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Looking for epic space operas (lemmy.ml)

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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.

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I would recommend the Red Rising series by Pierce Brown. Every book takes place on a different planet with an amazing amount of character building and detail in the plot.

[–] SteelBeard 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

1st trilogy is great - highly recommend.

Couldn't make it through the 1st book of the second trilogy. Just couldn't care about most of the point of views.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

The first book of the second trilogy was a bit rough, it felt to me that the entire thing was just giving backstory setting up the story. I did enjoy book 5 though.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Did you finish book 5? That one was a slog for me, and I enjoyed most of the rest (even if book 3 showed much of the strain of finishing the first trilogy, I never felt the pacing slip as much).