I should not re-read City of Diamond again.

[snarp]

I just re-read it, and I need to stop re-reading stuff in general - I mean, I've only read two new books in the past two months. This must stop. I must force my brain to accept fictional narratives it doesn't already know.

...is there anything that's like, similar to City of Diamond?

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[rachelmanija]

Nothing's really similar. But you might try Aristoi, by Walter Jon Williams, which also blends gosh-wow space opera with a comedy of manners. Ditto his The Crown Jewels (Maijstral).

[snarp]

I will see if I can find these books.

[affreca]

Sherwood Smith and Dave Trowbridge wrote a good five book space opera series, called Exordium. The books are out of print, and book four is a pain to find, but they are rereleasing them as ebooks through Bookview Cafe. It looks like only book 1 is out so far.

I also enjoyed Debra Doyle and James McDonald's Mageworlds books. Again out of print, but being released as ebooks (except book 2).

Not sure if either will scratch the same itch.

[estara]

Hmm. you did read her Gate of Ivory omnibus already? It is planetary romance, though - set on one world. Not space opera. Although it's also science fiction.

... I'm assuming here you know that she also wrote under the name of Doris Egan, until she became a successful tv writer (Torchwood and House, among others).

[estara]

I guess you did - checking the tags. I quite like Katharine Eliska Kimbriel's re-release of her Nuala series of planetary romances - not much comedy of manners though, more intrigue of manners. IF you should llike the first Exordium book recommended above you might like Nuala, too.