There’s a multitude of reasons why I’m drawn to it. And I was raised on a steady diet of Star Wars, so it was bound to happen eventually. Sci-fi has only become my favorite book genre in the past…six or seven years for a while, I was mostly drawn to fantasy, but after reading Tony DiTerlizzi’s Search for WondLa trilogy, there was no going back. Guardians of the Galaxy is another widely-known example of space opera, and from= the world of literature, Dune and Foundation are some of the most well-loved space opera classics.
(What more could you possibly want?) Although it’s probably not *the original* space opera, it’s influenced a huge chunk of space opera/sci-fi media for the last 40-ish years. Star Wars is often used as the quintessential example of a space opera–dogfights in space, romance, strange worlds, and (amazing) lightsaber duels.
And, as you probably can figure out, it’s usually set in space or on a distant planet. (Commonly referred to in many of my posts and reviews as “ space misfits.”) More often than not, there’s some light elements of fantasy, sometimes as placeholders to explain the workings of the universe. A lot of space opera media that I’ve consumed tends to throw in a ragtag bunch of characters with nothing in common together, and then throws them into an adventure of epic proportions. There’s often adventures at a breakneck pace, intergalactic war or conflict, strange planets/other locations, and drama between a set of characters. It tends to focus less on the heavy science/physics of the universe it’s in, and more on aspects such as plot and characters. In all forms of media, space opera is a subgenre of science fiction. So first off, what is space opera anyway?
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