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Subgenre of science fiction
Space opera is a subgenre of science fiction and science fantasy that emphasizes epic outer space adventures set in a universe in which faster-than-light
Space_opera
Scientology founder L. Ron Hubbard routinely referred to "space opera" in his teachings, drawing from science-fiction and weaving it into his origins
Space_opera_in_Scientology
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
List_of_space_opera_media
Topics referred to by the same term
Look up space opera in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Space opera is a subgenre of science fiction. Space Opera may also refer to: Space Opera (role-playing
Space_Opera_(disambiguation)
2022 AI-generated artwork
Théâtre D'opéra Spatial (pronounced [teɑtʁ dɔpeʁa spasjal]; French for 'Space Opera Theater') is a digital arts piece generated and edited by an American
Théâtre_D'opéra_Spatial
Formulaic Western movie or TV series
that is clichéd or formulaic, in the manner of a (later) soap opera or space opera. The term, which was originally coined by silent film-era Western star
Horse_opera
Science fiction novel by Catherynne M. Valente
Space Opera is a 2018 science fiction novel by Catherynne M. Valente, about a galactic version of the Eurovision Song Contest. It was first published
Space_Opera_(Valente_novel)
Belief system and practices developed by L. Ron Hubbard
about its methods, the misuse of confidential session records, and its space‑opera cosmology. There have been legal, regulatory, and ethical controversies
Scientology
Set of miniatures
Space Opera Miniatures is a set of miniatures published by Fantasy Games Unlimited for Space Opera. Space Opera Miniatures is a line of 15 mm scale miniatures
Space_Opera_Miniatures
Literary genre
sciences. Other notable subgenres are: space opera, which emphasizes pure adventure in a universe in which space travel is common; cyberpunk, which explores
Science_fiction
Subgenre of science fiction
themes can be explicit, such as cowboys in outer space, or they can be a more subtle influence in space opera. The genre can be contrasted with science fiction
Space_Western
British author (born 1960)
(born 1960) is a British author. He is known for writing science fiction space opera. Peter F. Hamilton was born in Rutland, England in 1960. He did not attend
Peter_F._Hamilton
Role-playing game supplement
Operation Peregrine is a 1983 role-playing game adventure for Space Opera published by Fantasy Games Unlimited. Operation Peregrine is an adventure in
Operation Peregrine (Space Opera)
Operation_Peregrine_(Space_Opera)
1973 novel published by Donald Barr
Space Relations: A Slightly Gothic Interplanetary Tale is a space opera novel by Donald Barr, originally published on 17 September 1973 by Charterhouse
Space_Relations
Adult animated television series
Final Space is an adult animated space opera comedy drama television series created by Olan Rogers and developed by Rogers and David Sacks for TBS. The
Final_Space
Sub-genre of science fiction
Space warfare has a predominant role, it is a central theme and at the same time it is considered parent, overlapping genre of space opera and space Western
Space warfare in science fiction
Space_warfare_in_science_fiction
Japanese media franchise
sweeping narratives and political dimensions also align it with the space opera genre. A recurring theme includes genetically advanced humans known as
Gundam
2024 board game
Arcs: Conflict & Collapse in the Reach is a space opera board game designed by Cole Wehrle, illustrated by Kyle Ferrin, and published by Leder Games in
Arcs_(board_game)
Tabletop science fiction role-playing game
Space Opera is a science-fiction role-playing game created by Edward E. Simbalist, A. Mark Ratner, and Phil McGregor in 1980 for Fantasy Games Unlimited
Space Opera (role-playing game)
Space_Opera_(role-playing_game)
American musical comedy project
2015, Steam Powered Giraffe released The Vice Quadrant: A Space Opera, a two-disc space opera concept album containing 28 tracks across two discs (with
Steam_Powered_Giraffe
2000 novel by Alastair Reynolds
Revelation Space is a hard science fiction space opera novel by Welsh author Alastair Reynolds, published in 2000 by Gollancz. It was Reynolds's debut
Revelation_Space
American science fiction and fantasy writer
married and lives in Raleigh, North Carolina. The series, a blend of space opera and epic fantasy, is set 20,000 years into our future. Empire of Silence
Christopher_Ruocchio
Space Opera is a 1996 anthology of science fiction short stories and novelettes edited by Anne McCaffrey and Elizabeth Scarborough. Introduction (Space
