Wow! If you can finish that in one weekend, then you're a much faster reader than I am.
There's quite a lot of epic space opera out there. I'm not sure if all of these are on Bookshare, but I know that some of them are. I get stuff from wherever I can, Bookshare, NLS, RFB&D, and then forget who has what.
You might like David Brin's Uplift books: Sundiver, Startide Rising, The Uplift War.
Then there's Alastair Reynolds' series starting with Revelation Space, Redemption Ark and Absolution Gap. Those are all on Bookshare. I'm not sure as to what kind of shape Revelation Space and Redemption Ark are in--I read those on tape. But I submitted Absolution Gap myself after reading through it, so I know it's in good shape.
You might also like Iain Banks' Culture novels. I don't think they're in any particular order. Use of Weapons, Player of Games--which I proofread for Bookshare--Consider Phlebas, and the newest one, Matter's End, which I'm sure is not on Bookshare yet. This is not a complete list of Culture books either. I'm sure there are others I'm missing.
Gregory Benford's Glactic Center novels are truly epic in scope, but there are no aliens in them. They depict the struggle, over thousands of years, between humans and advanced mechanical intelligence. I think they are extremely good, except for the end of the final--sixth--book. I thought that was truly awful. But there's a lot of good stuff up to that point, and your mileage may vary with regard to the end of the story.
I'm sure there are many other titles in this category out there. Perhaps some other SF readers will contribute their favorites. Those are just some of the most prominent titles that came to mind.
However, my all time favorite novel in the space opera subgenre has to be A Fire Upon the Deep by Vernor Vinge. That one was scanned by Carrie and proofread by me. It is one of my favorite SF novels, and a lot of other people liked it as well. It won a Hugo award back in the early 1990s. It is truly awesome, and I don't use that word as lightly as many younger people seem to these days.
That should get you started. However, at the rate you read, that may not keep you going for long. <smile>
Evan----- Original Message ----- From: "Kelby Carlson" <kelbycarlson@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
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Evan,That's really cool. I've heard fantastic things about most of Hamilton's books. I don't know of any other author who writes epic space opera like Hamilto does. (If you know any, please tell me as I don't have as much epic SF as I would like.) I'm going through the Reality Dysfunction now, and my goal is to finish the whole novel in one weekend.----- Original Message ----- From: "EVAN REESE" <mentat3@xxxxxxxxxxx To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Date sent: Fri, 31 Jul 2009 19:56:36 -0500 (CDT) Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: e: Re: Wishlist RequestKelby,Since you've asked about a lot of Peter F. Hamilton bookslately, I shouldmention that I have scanned The Dreaming Void and am abouthalfway throughreading it. Shouldn't be more than another week before I submitit. Then Iwill be scanning and reading through The Temporal Void, whichlooks to be abit longer than The Dreaming Void's 630 pages. Those are thefirst two booksin The Void trilogy. The third book is due out some time nextyear.These books take place in the same Commonwealth universe asPandora's Starand Judas Unchained, but about a thousand years in the future. Ireallyliked Pandora's Star and Judas Unchained, but I think I like TheDreamingVoid even better. Those two earlier books were pretty muchstraight spaceopera--extremely well done space opera indeed in my opinion..But inaddition to the character development and imaginative worldbuilding thatare hallmarks of his earlier work, The Void trilogy has themes ofhumanevolution and transcendence through various means, themes whichare notpresent in those earlier books. For me, those themes make whatwould havealready been engaging books even more interesting.Evan----- Original Message ----- From: "Kelby Carlson" <kelbycarlson@xxxxxxxxxxxx To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Friday, July 31, 2009 8:12 PM Subject: [bksvol-discuss] e: Re: Wishlist RequestThat's great! Thanks for letting me know about it.----- Original Message ----- From: "EVAN REESE" <mentat3@xxxxxxxxxxx To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Date sent: Fri, 31 Jul 2009 18:57:40 -0500 (CDT) Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Wishlist RequestI scanned Pandora's Star. It is currently being proofread. WhenI say"proofread", I mean it. The guy who took it is actually readingthrough it.It is a rather long book, 758 pages, 353,000 words. It might beanothercouple of weeks before he finishes it, but it will be of trulyexcellentquality. Be assured of that.Evan----- Original Message ----- From: "Kelby Carlson" <kelbycarlson@xxxxxxxxxxxx To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>;<bookshare-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxxSent: Friday, July 31, 2009 4:21 PM Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Wishlist RequestDear Booksharians, I'd like to request the following book be added to thecollection:Pandoras Star by Peter F. HamiltonThe second book in this dulogy, Judas Unchained, is already onBooksharein excellent condition.--- Get FREE High Speed Internet from USFamily.Net! -- http://www.usfamily.net/mkt-freepromo.html ---To unsubscribe from this list send a blank Email to bksvol-discuss-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx put the word 'unsubscribe' by itself in the subject line. Toget a listof available commands, put the word 'help' by itself in thesubject line.To unsubscribe from this list send a blank Email to bksvol-discuss-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx put the word 'unsubscribe' by itself in the subject line. To geta list of available commands, put the word 'help' by itself inthe subjectline.--- Get FREE High Speed Internet from USFamily.Net! -- http://www.usfamily.net/mkt-freepromo.html ---To unsubscribe from this list send a blank Email to bksvol-discuss-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx put the word 'unsubscribe' by itself in the subject line. Toget a listof available commands, put the word 'help' by itself in thesubject line.a list of available commands, put the word 'help' by itself in the subject line.To unsubscribe from this list send a blank Email to bksvol-discuss-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx put the word 'unsubscribe' by itself in the subject line. To get--- Get FREE High Speed Internet from USFamily.Net! -- http://www.usfamily.net/mkt-freepromo.html ---To unsubscribe from this list send a blank Email to bksvol-discuss-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxxput the word 'unsubscribe' by itself in the subject line. To get a list of available commands, put the word 'help' by itself in the subject line.
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