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Non-military space opera recomendations (lemmy.world)
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I'm looking for some good space opera. I read a lot on royal road and KU. I love space opera, but I'm sick of military and AI tropes. Any good suggestions? The more ship to ship battles the better. I understand that may be counter-intuitive, but I've read several privateer/freighter/scrapper books that were amazing. Looking for more of the same.

Thanks!

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[–] str82L@lemmy.world 3 points 5 days ago

The Gap cycle by Stephen Donaldson. First book is hard to read but it's short and necessary. The rest is incredible.