Help Me Space Opera Fans Your My Only Hope!

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What good Space Opera do you recommend I read that is not one of the main franchise fictions?  I love reading Star Wars and will soon finish Legacy of the Force but I would like to find something else in addition to that.

Do you know of a fun Space Opera craft that we would like to do and share the results of?

What are your thoughts about the spirituality put forth in Avatar?

Join the Banned from Argo group. There you can help us and find answers to these and your own questions in the forums.  Share fan stories and turn on members to great fan crafts.