Space Opera has a long tradition, but have the British taken over the genre?! I discuss how my favourite space opera series of the recent past all seem to be written by British authors and how other series written in the same time period don't quite live up to the Brits.

Videos mentioned:

Underrated and underhyped
   • Underhyped and Underrated episode 1 -...  

Top ten sff series
   • SFF Top 10 and Channel Introduction  

#spaceopera #scifi #alastairreynolds #peterfhamilton #adriantchaikovsky #iainmbanks #theexpanse #redrising #suneater #endersgame #hyperion

0:00 Intro, video explanation and what is space opera
4:13 Revelation Space
8:15 Commonwealth Saga
12:57 Children of Time
16:43 The Culture
19:40 Non British
24:20 Conclusion