regimes. Crisis after crisis has given authoritarians the upper hand. Freedom and opportunity exist in space, for those with the… Shares: Action & Adventure, Space opera, Science Fiction

The January Dancer Michael Flynn · 2008 A triumph of the New Space Opera: fast, complicated, wonder-filled! Hugo Award finalist and Robert A. Heinlein Award–winning SF writer Michael Flynn now turns to space opera with stunningly successful results. Full of rich echoes of space opera classics from Doc Smith to Cordwainer Smith, The January Dancer tells the fateful story of an ancient pre-human artifact of great power, and the people… Shares: Action & Adventure, Space opera, Science Fiction

The January Dancer Michael Flynn · 2008 "An epic tale. . . . evokes old-school space opera . . . but cutting-edge extrapolation breathes vivid life into this universe of scoundrels, heroes and romantics." —Publishers Weekly, starred review Hugo Award finalist and Robert A. Heinlein Award–winning sci-fi writer Michael Flynn now turns to space opera with stunningly successful results. Full of rich echoes of… Shares: Action & Adventure, Space opera, Science Fiction

Champion of Mars Guy Haley · 2012 · ★ 3.7 · 447p · ≈ 14h · Moderate After Dr. Holland and his team discover an artifact deep in the caverns of Mars, profound consequences ripple throughout time, affecting Holland's present, the distant days of disgraced champion Yoechakanon Val Mora and the eras that bridge the eons between. Shares: Action & Adventure, Space opera, Science Fiction

Beyond the Empire (The Indranan War Book 3) K. B. Wagers · 2017 · 416p · ≈ 13h · Moderate The adrenaline-filled space opera trilogy concludes as a gun-smuggling royal fights to protect her empire from devastating enemies."The final installment of Wagers's Indranan War space adventure trilogy has all of the best qualities of the previous books: nerve-wracking action on the ground and in space, dark humor, and the characters' til-the-end loyalty to one another." —Publishers Weekly… Shares: Action & Adventure, Space opera, Science Fiction

The Warship Neal L. Asher · 2019 · ★ 4.3 · 480p · ≈ 16h · Moderate The haiman Orlandine, charged with safeguarding lethal Jain tech swirling inside an accretion disc located in the distant reaches of space, has weaponised a black hole to eliminate the threat. But others are suspicious of her motives, and both the Polity AIs and the leaders of the alien prador kingdom dispatch fleets of warships in anticipation of conflict. Shares: Space opera, Science Fiction

Die strahlende Kuppel / Götterdämmerung Karl-Herbert Scheer · 1969 · ★ 4.0 · 190p · ≈ 6h · Moderate Translation of two volumes of the German science fiction series Perry Rhodan which began publication in 1961. It is a space opera, dealing with several themes of science fiction. Shares: Space opera, Science Fiction

Eyes of the Void Adrian Tchaikovsky · 2022 · ★ 4.2 Sequel to Shards of Earth. An Architect almost destroyed humanity's foremost colony, until Idris Telemmier turned it aside. But that was just the start of the war - and now no planet is safe. Ancient artefacts once repelled these vast aliens, but they are now terrifyingly ineffective. However, the ruins of a lost civilization offer hope. Shares: Space opera, Science Fiction

Shadow Captain Alastair Reynolds · 2019 · ★ 3.8 · 440p · ≈ 14h · Moderate Bosa Sennen was a scourge of merchants and traders alike. A pirate who struck from the darkness, showed no mercy, and vanished without trace...and whose career was ended by the Ness sisters. They took her crew, her ship and ultimately also her life. Unfortunately for them, they have also taken on Bosa's fearsome reputation. Sequel to Revenger. Sequel to this is Bone Silence. Shares: Space opera, Science Fiction

Das Mutanten-Korps Kurt Mahr · 1969 · ★ 3.5 · 192p · ≈ 6h · Moderate Translation of two volumes of the German science fiction series Perry Rhodan which began publication in 1961. It is a space opera, dealing with several themes of science fiction. Shares: Space opera, Science Fiction

