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Tag Archives: Space Opera
Fixing the Prequels: Revenge of the Sith (part two)
part one When last we left our intrepid Jedi – months and months ago – they they had just made their way through an immense space battle to land on General Grievous’s ship, through which they must now make their … Continue reading
Onward and Upward!
Onward and Upward!, originally uploaded by Jaquandor. I haven’t updated my progress on Princesses In SPACE!!! (not the actual title) in a while, so here’s where things stand. In the two months since my last word count update here, I’ve … Continue reading
Shiny in the Black: A “Firefly” Christmas (conclusion)
Continuing my fanfic exercise in what a Christmas-themed episode of Firefly might have been like. part one part two part three “Those aren’t toys,” Kaylee said. “Those are agricultural supplies for a new colony. Did you change the job while … Continue reading
Shiny in the Black: A “Firefly” Christmas (part three)
Continuing my fanfic exercise in what a Christmas-themed episode of Firefly might have been like. part one part two “Weapons on the ground!” the voice shouted. “Now!” “Do it,” Mal said. He shot a look at Jayne, whose expression of … Continue reading
Shiny in the Black: A “Firefly” Christmas (part two)
Continuing my fanfic exercise in what a Christmas-themed episode of Firefly might have been like. part one Wash put Serenity down on the landing pad, nice and gentle. So nice and gentle that Zoe complimented him on it. “You’re getting’ … Continue reading
Shiny in the Black: A “Firefly” Christmas (part one)
I feel a little bit dirty doing this…but only a little bit. I have no idea, had Firefly lived, if there ever would have been a Christmas-themed episode. Maybe, maybe not. But I got to thinking recently, that if Firefly … Continue reading
If only Shakespeare had written about exploding spaceships….
I’ll be taking a bit of a break from reading space opera, since I may well have OD’d on the genre over the last few months. Here are notes on the most recent books of explodey-spaceshippy goodness that I’ve read. … Continue reading
Books without exploding spaceships are pointless crap.
My Summer of Space Opera continues! :: Iain M. Banks’s ongoing series of space operas set in The Culture – hence the term, the “Culture Novels” – still represent mostly a rich field of unsurveyed reading for me, but I’ve … Continue reading
Charting the Progress
Charting the Progress, originally uploaded by Jaquandor. It’s been a long time since I wrote about my progress (or lack thereof) on the fiction writing front, so here’s an update. This photo is a screengrab of the spreadsheet I use … Continue reading
Is the space opera over when the fat alien lady sings?
MD Jackson links this IO9 piece by Charlie Jane Anders about the fact that space opera has all but disappeared from filmed entertainment these days. It’s really a shame, I think, and I hate to think its partly reflective of … Continue reading