Space_Opera_(1996_anthology)
1965 novel by Jack Vance
Space Opera is a science fiction novel by American writer Jack Vance, first published in 1965 by Pyramid Books. It is a stand-alone work, not part of
Space_Opera_(Vance_novel)
2005 film by Jon Favreau
archetypal menace and genuine emotion [...] but it works gloriously as space opera." Justin Chang of Variety said it was "arguably the best adaptation of
Zathura:_A_Space_Adventure
Pseudonymous authors of the science fiction series The Expanse
of Abraham's daughter. The name is also meant to emulate many of the space opera writers of the 1970s. In Germany, their books are published under the
James_S._A._Corey
Series of space opera novels by James S. A. Corey
Expanding Universe. The project was first announced in May 2018 as a new space opera trilogy. James S.A. Corey would later state the idea behind the series
The_Captive's_War
Fantasy literature series by Brandon Sanderson
age with 1980s/1990s technology. The fourth series is planned to be a space-opera. Mistborn has been a critical and commercial success, and has led to
Mistborn
Space opera franchise by Zack Snyder
Rebel Moon is an American epic space opera media franchise created by Zack Snyder, which began with the 2023 film Rebel Moon – Part One: A Child of Fire
Rebel_Moon_(franchise)
Figure in Scientology space opera
Operating Thetan level III (OT III). The Xenu narrative forms part of their space opera teachings about ancient extraterrestrial civilizations, catastrophic
Xenu
Military subgenre of science fiction
necessarily set in outer space or on multiple worlds, as in space opera and the space Western. Both military science fiction and the space Western may consider
Military_science_fiction
American synthwave band
for "Neon Odyssey", a Dungeons & Dragons 5.5E 1,400+ page, three-book space opera trilogy. The song and cinematic released on May 5 at the opening of the
The_Midnight
Subgenre of science fiction focusing on adventures on alien planets
"space opera" has been posted on any story away from Earth, it stands apart from "planetary romance", which he describes as a "close cousin" of "space
Planetary_romance
2024 novel by James S.A. Corey
the authors for creating "a dazzling new world" and describing it as "space opera at its best." They particularly commended the balance between "world-shaking
The_Mercy_of_Gods
US actress (born 1962)
1989). She is best known for her lead role as Princess Vespa in the space opera parody film Spaceballs (1987), and will reprise her role in the sequel
Daphne_Zuniga
Science fiction anthology by Gardner Dozois and Jonathan Strahan
The New Space Opera is a science fiction anthology edited by Gardner Dozois and Jonathan Strahan. It was published in 2007, and includes all original
The_New_Space_Opera
British actress (born 1983)
Supporting Actress, respectively. She also portrayed Jyn Erso in the space opera Rogue One: A Star Wars Story (2016) and Ruth Bader Ginsburg in the biopic
Felicity_Jones
Mobile browser developed by Opera Software
Opera Mini is a mobile web browser made by Opera. It was primarily designed for the Java ME platform, as a low-end sibling for Opera Mobile, but as of
Opera_Mini
Tales...a Space Opera is a 1992 role-playing adventure for Tales from the Floating Vagabond published by Avalon Hill. Weirder Tales...a Space Opera is an
Weirder_Tales...a_Space_Opera
2004 novel by Ken MacLeod
Newton's Wake: A Space Opera is a science fiction novel by British writer Ken MacLeod, published in 2004. Set in the 24th century, it follows human life
Newton's_Wake:_A_Space_Opera
Series of science fiction novels by Adrian Tchaikovsky
of Earth a starred review, calling it "dazzlingly suspenseful" and "space opera at its best". In a review for Grimdark Magazine, Carrie Chi Lough praised
The_Final_Architecture
This is the complete list of works by military science fiction and space opera author David Weber. The first-edition hardcover releases by Baen Books
David_Weber_bibliography
2023 film by Zack Snyder
Part One: A Child of Fire, or simply Rebel Moon, is a 2023 American space opera film directed by Zack Snyder from a screenplay he co-wrote with Kurt
Rebel_Moon
trilogy), ISBN 0-330-39614-5 After the Greg Mandel novels, Hamilton wrote a space opera in three volumes, known collectively as The Night's Dawn Trilogy. The
Peter F. Hamilton bibliography
Peter_F._Hamilton_bibliography
French filmmaker (born 1959)
(1997). He wrote and directed the sci-fi action film Lucy (2014), the space opera film Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets (2017), Dogman (2023)
Luc_Besson
