Thread: In SciFi - what is a space opera & give some titles?
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Old 05-13-2014, 04:55 PM   #21
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If you want some old school space opera you could give Doc Smith's Skylark or Lensmen series' a go. Other old school stuff to consider Gordon R. Dickson's Childe Cycle (Dorsai), A. Bertram Chandler's Rim World series and Poul Anderson's Flandry series.
"Flandry" is a hero's hero on a par with Horatio Hornblower as he works his way up the ranks while preserving the decadent human empire.

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