What’s your pick for the top Space Opera book series of all time?

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Space opera is a sub-genre of science fiction literature that emphasizes space warfare, melodramatic adventure, interplanetary battles, chivalric romance, and risk-taking. Set mainly or entirely in outer space, it usually involves conflict between opponents possessing advanced abilities, futuristic weapons, and other sophisticated technology. The term has no relation to music, but is instead a play on the terms “soap opera” and “horse opera”, the latter of which was coined during the 1930s to indicate clichéd and formulaic Western movies.

This week we want your votes and submissions to determine which Space Opera book series deserve to be considered best of all time.

Next week we'll move the top 10 to a final round to determine their rankings from 10 to 1.

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What’s your pick for the top Starship Captain in a sci-fi book/series?

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Our brave, noble and quick-thinking Starship Captains have a much tougher job than anyone here in the “real world.” Captaining massive ships through time and space, the fate of entire planets, species and galaxies often rest in their hands. The leaders of rag-tag crews, a truly great Starship Captain must lead with integrity and tact, and maybe even a dash of humor to keep things light when faced with eradication by an endless stream of intergalactic enemies.

This week we want your votes and submissions for the the top Starship Captains in a sci-fi book or series.

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What’s your pick for top time travel tales of all time?

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This week we want your votes and submissions for the top time travel tales (book/series) of all time.

The concept of time travel by mechanical means was popularized in H. G. Wells' 1895 story, The Time Machine.[ In general, time travel stories focus on the consequences of traveling into the past or the future. The central premise for these stories oftentimes involves changing history, either intentionally or by accident, and the ways by which altering the past changes the future and creates an altered present or future for the time traveler when they return home. Some stories focus solely on the paradoxes and alternate timelines that come with time travel, rather than time traveling itself. They often provide some sort of social commentary, as time travel provides a “necessary distancing effect” that allows science fiction to address contemporary issues in metaphorical ways.

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What’s your pick for top military sci-fi book/series of all time?

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This week we want your votes and submissions for the top military sci-fi book/series of all time.

Military science fiction is a subgenre of science fiction that features the use of science fiction technology, mainly weapons, for military purposes and usually principal characters that are members of a military organization involved in military activity; occurring sometimes in outer space or on a different planet or planets.

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Time to decide: Who’s your pick for the top Starship Captain in a sci-fi book/series?

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Last week we started a brand new debate asking you to submit your votes for the top Starship Captains in a book/series of all time.

Hundreds of you voted on over 50 captains that were submitted to the debate.

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Time to decide: What’s your pick for top time travel tales of all time?

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Last week we started one of our most cut-throat debates EVER asking you to submit your votes for the top time travel tales of all time.

Hundreds of you voted on over 50 books/series that were submitted to the debate.

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Time to decide: What’s your pick for top military sci-fi book/series of all time?

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Last week we started one of our most cut-throat debates EVER asking you to submit your votes for the top military sci-fi book/series of all time.

Hundreds of you voted on over 50 books/series that were submitted to the debate.

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*The results were decided by you based on votes tallied up between our Facebook group and on our blog.

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Who’s the most EPIC villain in a sci-fi book or series?

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This week we want your votes and submissions for the most EPIC villain/group of villains, in a sci-fi book or series.

Every great sci-fi book needs to have a villain. The more evil the better. Often entire armies enrage us with their decimation of innocent people. From the most well-written, to the most devious, whatever you decide makes a villain great, we want to know who comes out on top of your list!

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What’s the best movie adapted from a science fiction novel?

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This week we want your votes and submissions for the best movie adapted from a science fiction novel.

While most books that are made into movies fall flat on their faces and leave readers everywhere with scorn and anger in their hearts, there are some shining stars that rise above all expectations.

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Time to decide: What’s the best movie adapted from a science fiction novel?

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Last week we started a poll asking you to submit your votes for the best movie adapted from a science fiction novel.

Hundreds of you voted on over 50 movies that were submitted to the debate.

Today, we've parred the list down to 11 (to account for the 2 that tied for 10th place in the first round of voting) as determined by the majority of you*, and now we want to find out who comes out on top. Register your vote below, and duke it out in the comments.

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