Upcoming film by Jim Mickle
Gundam is an upcoming military science fiction action space opera film written and directed by Jim Mickle. The film is based on the 1979 Sunrise mecha
Gundam_(film)
2021 science-fiction novel by Andy Weir
Weir says that after completing The Martian, he began a multi-volume space opera called Zhek, about a substance that could absorb electromagnetic radiation
Project_Hail_Mary
Welsh science fiction author (born 1966)
Welsh science fiction author. He specialises in hard science fiction and space opera. Reynolds was born in Wales and spent his early years in Cornwall before
Alastair_Reynolds
Space Opera is a 1974 anthology of classic science fiction short stories edited by Brian Aldiss. "Introduction" (Brian W. Aldiss) "Is Everything an Illusion
Space_Opera_(1974_anthology)
Anime series that started in 1974
original 1974 Yamato series. For example, both are space opera works with militant empires, star ships and space battles; the robot R2D2 bears a strong resemblance
Space_Battleship_Yamato
2006 anthology edited by David G. Hartwell and Kathryn Cramer
The Space Opera Renaissance is an anthology of short science fiction that fits the definition of space opera: adventure stories of grand vision, where
The_Space_Opera_Renaissance
2014 Japanese anime series
July to September 2014. The space opera follows the misadventures of Dandy, an alien bounty hunter who is "a dandy guy in space", in search for undiscovered
Space_Dandy
2025 novel by John Scalzi
sweeping space operas and science fiction with a high quotient of dry humor and witty sarcasm". Kirkus Reviews called it a "classic Scalzi space opera at its
The_Shattering_Peace
1987–2012 series of ten books by Iain Banks
cyberpunk and earlier space operas assume, in creating a post-scarcity society as the primary civilization of focus. Space opera had peaked in the 1930s
Culture_series
Japanese manga series by Buichi Terasawa
"Crunchyroll and Happinet Announce Release of Extreme Sci-Fi Action Space Opera Epic Series Cobra The Animation". Crunchyroll; Happinet. December 12
Cobra_(manga)
Short story collection by Alastair Reynolds
ISBN 978-0-7564-0234-1. Dozier, Gardner; Strahan, Jonathan, eds. (2006). The New Space Opera. New York: Eos. ISBN 978-0-0608-4675-6. "SF Site Lists". SFsite.com.
Beyond_the_Aquila_Rift
Star Wars is an American epic space opera media franchise and shared universe originally created by George Lucas. Following the release of the eponymous
Lists_of_Star_Wars_characters
American filmmaker (born 1973)
success. Johnson landed his largest project when he wrote and directed the space opera Star Wars: The Last Jedi (2017), which grossed over $1 billion. He returned
Rian_Johnson
American science fiction television series (2015–2022)
for future scientific developments. The series has been described as a space opera by critics. Emily VanDerWerff of Vox describes the first season of the
The_Expanse_(TV_series)
American filmmaker (born 1966)
(2011), the zombie heist film Army of the Dead (2021), and the two-parter space opera films Rebel Moon (2023) and Rebel Moon – Part Two: The Scargiver (2024)
Zack_Snyder
Fictional universe created by Larry Niven
Known Space is the fictional setting of about a dozen science fiction novels and several collections of short stories by American writer Larry Niven.
Known_Space
American space opera television series (1994–1998)
Babylon 5 is an American space opera television series created by writer and producer J. Michael Straczynski, under the Babylonian Productions label,
Babylon_5
Science fiction anthology by Gardner Dozois and Jonathan Strahan
The New Space Opera 2 is a science fiction anthology edited by Gardner Dozois and Jonathan Strahan. It was published in 2009, and includes all original
The_New_Space_Opera_2
Genre of speculative fiction
interplanetary encounters. While having no space wars (while dealing with an alien civilization), Griada is described as space opera due to its mind-shattering distances
Russian_speculative_fiction
Comic book by Jeff Lemire and Dustin Nguyen
Descender is a science fiction space opera comic book series written by Jeff Lemire and illustrated by Dustin Nguyen. The series was published by Image
Descender_(comics)
1982 Japanese film
1982 Japanese animated epic space opera film directed by Osamu Dezaki based on Buichi Terasawa's 1978 manga Cobra. Space Adventure Cobra: The Movie opens
Space Adventure Cobra: The Movie
Space_Adventure_Cobra:_The_Movie
American author
many rejections until her fourth book, a space opera, caught the interest of a literary agent. When the space opera failed to sell, Garber wrote Caraval.
