I read a lot of SFF books, but Space Opera is my go-to genre. Hard science is nice, but give me star-spanning civilizations, weird, wonderful, and plentiful alien life, and overwhelming stakes any day, and twice on Sunday. My love can be traced to James P. Hogan’s Giants series. I read the first book, Inherit the Stars, in 8th grade,Continue reading “Space Opera: Why I Love It (and some examples!)”