ReviewScifi
The Infinite State (The Decurion Saga book 1) by Richard Swan (book review).
The Infinite State by Richard Swan is the first novel in the Decurion Saga. This is a dystopian space opera about the impact…
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Space opera
Space opera tells large-scale adventures among stars, spacecraft and interstellar societies. Its stories can encompass exploration, politics, war and encounters with other worlds.
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August 2026
September 2025
ReviewScifi
The Dark Between The Stars (The Saga Of Shadows book one) by Kevin J. Anderson (book review).
Kevin J. Anderson is probably best known these days for his collaboration with Brian Herbert, the son of Frank Herbert, on extending his…
February 2025
ReviewScifi
Fearless (The Fractal Series book 1) by Allen Stroud (book review).
‘Fearless’ by Allen Stroud is the first novel in ‘The Fractal Series’ trilogy. This is a near-future space opera when the human race…
October 2024
ReviewScifi
Deep Black by Miles Cameron (book review).
“Deep Black” by Miles Cameron is the concluding novel in the Arcana Imperii duology, a space opera on the interstellar scale. Marca Nbaro…
January 2024
ReviewScifi
Persepolis Rising (book 7 of The Expanse Series) by James S.A. Corey (book review).
‘Persepolis Rising’ by James S.A. Corey is the seventh novel in ‘The Expanse’ space opera series. Decades have passed since the Marco Inaros…
December 2023
NewsScifi
Rebel Moon Part One: A Child of Fire, Mark Kermode’s scifi film review.
Our man of many movies, Mark Kermode, sits down to examine Netflix’s latest science fiction offering – the film Rebel Moon Part One:…
ReviewScifi
Babylon’s Ashes (book 6 of The Expanse Series) by James S.A. Corey (book review)
‘Babylon’s Ashes’ by James S.A. Corey is the sixth novel in ‘The Expanse’ space opera series. Earth has been devastated by rocks thrown…
November 2023
TrailerScifi
Rebel Moon – a Netflix space opera film with a Snyder twist? (trailer)
From Zack Snyder, the mastermind behind cinematic epics like 300 and Man of Steel, comes his latest brainchild, Rebel Moon – Part One:…
NewsBooks
The Mercy of Gods; Expanse authors return with a new Sci-Fi trilogy (book news).
In a universe far, far away from the beloved world of The Expanse, James S.A. Corey – the pen name of the dynamic…
September 2023
ReviewScifi
The Red Scholar’s Wake/Some Love Transcends All Barriers by Aliette de Bodard (book review).
‘The Red Scholar’s Wake’ is a standalone novel by Aliette de Bodard, and is notable as a space opera written by an award-winning…
March 2023
NewsScifi
Battlestar Galactica: the space opera that Star Wars couldn’t quite crush (video).
In the wake of the astronomical success of the first Star Wars movie, says Rowan J Coleman, TV studios scrambled to replicate the…
February 2023
ReviewScifi
Harpan’s Worlds: Worlds Apart by Terry Jackman (book review).
‘Harpan’s Worlds: Worlds Apart’ by Terry Jackman is a military space opera about an orphan trying to make good, but with a…