Stephanie_Garber
This is a complete bibliography by English space opera and fantasy author Simon R. Green. Most of Green's works take place within the same fictional realm
Simon_R._Green_bibliography
2004 novel by Jacek Dukaj
themselves. Dukaj himself wrote that he set out to write "a space opera to end all space operas", but for this he had to create a scientifically plausible
Perfect_Imperfection_(novel)
Welsh film director (1937–1987)
American and British film productions, best known for directing the 1983 space opera Return of the Jedi, the final film in the original Star Wars trilogy
Richard_Marquand
1999 pornographic science fiction film by John Millerman
other "zero-gravity" shots in the film are faked. Described as an "anal space opera", the film features music by Liam Howlett from The Prodigy and Robert
The_Uranus_Experiment
1988 film by Neal Sundstrom and David Winters
credited as Lor. found the film "an okay space saga", noting that "[c]ute model shots provide a patina of space opera section though the special effects are
Space_Mutiny
Tabletop space opera role-playing game
system was slightly modified and rereleased in 2004 as D6 Space, which used a generic space opera setting. An unrelated Star Wars RPG was published by Wizards
Star Wars: The Roleplaying Game
Star_Wars:_The_Roleplaying_Game
Religion which includes beliefs about aliens
have their roots in the tropes of early science fiction (especially space opera) and weird fiction writings, in ufology, and in the subculture of UFO
UFO_religion
2025 American comic book limited series
Imperial is an American science fiction/space opera comic book limited series written by Jonathan Hickman and drawn by Federico Vicentini and Iban Coello
Imperial_(2025_comic_book)
Gundam, Macross, Dragon Ball, and genres such as real robot, space opera and cyberpunk. Space Battleship Yamato and Super Dimension Fortress Macross also
History_of_anime
of cruising and years as a teenager. He then wrote and directed the space opera Star Wars (1977): it became the highest grossing film of all time and
George_Lucas_filmography
British author (born 1964)
fiction and fantasy. Stross specialises in hard science fiction and space opera. Stross was born in Leeds, England. He showed an early interest in writing
Charles_Stross
2014 science fiction novel by Becky Chambers
cozy", and comparable to "the best space opera universes". Adam Roberts felt that it was "a huge amount of space-opera-y fun, with some interestingly nuanced
The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet
The_Long_Way_to_a_Small,_Angry_Planet
American actor (born 1942)
(1974), Ford achieved global stardom for portraying Han Solo in the space opera film Star Wars (1977), a role he reprised in four subsequent films for
Harrison_Ford
Tabletop role-playing game
Mindjammer - The Roleplaying Game is a space opera role-playing game (RPG) created by Sarah Newton, published by Mindjammer Press in 2014, and distributed
Mindjammer - The Roleplaying Game
Mindjammer_-_The_Roleplaying_Game
2011 video game
Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine is a 2011 third-person shooter hack and slash video game developed by Relic Entertainment and published by THQ. The game
Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine
Warhammer_40,000:_Space_Marine
1992 science fiction novel by Vernor Vinge
American writer Vernor Vinge. It is a space opera involving superhuman intelligences, aliens, variable physics, space battles, love, betrayal, genocide,
A_Fire_Upon_the_Deep
Video game series
Space Quest is a series of six comic science fiction adventure games released between 1986 and 1995. The games follow the adventures of a hapless janitor
Space_Quest
Topics referred to by the same term
Beast, 2009 "Oh No", by Steam Powered Giraffe from The Vice Quadrant: A Space Opera, 2015 "Oh No (I'll Never Fall in Love Again)", by Selena, originally
Oh_no
Combat that takes place in outer space
