# Suggest a space opera for a person who doesn't read science fiction

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**Created:** [March 15, 2021, 12:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggest-a-space-opera-for-a-person-who-doesnt-read-science-fiction/937902 "2021-03-15T00:12:46Z")\
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**Post date:** [March 15, 2021, 2:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggest-a-space-opera-for-a-person-who-doesnt-read-science-fiction/937902/26 "2021-03-15T02:37:19Z")

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> [@Darren\_Garrison](#):
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> Okay, maybe Hamilton’s recent Salvation series, but not his seven Commonwealth novels, which are some of _my_ favorites.

I think _Pandora’s Star_ really exemplifies everything I like in a space opera - deep themes regarding technology and how they impact human culture, multiple interlocking narratives from all strata of society, shit blowing up all over the place, and a depth where it wasn’t needed, but welcome (Paula Myo’s backstory). I just hated how the 2nd book [ended in a damn chase sequence](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peter-f-hamilton-pandoras-star/407730/15). Such a disappointment and that, by itself, gets Pandora’s Star voted off this island.

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