Space Opera
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Major
Themes:
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Stories are generally about people who live in, work in, or visit outer
space and other planets on a regular basis.
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Scientific theory is not necessary to the telling of the story.
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The characters’ loves and lives are central to the plot, as opposed to
how the aliens breathe or how the spaceship works.
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This sub-genre is usually more accessible to young adults and
mainstream
audiences.
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Pure space opera is becoming harder to find as stories bleed over into
other science fiction themes.
Major Contributing Authors:
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Lois McMaster Bujold: her Miles
Vorkosigan books
focus on the life and times of a young man making his way in the
universe.
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Orson Scott Card: the Ender books
(starting with
"Ender’s Game") have strong humanist elements even though there are
alien
races a-plenty!
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Charles Sheffield: The “Jupiter” series
of books
are great stories about young men and women coming of age in outer
space.
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L. Ron Hubbard: His characters may
fight the good
fight against aliens, but they are humans first and foremost.
Great books you can buy
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Battlefield Earth : A Saga of the Year... by L. Ron Hubbard tells the story of Johnnie Goodboy Tyler’s fight to wrest control of Earth out of alien hands.
Orbital Resonance by John Barnes tells the story of a young girl’s coming of age on a space station.
But We Are Not of Earth by Jean Karl reveals how four children must solve a mystery or be trapped on an alien world for the rest of their lives.
This Place Has No Atmosphere by Paula Danziger demonstrates that living on the moon isn’t all it’s cracked up to be.