Honor Harrington* 15%, 49 votes
49 votes 15%
49 votes - 15% of all votes
Dune by Frank Herbert 15%, 47 votes
47 votes 15%
47 votes - 15% of all votes
Lensman by Edward Elmer "Doc" Smith* 9%, 30 votes
30 votes 9%
30 votes - 9% of all votes
Vorkosigan Saga by Lois McMaster Bujold* 9%, 30 votes
30 votes 9%
30 votes - 9% of all votes
Mote Series - Niven and Pournelle* 6%, 20 votes
20 votes 6%
20 votes - 6% of all votes
Blood on the Stars series by Jay Allan* 5%, 16 votes
16 votes 5%
16 votes - 5% of all votes
Hyperion Cantos by Dan Simmons 4%, 12 votes
12 votes 4%
12 votes - 4% of all votes
The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress by Robert Heinlein* 3%, 11 votes
11 votes 3%
11 votes - 3% of all votes
Odyssey One by Evan Currie 3%, 10 votes
10 votes 3%
10 votes - 3% of all votes
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy series by Douglas Adams* 3%, 9 votes
9 votes 3%
9 votes - 3% of all votes
The Frontier Saga by Ryk Brown* 3%, 9 votes
9 votes 3%
9 votes - 3% of all votes
Dorsai by Gordon R Dickson* 3%, 8 votes
8 votes 3%
8 votes - 3% of all votes
The Culture series by Iain M Banks* 3%, 8 votes
8 votes 3%
8 votes - 3% of all votes
Omega Force by Joshua Dalzelle 2%, 7 votes
7 votes 2%
7 votes - 2% of all votes
Foreigner Series by C.J. Cherryh* 2%, 6 votes
6 votes 2%
6 votes - 2% of all votes
Commonwealth Saga by Peter F Hamilton* 2%, 6 votes
6 votes 2%
6 votes - 2% of all votes
Farscape* 2%, 5 votes
5 votes 2%
5 votes - 2% of all votes
The Black Fleet Saga by Joshua Dalzelle* 2%, 5 votes
5 votes 2%
5 votes - 2% of all votes
Quadrail series by Timothy Zahn* 2%, 5 votes
5 votes 2%
5 votes - 2% of all votes
Liaden Universe by Sharon Lee & Steve Miller* 1%, 4 votes
4 votes 1%
4 votes - 1% of all votes
Foundation series by Isaac Asamov* 1%, 4 votes
4 votes 1%
4 votes - 1% of all votes
Legacy Fleet by Nick Webb 1%, 3 votes
3 votes 1%
3 votes - 1% of all votes
Dock 5 series by Linnea Sinclair* 1%, 3 votes
3 votes 1%
3 votes - 1% of all votes
Bolo/Dinochrome Brigade by Keith Laumer* 1%, 3 votes
3 votes 1%
3 votes - 1% of all votes
Ann Leckie's Imperial Radch trilogy* 1%, 2 votes
2 votes 1%
2 votes - 1% of all votes
Perry Rhodan by K. H. Scheer, Walter Ernsting and others.* 1%, 2 votes
2 votes 1%
2 votes - 1% of all votes
Star Justice by Michael Scott Earle* 0%, 1 vote
1 vote
1 vote - 0% of all votes
The Black Ocean Mobius series by J.S. Morin* 0%, 1 vote
1 vote
1 vote - 0% of all votes
The Class 5 trilogy by Michelle Diener* 0%, 1 vote
1 vote
1 vote - 0% of all votes
Renegade Star series by J.N. Chaney* 0%, 1 vote
1 vote
1 vote - 0% of all votes
Indranan War by KB Wagers* 0%, 1 vote
1 vote
1 vote - 0% of all votes
Star Trek: New Frontier by Peter David* 0%, 1 vote
1 vote
1 vote - 0% of all votes
Earthrise by Daniel Arenson 0%, 0 votes
0 votes
0 votes - 0% of all votes
The best space opera is the “Helmsman” series by Bill Baldwin. I still re-read it…..
You didn’t list the Liad universe, written by Sharon Lee and Steve Miller!
You can write in your vote. I did.
The first Dune book was fantastic. IMO they fell off drastically after that. As for the Honorverse that is a great series. About halfway through I started buying hard back. Niven and Pournelle are a pair of the best writers around and their Mote series in excellent. Dan Simmons Hyperion series is full of surprises that keep the reader interested. Daniel Arenson got no votes, yet, which I find surprising for this series. If you haven’t read it, it is definitely worth checking out. As for the rest, I like Lois Bujold but I don’t think this is one of the best series. I only voted for my 2 favorites from this list. If I should have voted for more, I didn’t think so.
Why isn’t DOCTOR WHO listed? or the Imperial Radch series, starting with ANCILLARY JUSTICE by Ann Leckie? I can’t seem to add them, so would someone please do so for me, please?
I’m going with David Drake’s RCN/Daniel Leary Series.
You definitely need to add the Class 5 trilogy by Michelle Diener to the list. It is incredible, especially in audiobook format. The first book is “Dark Horse”.
Anything by Elizabeth Moon here, come on! Vatta’s War will do for a start.
I agree Elizabeth Moon should be here. I liked Vattas War a lot.
So many series I enjoy and re read were listed… I love the Hitchhikers Guide, Liaden and Honorverse series, as well as Imperial Radch (although some are more Space Opera than others…). Class 5 series are great fun. Everyone has their own definition of Space Opera, but I decided to go with Vorkosigan series as it has more of the ticks for Space Opera for me. Honor Harrington was up there for me and several of Lindsay Buroker’s series (eg the cyborg one) would have caused me even more emotional pain to choose between. Argh and the Tanya Huff Valor one’s, and… and…
Too many even for me to pick – I already added one and feel like I could add another 5 that aren’t mentioned. Need to restrict the ‘universe’ some – in the last 10 years? Currently being written, classics etc.