The Wikipedia article lists Isaac Asimov’s Foundation series as an example of Space Opera I have trouble with that.
We see them in standard SF, but far less melodramatic. This is a bit simplistic, but they are often melodramatic stories involving ship combat, or romances and betrayals. The main definition of space opera, according to its entry on Wikipedia, is that a space opera is like a ‘soap opera in space’. Lois McMaster-Bujold has her series of Vorkosigan novels set in a Space Opera universe, but she uses more science fiction ideas in it than others do. A good writer could say that we just see part of a world, so the entire world isn’t just one environment type… but for the sake of this genre it’s considered to be.Īlso, there are more intelligent versions of this genre. Technically it isn’t entire worlds with a sole environment. Star Wars because there are so many worlds with life on them, and entire worlds just one climate. “ Doc” Smith, and in film: the Star Wars saga. Just winter alone is different here in Canada and in Northern Europe – and it’s non-existent in the equator zone.Ī major example is the Lensman series by E.E. Just look at Earth… we have different climates based on different areas. That is a concept that didn’t exist in those early days.Įntire worlds often have a single feature, such as a desert world or an ice planet. Science shows us that’s not the case, without major terraforming. There are myriad inhabited worlds, often within the same systems. There are many worlds of aliens, in fact hundreds, which gave it the veneer of science fiction. It was considered as Science Fiction in the 1950s, the Golden Age of Science Fiction, but it’s really a form of Science Fantasy. This is a genre that’s existed for decades, but it’s often misunderstood.
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