SPACE OPERA:
CHARACTERISTICS:
-the setting is in space
- in the far future
- technology is secondary
- alien civilizations
- empires
- political conflicts
- intrigues
- space battles
- romances
- melodramatic
- aliens with advance abilities, weapons and technology
QUOTE:
"It's an epic saga of rebellion and romance."
-- Trailer for Star Wars: A new Hope
EXAMPLES:
FICTION:
The Lensman Series by E. E. "Doc" Smith
Buck Rogers (Comic Strips)
Foundation by Isaac Asimov
The Rowan Series by Anne Mc Caffey
Across The Universe Trilogy by Beth Revis (YA)
A Confusion of Princes by Garth Nix (YA)
Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card (YA)
Sky Chasers Series by Amy Kathleen Ryan (YA)
Elana Series by Sylvie Engdahl (YA)
Singing the Dogstar Blues by Alison Goodman (YA)
Farseed, by Pamela Sargent (sequel of Earthseed) (YA)
MOVIES:
"Flash Gordon"
"Star Wars"
"Bararella"
"The Ice Pirates"
"Dune"
CHARACTERISTICS:
-the setting is in space
- in the far future
- technology is secondary
- alien civilizations
- empires
- political conflicts
- intrigues
- space battles
- romances
- melodramatic
- aliens with advance abilities, weapons and technology
QUOTE:
"It's an epic saga of rebellion and romance."
-- Trailer for Star Wars: A new Hope
EXAMPLES:
FICTION:
The Lensman Series by E. E. "Doc" Smith
Buck Rogers (Comic Strips)
Foundation by Isaac Asimov
The Rowan Series by Anne Mc Caffey
Across The Universe Trilogy by Beth Revis (YA)
A Confusion of Princes by Garth Nix (YA)
Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card (YA)
Sky Chasers Series by Amy Kathleen Ryan (YA)
Elana Series by Sylvie Engdahl (YA)
Singing the Dogstar Blues by Alison Goodman (YA)
Farseed, by Pamela Sargent (sequel of Earthseed) (YA)
MOVIES:
"Flash Gordon"
"Star Wars"
"Bararella"
"The Ice Pirates"
"Dune"