So, in that respect, it's a great
bit of space opera worthy of any of the better known authors and universes.
With the new
film of the space opera saga finally on the big screen and the release of Battlefront's new sequel, both after a decade overdue, it is definitely the best time to be a Star Wars fan.
Its that trashy pulp sci - fi appeal with a
dash of space opera that appeals so much, of course its expensive pulp sci - fi but I have to admit I liked the atmosphere here.
This time out, things are essentially all on a larger scale, with director David Twohy trying to create a
kind of space opera; somewhat inevitably, critical backlash was large and it ended up not seeming such a good idea after all.
Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy is out on DVD and Blu - ray today, and Yahoo! Movies caught up with director James Gunn during the press tour for the home - entertainment release, with Gunn taking a moment to discuss the villainous
characters of the space opera — specifically, Karen Gillan's Nebula, calling her «the Boba Fett of the -LSB-...]
It's nearly impossible to write about the
plot of this space opera without consulting the Wiki plot entry since it's quite literally all over the place, but here goes.
But even before George Lucas pushed the
genre of space opera into mainstream, Brackett had already been its champion and representative.
Bryan Thomas Schmidt is the
author of the space opera novel The Worker Prince, the collection The North Star Serial, and has several short stories forthcoming in anthologies and magazines.
And as a little bit of a palate cleanser between hearty
courses of space opera, how about The Calderan Problem, the most recent entry in my swashbuckling steampunk series Free - Wrench?
So, brace yourself for an exciting
assortment of space operas, a gritty collection of dystopian futures, and a little dash of steampunk for flavor.
But along the way, there will
plenty of space opera fun, with merchants, pirates, conspiracies, young love, and even the occasional explosion.
You can add a little bit of your own flavor, but flowing cursive script is never going to give your readers the
feeling of a space opera.
And
speaking of space opera, Telltale also plans to launch Guardians of the Galaxy — Episode 4: Who Needs You for the PS4 this week.
The soundtrack incorporates a score which sounds straight
out of space opera and other twangy tunes that would sound right at home on a southern blues - rock album.
Perhaps Flotilla is for people (like myself) who grew up on a steady
diet of space opera and who enjoyed the capital ship combat in shows like Babylon 5 and the reimagined Battlestar Galactica.
Um, I'm all for getting out into space, but a moment of reflection should dispell any near future, sci - fi
fantasies of space opera redemption.
So, if you want to find a nice
bit of space opera to read, you have to wade through the whole collection; of course, you can narrow it down to ePub only, or by price, but that's still a lot of books.
I sold 110
of a space opera and 150 of an urban fantasy book and didn't get sticky, so the «sticky threshold» is dependent on the competitiveness of your sub-genre — I'd say aim for the Top 20 of your sub-genre, preferably Top 10.