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Cover of Sci-Fi magazine, Imagination, April 1958. The following is a list of space opera media.Space opera is a subgenre of science fiction that David G. Hartwell and Kathryn Cramer define as "colorful, dramatic, large-scale science fiction adventure, competently and sometimes beautifully written, usually focused on a sympathetic, heroic central character and plot action, and usually set in ...
Early works which preceded the subgenre contained many elements of what would become space opera. They are today referred to as proto-space opera. [16] Early proto-space opera was written by several 19th century French authors, for example, Les Posthumes (1802) by Nicolas-Edme Rétif, [17] Star ou Psi de Cassiopée: Histoire Merveilleuse de l'un des Mondes de l'Espace (1854) by C. I ...
Pages in category "Space opera novels" The following 146 pages are in this category, out of 146 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A. Abaddon's Gate;
The Space Opera Renaissance; Star Trek; Star Wars; Starjammers; U. Uplift Universe; W. Warhammer 40,000 This page was last edited on 22 May 2024, at 23:33 (UTC). ...
The Five Gold Bands (alternate title: The Space Pirate, author's preferred title: The Rapparee) (1953) Vandals of the Void (young adult novel) (1953) To Live Forever (1956) Big Planet (1957) The Languages of Pao (1958) Slaves of the Klau (original title: Planet of the Damned; alternate title preferred by Vance: Gold and Iron) (1958) Space Opera ...
Perry Rhodan is a German space opera franchise, named after its hero. It commenced in 1961 and has been ongoing for decades, written by an ever-changing team of authors. It commenced in 1961 and has been ongoing for decades, written by an ever-changing team of authors.
Many of the most enduring science fiction tropes were established in Golden Age literature. Space opera came to prominence with the works of E. E. "Doc" Smith; Isaac Asimov established the canonical Three Laws of Robotics beginning with the 1941 short story "Runaround"; the same period saw the writing of genre classics such as the Asimov's Foundation and Smith's Lensman series.
The first (and for the long time the only) true Soviet space opera was Flaming Abysses (Russian: Пылающие бездны) by Nikolay Mukhanov (Николай Муханов) published in 1924. While of low literary and scientific qualities, it was a fascinating and entertaining read.