Reddit reviews Manifold: Time

If you like Stephen Baxter, his Manifold Time is truly, truly epic in scope. Like... I don't think it's really possible to talk about a more epic scope. It definitely (and literally) jumps through various widely separated time periods. It's not very character focused. And it does deal with some real/speculative science. And it ticks your changes in culture/evolution box a little bit (IIRC, it has been a while).

I was not a huge fan of the rest of the Manifold series, but Time was incredible and I have no reservations recommending it at all.

Evan Currie's Odyssey One series is more military than pure space opera, but it is awesome.

The Golden Oecumene series by John C Wright is a Transhuman Space Opera of epic proportions. I highly recommend it.

Rachel Bach has a great series called Fortunes Pawn. Also a lil closer to military sci-fi but it has some nice Space Opera themes.

Joshua Dalzelle has a great series called the Black Fleet, again more military sci-fi than true space opera, but very good none the less.

The Reality Dysfunction series though, if you are looking for a meaty Space opera to lose yourself in is a must read series.

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I almost forgot about the Manifold Series by Stephen Baxter and the Darwin's Radio series by Greg Bear. Both are phenomenal reads, and while technically they are set in the near future and aren't space opera per say, they are must reads for anyone into Sci-Fi.

The most recent one I read (book, not a series,) was Jack McDevitt's Time Travelers Never Die, which was entertaining. Oh yeah, I also read Connis Willis' Blackout and All Clear. There's also The Doomsday Book, which I haven't read yet. I read To Say Nothing of the Dog when it was released, and didn't really love it, but I think I need to re-read it. Stephen Baxter's Manifold series is great, including Manifold: Time.

Check out the books on this list.

He's one of my faves for a reason.

If you like sci-fi with a long view of things, you might want to check a book out that reminded me of Asimov's called "Manifold: Time".

Manifold: Time by Stephen Baxter

It's a squid, but close enough.

(Awesome book, btw. Hard science fiction. Manifold: Space [the "sequel"] is possibly my favorite sci-fi book.)

FYI: LEO is low earth orbit.

I only know this cause I just started reading Manifold Time.

I have a [book, Manifold: Time] (https://www.amazon.com/Manifold-Time-Stephen-Baxter/dp/034543076X/ref=pd_bxgy_14_3?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1&refRID=VGGEFAYR1REJ16CCHGC6) for you, except dolphins, they use squid.