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Originally Posted by OverHaze
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My favorite books are Anathem, A Fire Upon the Deep and A Deepness in the Sky, The Forever War and Hyperion.
Basically I love an intelligent Space Opera, the exploration of a strange yet believable world and the struggle of a soldier caught in the stupidity of war.
Any ideas?
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For an older series, have you considered Tarot by Piers Anthony? (space opera, maybe more fantasy than science fiction but a really interesting version of your basic last-priority-to-colonize type world where suckers get sent until someone figures out a way to survive)
A favorite of mine by Robert A. Heinlein is: Friday (combat courier, involves
space travel in a believable "federation space" type universe)
You started with Reynolds... if you haven't yet read everything of his, I say go for it. My personal favorite of his was Cryptonomicon (not a space opera)
my favorite space opera of his was Chasm City (though it continues in Revelation Space and Redemption Ark)