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  1. Empire of Silence

    1. Empire of Silence

    Christopher Ruocchio
    Fits this list for its focus on fiction and opera.
  2. A Pale Light in the Black

    2. A Pale Light in the Black

    K. B. Wagers
    Fits this list for its focus on fiction and science.
  3. Leviathan Wakes

    3. Leviathan Wakes

    James S. A. Corey
    Fits this list for its focus on fiction and science.
  4. To Sleep in a Sea of Stars

    4. To Sleep in a Sea of Stars

    Christopher Paolini
    Fits this list for its focus on fiction and science.
  5. The Mercy of Gods

    5. The Mercy of Gods

    James S. A. Corey
    Fits this list for its focus on opera and space.
  6. Space Opera

    6. Space Opera

    Catherynne M. Valente
    Fits this list for its focus on fiction and opera.
  7. Ancestral Night

    7. Ancestral Night

    Elizabeth Bear
    Fits this list for its focus on opera and space.
  8. Against All (grimm's War, Book 1)

    8. Against All (grimm's War, Book 1)

    Jeffery H. Haskell, Peter Berkrot
    Fits this list for its focus on fiction and science.
  9. The Accidental War

    9. The Accidental War

    Walter Jon Williams
    Fits this list for its focus on fiction and opera.
  10. Stars Uncharted

    10. Stars Uncharted

    Emily Woo Zeller, S. K. Dunstall
    Fits this list for its focus on opera and space.
  11. The Two Lies of Faven Sythe

    11. The Two Lies of Faven Sythe

    Megan E. O'Keefe, Megan E. O'Keefe
    Fits this list for its focus on opera and space.
  12. Starhawk

    12. Starhawk

    Jack McDevitt
    Fits this list for its focus on space.
  13. The New Space Opera 2

    13. The New Space Opera 2

    Gardner Dozois, Jonathan Strahan
    Fits this list for its focus on fiction and opera.
  14. Linesman

    14. Linesman

    S. K. Dunstall
    Fits this list for its focus on fiction and science.
  15. Grimspace

    15. Grimspace

    Ann Aguirre
    Fits this list for its focus on fiction and opera.
  16. Beyond the Reach of Earth

    16. Beyond the Reach of Earth

    Ken MacLeod
    Fits this list for its focus on space.
  17. Kris Longknife: Undaunted

    17. Kris Longknife: Undaunted

    Mike Shepherd, Dina Pearlman
    Fits this list for its focus on fiction and opera.
  18. Planet of the Damned

    18. Planet of the Damned

    Harry Harrison
    Fits this list for its focus on fiction and opera.
  19. Ullr Uprising

    19. Ullr Uprising

    H. Beam Piper
    Fits this list for its focus on fiction and opera.
  20. The Long Voyage

    20. The Long Voyage

    Carl Jacobi
    Fits this list for its focus on fiction and opera.
  21. The Clone Elite

    21. The Clone Elite

    Steven L. Kent, full cast
    Fits this list for its focus on fiction and opera.
  22. Ender's Game

    22. Ender's Game

    Orson Scott Card, Stefan Rudnicki
    Fits this list for its focus on fiction and science.
  23. Diaspora

    23. Diaspora

    Greg Egan
    Fits this list for its focus on fiction and science.
  24. Defy the Stars

    24. Defy the Stars

    Claudia Gray
    Fits this list for its focus on space.

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