Looking for Sci-fi books that fit my criteria

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Issac Asimovs Robot series would fall into your mystery suspense category: The Caves of Steel, The Robots of Dawn. I was sceptical when I picked up Caves of Steel and I was very suprised. Like the Foundation series I thoroughly enjoyed all the stories in the series.

So many good suggestions!

Iain M Banks is one of the greatest.

For a really great space opera try "Pandora's Star (Commonwealth Saga 1)" and "Judas Unchained: Part Two of the Commonwealth Saga", both by Peter F Hamilton a really great story with great characters.

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I have never truly understood what space opera is. Isn't it where the is a plot full of tragic moments and mournful loss.

On a personal note some Japanese anime like a majority of Gundam series are considered space opera.

That is a truly embarrassing thing for <b>you as an author</b> to say, or should be!

Space Opera is things like "Star Trek" that are full of FTL drives and comms, laser guns etc. It can cross over with other genres, like Military SF in the Honorverse and Posleen War series.

Space opera, as the word itself suggests, is a <book> where action takes place mostly in space. (I mean spaceships, wars, intrigue, exploration <...>, NOT some pulsar spinning :) )

Ok so Gundam definately fits that criteria as does my book

i would recommend 'the forever war' by joe haldeman. don't be put off by the title. it really is fab

The Phoenix Conspiracy this one is space opera-ish with a mystery. I really enjoyed it and it was free! I just purchased the next book of the series The Phoenix Rising.
I'd be interested in finding sci-fi with mild humor, if anyone can recommend some.

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I think I've got just the story you're looking for. not too shameless plug ;-)
Drop me an email via my page and I'll let you have a complimentary PDF copy of Vol I plus brief series synopsis.

No harm done if you don't like it

regards

Tony

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In the context of this thread I'd say "start your own thread Robbie". Do that and I'd be up for a discussion though.

A very good book of linked short stories and novellas is "Tuf Voyaging" by George.R.R.Martin about the unsucessful trader Haviland Tuf and a mile long EEC seedship.

I'm reading Legacy Engendered by Jacob Larch and can't put it down. It certainly fits the space opera with well drawn characters criteria!

I'm surprised no one has suggested the Dr Who series of books.Good, solid, well defined characters and plenty of scope for wild and extravagant excursions from reality. I agree about Asimov's Robot series, pure mastery. The classic E.E. Doc Smith Lensman series could also be considered

If this happens, God help us all. Have just finished a brilliant book titled 'The Zion Project' by Jack Crawford. It makes Dan Browns books look tame.
The synopsis: The content of 2000 year old scrolls found in a newly discovered cave in Jordan turns religion on its head and leads to a Vatican cover-up.
Back in America, Angela and Peter Capo, searching for their kidnapped baby boy, uncover a conspiracy that puts them in harms way and involves them in a desperate race against time.
Their search brings them into contact with General Caplan, head of America's experimental program, and a man who will stop at nothing to keep his secret safe.
When contacted by a stranger, the Capos embark on a journey that takes them all the way to the White House, the United Nations and eventually a meeting with the entity presenting Mankind with an ultimatum.

Try it, the first chapter is free

You may like to try these;

Hal Spacejock

Teleport This (Small Universe)

Smallworld: A Science Fiction Adventure Comedy.

Don't know if this is up your street ,but have you read these;

Retribution Falls: Tales of the Ketty Jay (Tales of the Ketty Jay 1)

The Black Lung Captain: Tales of the Ketty Jay

The Iron Jackal

A thouroughly good read with great well rounded characters, IMHO.

The Zion Project - like a good many self published books really needs a good editing. And at the cost it would be better to stump up the extra and buy Focault's Pendulum - a truly fantastic book.

Look, I don't want to sound very arrogant, but Eco and one Jack Crawford hardly can have the same target audience :)

I'm trying to get the spammers to read something better. I should get paid for this! (Beyond the royalties i should be getting for that book - which appears to be sold out now!)

Spammers don't read, they write or/and spam. Want to bet about the next post - in case it isn't yours?

Maybe the void trilogy by peter f hamilton, or Flood and Ark by stephen baxter.

Has anyone read any Brian Stapeford? I liked his Daedalus Mission series.
Six books--- The Florians, Critical Threshold, Wildebloods Empire, The City of The Sun, Balance of Power and The Paradox of the Sets. (1976-1979)