Space Opera and Planetary Romance Reader Guide

Space Opera and Planetary Romance Reader Guide

Blue Tyson

Smashwords Edition

Copyright 2010 Blue Tyson

Second edition May 2010

SPACE OPERA READER GUIDE

First Position

ESO = Elder Space Opera 

MSO = Modern Space Opera 

NSO = New Space Opera 

PSO = Pastiche Space Opera 

SSO = Spoof Space Opera 

TSO = Media Tie-In Space Opera 

XSO = Study Space Opera

EPR = Planetary Romance Elder 

MPR = Planetary Romance Modern 

NPR = Planetary Romance New

NF = Study Space Opera articles etc.

Second Position

N = Novel 

C = Collection 

A = Anthology 

M = Magazine 

O = Omnibus 

S = Short Story 

R = Serial 

X = Non-Fiction

Third Position

Rating out of 5 stars

XSO-X-4.5 Ackerman, Forrest J. : The Road To Rhodania  

SSO-N-5.0 Adams, Douglas : The Hitchhiker's Guide To the Galaxy  

SSO-S-4.5 Adams, Douglas : The Hitchhiker's Guide To the Galaxy  

SSO-N-3.0 Adams, Douglas : Life the Universe and Everything  

SSO-N-2.5 Adams, Douglas : Mostly Harmless  

SSO-N-4.0 Adams, Douglas : The Restaurant At the End of the Universe  

SSO-N-3.0 Adams, Douglas : So Long and Thanks For All the Fish  

SSO-S-4.0 Adams, Douglas : Young Zaphod Plays It Safe  

EPR-S-2.0 Adams, James R. : Crisis On Tian  

XSO-X-3.5 Adams, John Joseph : Federations Introduction  

NSO-A-3.5 Adams, John Joseph : Federations  

SSO-S-3.0 Adams, Pete and Charles Nightingale : Planting Time  

NSO-S-3.0 Aldiss, Brian : Aboard the Beatitude  

MSO-A-3.5 Aldiss, Brian : Galactic Empires Volume One  

ESO-A-3.5 Aldiss, Brian : Galactic Empires Volume Two  

ESO-O-3.5 Aldiss, Brian : Galactic Empires  

MSO-A-2.5 Aldiss, Brian : Space Opera  

ESO-S-4.0 Aldiss, Brian : T  

SSO-S-3.0 Aldiss, Brian : Ten Billion Of Them  

NSO-S-3.0 Ambroz, Angela : Greetings From Kampala  

XSO-X-4.5 Anders, Lou : Talking About Space Opera  

NSO-E-2.5 Anderson, C. L. : Bitter Angels 1  

NSO-S-3.5 Anderson, Kevin J. and Doug Beason : Prisons  

TSO-N-3.0 Anderson, Kevin J. : Jedi Search  

ESO-S-3.0 Anderson, Poul and John Gergen : Entity  

MSO-S-3.5 Anderson, Poul : Admiralty  

ESO-C-4.0 Anderson, Poul : Agent Of the Terran Empire  

ESO-C-3.0 Anderson, Poul : Agent of the Terran Empire  

ESO-S-3.0 Anderson, Poul : The Ambassadors Of Flesh  

ESO-S-3.5 Anderson, Poul : Among Thieves  

MSO-S-3.0 Anderson, Poul : Arsenal Port  

MSO-E-3.0 Anderson, Poul : The Boat Of A Million Years 1  

NSO-S-3.5 Anderson, Poul : The Burning Sky  

MSO-N-3.0 Anderson, Poul : A Circus Of Hells  

EPR-S-2.0 Anderson, Poul : The Corkscrew of Space  

MSO-C-4.0 Anderson, Poul : David Falkayn Star Trader  

MSO-S-3.5 Anderson, Poul : Day Of Burning  

MSO-S-3.0 Anderson, Poul : Deathwomb  

EPR-S-3.5 Anderson, Poul : Demon Journey  

EPR-S-4.0 Anderson, Poul : Duel On Syrtis  

MSO-E-3.0 Anderson, Poul : The Earth Book Of Stormgate 1  

MSO-C-3.0 Anderson, Poul : The Earth Book Of Stormgate 3  

MSO-C-3.5 Anderson, Poul : The Earth Book Of Stormgate  

ESO-C-2.5 Anderson, Poul : Earthman Beware! and Others  

ESO-N-3.5 Anderson, Poul : The Enemy Stars  

MSO-E-3.5 Anderson, Poul : Ensign Flandry 1-8  

MSO-N-3.5 Anderson, Poul : Ensign Flandry  

MSO-S-3.5 Anderson, Poul : Esau  

ESO-E-5.0 Anderson, Poul : Flandry Of Terra  

NSO-E-3.0 Anderson, Poul : The Fleet Of Stars 1  

NSO-E-3.0 Anderson, Poul : The Fleet Of Stars 1  

NSO-S-3.0 Anderson, Poul : The Fleet Of Stars  

MSO-N-3.0 Anderson, Poul : The Game Of Empire  

ESO-S-3.5 Anderson, Poul : The Game Of Glory  

NSO-N-3.0 Anderson, Poul : Genesis  

ESO-S-3.5 Anderson, Poul : Genius  

MSO-S-3.0 Anderson, Poul : Ghetto  

ESO-S-3.5 Anderson, Poul : A Handful Of Stars  

ESO-S-3.5 Anderson, Poul : The Helping Hand  

MSO-S-3.0 Anderson, Poul : Hiding Place  

MSO-N-3.5 Anderson, Poul : The High Crusade  

MSO-S-3.5 Anderson, Poul : High Treason  

MSO-S-3.0 Anderson, Poul : A Historical Reflection  

ESO-S-3.5 Anderson, Poul : Honorable Enemies  

MSO-S-3.5 Anderson, Poul : The Horn Of Time the Hunter  

ESO-S-3.0 Anderson, Poul : Hunters of the Sky Cave  

MSO-S-3.5 Anderson, Poul : In the Shadow  

MSO-S-3.0 Anderson, Poul : Introduction A Little Knowledge  

MSO-S-3.0 Anderson, Poul : Introduction Day Of Burning  

MSO-N-2.5 Anderson, Poul : A Knight Of Ghosts and Shadows  

MSO-N-3.0 Anderson, Poul : Let the Spaceman Beware!  

EPR-S-3.5 Anderson, Poul : Life Cycle  

MSO-S-3.0 Anderson, Poul : A Little Knowledge  

MSO-S-3.5 Anderson, Poul : Lodestar  

MSO-C-4.0 Anderson, Poul : The Long Night  

ESO-N-3.5 Anderson, Poul : The Long Way Home