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Tag Archives: Space Opera
Game theory
One of the most prominent authors in the “New Space Opera” movement is Iain M. Banks (who apparently also writes fantasy, but under the name “Iain Banks”, without the ‘M’), whose highly-regarded novels are all set in a far-future society … Continue reading
Spaceships that go “Whoosh”!
No matter how far afield I go, I always return to my true reading love: space opera. Here are notes on a few recent space opera reads, with qualification in one case. :: As I noted when I posted about … Continue reading
Opening hailing frequencies, Captain
UPDATED below. Seldom have I been more conflicted over a movie than I am over Star Trek. I mean, wow, am I of two minds on this movie. It’s as if the film has managed to split me right down … Continue reading
Permission to come aboard?
Well, now I officially want to see the damned new Star Trek movie. I still have my misgivings and I’ll probably bitch up a storm about it afterwards, but I genuinely want to see it in the theater now. Over … Continue reading
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Boldly going?
I’ve just watched the new trailer for Star Trek, and I’m still troubled. On the one hand it looks like a trailer for a kick-ass space opera action movie, which would be right up my alley, except they’re calling it … Continue reading
The Operas of SPACE!!!
My leading light, reading-wise, continues to be the wonderful SF subgenre of space opera. I’ve done some more reading along that line the last few months. Margaret Weis wrote a space opera trilogy called Star of the Guardians back in … Continue reading
“If I ever kill you, you’ll be awake, you’ll be facing me, and you’ll be armed.”
A few months back I finally addressed a monstrously huge hole in my science fiction, space opera loving resume: I watched all of Firefly, every bit of it, including the movie Serenity. I realize I’m very much late to the … Continue reading
To Boldly Geek
The official first trailer for JJ Abrams’s Star Trek reboot is out. Having watched it, I can say once again regarding this project: Meh. I’m still not sold on the idea of rebooting Trek in the first place (If we’ve … Continue reading
Whills, and the Journals they keep
Star Wars poster draft, originally uploaded by Michael Heilemann. THE date for Star Wars fans is, of course, May 25, 1977, when the very first film was released way back when; but I see via The Dude that there’s actually … Continue reading
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The Big E
The USS Enterprise under construction in JJ Abrams’s upcoming Star Trek movie: That’s a pretty cool image, even if shots of the Enterprise in drydock are getting a little passe, aren’t they? I mean, the various Enterprises are shown in … Continue reading