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Originally Posted by FatDog
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The next morning I brought up Google and asked: "What is a space opera". I got several results but this first one bothered me:
I was a bit offended at the term "simplistic", but I kept digging.
I found this page that I cheerfully read to my wife until she laughed so hard she snorted her Starbucks out her nose (did I mention we are in Seattle?)
http://io9.com/5965187/top-ten-rules-of-space-opera
(Can someone tell me what story they were thinking of when saying a sassy stowaway is needed?) |
I just re-read the original post, and then the io9 article. I'd say that
Startide Rising meets all 10 of these rules, so that must make it a perfect space opera!
Rule 9 is the perfect example--the Captain is a Picard-esque dolphin, the special agent has a secret mission from the "Terragens Council," the cadet (midshipman) with a future falls in love with a beautiful scientist, the wisecracking stowaway is also a chimpanzee. It's awesome!