Xeelee Stephen Baxter · 2017 · 352p · ≈ 11h · Moderate Half a million years in the future, on a dead, war-ravaged world at the centre of the Galaxy, there is a mile-high statue of Michael Poole. Poole, born on Earth in the fourth millennium, was one of mankind's most influential heroes. He was not a warrior, not an emperor. He was an engineer, a builder of wormhole transit systems. But Poole's work would ultimately lead to a vast and destructive… Shares: Space opera, Science Fiction

Partners in Necessity Sharon Lee and Steve Miller · 2000 · ★ 3.6 · 828p · ≈ 27h · Moderate The first 3 Liaden universe novels, 'Conflict of Honors', 'Agent of Change', and 'Carpe Diem', in one collection. This is where to start if you want to read the Liaden series. Shares: Space opera, Science Fiction

Shattermoon Dominic Dulley · 2018 · 368p · ≈ 12h · Moderate A shattered moon. A secret plan. Last girl standing.Orry and her family are the best conmen in the Quadrant, running elaborate heists to target the ruling families of the Ascendancy. This time should be no different . . . but then Orry goes off-script and everything falls apart. Less than an hour later her mark is dead and she's on the run, accused of a murder she didn't commit. Turns out, the… Shares: Space opera, Science Fiction

In the Lion's Mouth Michael Flynn · 2012 · 320p · ≈ 10h · Moderate "An intellectual far-future space opera with a unique Celtic flavor . . . full of enough political intrigue, suspense, and romance to satisfy readers of all genres." —SFScope"A marvelously heroic ancient legend reborn in humanity's future days. Space opera fans will be swept away by the poetic rhythm and subtle plot construction." ―Publishers Weekly (starred review)It's a big Spiral Arm, and the… Shares: Space opera, Science Fiction

Agent of change Sharon Lee · 1988 · ★ 4.2 · 283p · ≈ 9h · Moderate "LEE AND MILLER STRIKE SPACE OPERA GOLD."  —Robin Wayne Bailey Once a brilliant First-in Scout, Val Con yos'Phelium was "recruited" by the mysterious Liaden Department of Interior and brainwashed into an Agent of Change—a ruthless covert operative who kills without remorse. Fleeing the scene of his latest murderous mission, he finds himself saving the life of ex-mercenary Miri Robertson, a… Shares: Space opera, Science Fiction

Victims of the NovaJohn Brunner

Victims of the Nova John Brunner · 1989 · 480p · ≈ 16h · Moderate The Complete Zarathustra Trilogy When the star Zarathustra went nova, the desperate survivors packed themselves into spaceships and fled in all directions. Habitable worlds were few, and colonizing a new planet requires much more than just settling a newly discovered island of Old Earth. New planets were different in thousands of ways, and the differences could mean disaster. Brutal environment,… Shares: Space opera, Science Fiction

The Mercy of Gods James S. A. Corey · 2024 · ★ 4.4 How humanity came to the planet called Anjiin is lost in the fog of history, but that history is about to end. The Carryx – part empire, part hive – have waged wars of conquest for centuries, destroying or enslaving species across the galaxy. Now, they are facing a great and deathless enemy. The key to their survival may rest with the humans of Anjiin. Caught up in academic intrigue and affairs… Shares: Space opera, Science Fiction

On Vicious Worlds Bethany Jacobs · 2024 · ★ 4.4 "The Jeveni have finally found freedom on planet Capamame, delivered from oppression through their alliance with Cleric Chono, intrepid caster Jun Ironway and Six, the wildly unpredictable manipulator who has outwitted the Nightfoot family. But when Six and Chono return to the Treble star systems, the dream of freedom meets a dangerous test. The Secretaries of the Kindom are intent on reclaiming… Shares: Space opera, Science Fiction

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