Most Popular Space Opera Books of the 1970s

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Star Wars

Star Wars: From the Adventures of Luke Skywalker

Alan Dean Foster, George Lucas

Science Fiction · Space Opera · Star Wars

1976

7.9/10 35 ratings

Star Wars

Splinter of the Mind's Eye

Alan Dean Foster

Science Fiction · Space Opera · Star Wars

1978

6.0/10 21 ratings

Dying of the Light

George R. R. Martin

Science Fiction · Space Opera

1977

8.6/10 10 ratings

The Faded Sun Trilogy #3

The Faded Sun: Kutath

C. J. Cherryh

Science Fiction · Space Opera

1979

8/10 3 ratings

The Faded Sun Trilogy #2

The Faded Sun: Shon'Jir

C. J. Cherryh

Science Fiction · Space Opera

1978

8/10 3 ratings

The Alliance-Union Universe

Brothers of Earth

C. J. Cherryh

Science Fiction · Space Opera

1976

6/10 1 ratings

Star Rigger #2

Star Rigger's Way

Jeffrey A. Carver

Science Fiction · Space Opera

1978

8/10 1 ratings

The Alliance-Union Universe

Hunter of Worlds

C. J. Cherryh

Science Fiction · Space Opera

1977

8/10 1 ratings

The Faded Sun Trilogy #1

The Faded Sun: Kesrith

C. J. Cherryh

Science Fiction · Space Opera

1978

7.3/10 4 ratings

Star Wars: The Han Solo Adventures #1

Han Solo at Stars' End

Brian Daley

Science Fiction · Space Opera · Star Wars

1979

6/10 1 ratings

Star Wars: The Han Solo Adventures #2

Han Solo's Revenge

Brian Daley

Science Fiction · Space Opera · Star Wars

1979

6/10 1 ratings

The Centauri Device

M. John Harrison

Science Fiction · Space Opera

1974

6/10 1 ratings

Star Trek: The Original Series

The Fate of the Phoenix

Sondra Marshak, Myrna Culbreath

Science Fiction · Space Opera · Star Trek

1979

Star Trek: The Original Series

Devil World

Gordon Eklund

Science Fiction · Space Opera · Star Trek

1979

Star Trek: The Original Series

World Without End

Joe Haldeman

Science Fiction · Space Opera · Star Trek

1979

Star Trek: The Original Series

Trek to Madworld

Stephen Goldin

Science Fiction · Space Opera · Star Trek

1979

Star Trek Fotonovels #11

The Deadly Years

David P. Harmon

Science Fiction · Space Opera · Star Trek

1978

Star Trek Fotonovels #9

The Devil in the Dark

Gene L. Coon

Science Fiction · Space Opera · Star Trek

1978

Star Trek Fotonovels #8

A Piece of the Action

Gene L. Coon, David P. Harmon

Science Fiction · Space Opera · Star Trek

1978

Star Trek Fotonovels #7

The Galileo 7

Oliver Crawford, S. Bar-David

Science Fiction · Space Opera · Star Trek

1978

Star Trek Fotonovels #6

All Our Yesterdays

Jean Lisette Aroeste

Science Fiction · Space Opera · Star Trek

1978

Star Trek Fotonovels #5

Metamorphosis

Gene L. Coon

Science Fiction · Space Opera · Star Trek

1978

Star Trek Fotonovels #4

A Taste of Armageddon

Robert Hamner, Gene L. Coon

Science Fiction · Space Opera · Star Trek

1978

Star Trek Fotonovels #10

Day of the Dove

Jerome Bixby

Science Fiction · Space Opera · Star Trek

1978

Star Trek: The Original Series

The Starless World

Gordon Eklund

Science Fiction · Space Opera · Star Trek

1978

Star Trek Fotonovels #12

Amok Time

Theodore Sturgeon

Science Fiction · Space Opera · Star Trek

1978

Star Trek: The Original Series

Vulcan!

Kathleen Sky

Science Fiction · Space Opera · Star Trek

1978

Star Trek: The Animated Series / Star Trek Logs #10

Star Trek Log Ten

Alan Dean Foster

Science Fiction · Space Opera · Star Trek

1978

Star Trek

Epilogue: Part II

Jean Lorrah

Science Fiction · Space Opera · Star Trek

1978

Star Trek Fotonovels #3

The Trouble With Tribbles

David Gerrold

Science Fiction · Space Opera · Star Trek

1977

Star Trek Fotonovels #2

Where No Man Has Gone Before

Samuel A. Peeples

Science Fiction · Space Opera · Star Trek

1977

Star Trek Fotonovels #1

The City on the Edge of Forever

Harlan Ellison

Science Fiction · Space Opera · Star Trek

1977

Star Trek: The Original Series

The Price of the Phoenix

Sondra Marshak, Myrna Culbreath

Science Fiction · Space Opera · Star Trek

1977

Star Trek: The Original Series

Planet of Judgment

Joe Haldeman

Science Fiction · Space Opera · Star Trek

1977

James Blish's Star Trek #12

Star Trek 12

James Blish, J. A. Lawrence

Science Fiction · Space Opera · Star Trek

1977

Star Trek: The Animated Series / Star Trek Logs #9

Star Trek Log Nine

Alan Dean Foster

Science Fiction · Space Opera · Star Trek

1977