Clearly all his work is not for you, given the bit about the Singularity, but Vernor Vinge's "A Fire Upon the Deep" is pretty much a space opera. If you like that you may also like "A Fire Upon the Deep." "Marooned in Realtime" is a harder sell, it's about 1/3rd murder mystery, 1/3rd space opera, and 1/3rd Singularity (in my mind at least.)
If you haven't checked them out already, David Brin's "Startide Rising" and sequels are kinda space opera. (I don't remember if it has strong female characters or not, but it does have strong dolphin characters =)
Ian M. Banks also does space opera, although i've had trouble finding his books in anything other than that awkward oversized paperback format.
I've also heard that Alastair Reynolds does space operaish stuff, but i haven't read anything buy him yet, so can't speak as to the quality.
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Date: 2010-05-24 07:33 pm (UTC)If you haven't checked them out already, David Brin's "Startide Rising" and sequels are kinda space opera. (I don't remember if it has strong female characters or not, but it does have strong dolphin characters =)
Ian M. Banks also does space opera, although i've had trouble finding his books in anything other than that awkward oversized paperback format.
I've also heard that Alastair Reynolds does space operaish stuff, but i haven't read anything buy him yet, so can't speak as to the quality.