Space warfare is combat in which one or more belligerents are in outer space. The scope of space warfare includes ground-to-space warfare, such as attacking
Space_warfare
2017 film by Luc Besson
Thousand Planets (French: Valérian et la Cité des mille planètes) is a 2017 space opera film written and directed by Luc Besson, and produced by his wife, Virginie
Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets
Valerian_and_the_City_of_a_Thousand_Planets
2011 science fiction novel by James S. A. Corey
Retrieved April 30, 2014. Wright, Ellen (October 29, 2013). "A Night at the Space Opera". Orbit Books. Retrieved April 14, 2014. "Prequel — The Expanse: DRIVE"
Leviathan_Wakes
American novelist and screenwriter (1915–1978)
1978) was an American author and screenwriter. Nicknamed "the Queen of Space Opera", she was one of the most prominent female writers during the Golden
Leigh_Brackett
2019 novel by Arkady Martine
Weekly gave the novel a starred review, calling it a "gorgeously crafted space opera", and lauding its worldbuilding and backstory. Kirkus Reviews stated
A_Memory_Called_Empire
American roleplaying game designer
Ratner is an American game designer, notable for his work on Space Marines and Space Opera. Ratner lived in New Jersey until he joined the Army in 1972
A._Mark_Ratner
British writer of science fiction
Maxwell's debut novel Winter's Orbit in 2021. Described as queer romantic space opera, the novel follows Prince Kiem and Jainan. Where The Course of Honour
Everina_Maxwell
French electronic music duo
"Justice Teases 'IRIS: A Space Opera' Live Film to Premiere at SXSW". Billboard. Cameron Holbrook. "Review: 'IRIS: A Space Opera by Justice' is a Sensory
Justice_(band)
Food engineer and science-fiction author (1890–1965)
the Lensman and Skylark series. He is sometimes called the father of space opera. Edward Elmer Smith was born in Sheboygan, Wisconsin, on May 2, 1890
E._E._Smith
2008 space opera novel by Walter Jon Williams
Implied Spaces is a 2008 space opera novel by American author Walter Jon Williams. It explores themes of transhumanism, artificial intelligence and ontology
Implied_Spaces
1946 science fiction novel by Edward E. Smith
the earliest novels of interstellar travel and the first example of space opera.[citation needed] Originally serialized in 1928 in the magazine Amazing
The_Skylark_of_Space
American speculative fiction writer (born 1961)
Year's Best SF 3, ed. David G. Hartwell, HarperPrism, 1998, and in The Space Opera Renaissance. "Not Born a Man", (short story) Aberrations, No. 24, October
John_C._Wright_(author)
Space Opera Ground and Air Equipment is a set of miniatures published by T-Rex. Space Opera Ground and Air Equipment is a set of detailed miniature figures
Space Opera Ground and Air Equipment
Space_Opera_Ground_and_Air_Equipment
American writer (born 1979)
November 1, 2011. ISBN 9781597802031. Space Opera. Simon & Schuster. April 10, 2018. ISBN 9781481497497. Space Oddity. Saga Press. September 24, 2024
Catherynne_M._Valente
1996 science fiction anime television series
the grand framework of a space opera. There are numerous self-referential anime references, particularly to the series Space Battleship Yamato (the name
Martian_Successor_Nadesico
SPACE OPERA
SPACE OPERA
Boy/Male
Hindu
Space
Boy/Male
Hindu
Space
Male
English
English surname transferred to forename use, derived from the French personal name Pascal, PACE means "Passover; Easter."
Surname or Lastname
English and Irish
English and Irish : variant of Stacey.
Boy/Male
Hindu, Indian
Space; Outer Space; Sky
Boy/Male
Gujarati, Hindu, Indian, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi, Telugu
Space; Universe
Girl/Female
Indian, Japanese, Tamil
Space; Star
Girl/Female
Tamil
Antariksha | அஂதரிகà¯à®·
Space, Sky
Antariksha | அஂதரிகà¯à®·
Boy/Male
Tamil
Antrix | அஂதà¯à®°à¯€à®•à¯à®·
Space
Antrix | அஂதà¯à®°à¯€à®•à¯à®·
Surname or Lastname
English
English : nickname for a frugal person, from Middle English spare ‘sparing’, ‘frugal’.
Girl/Female
Indian, Telugu
Space
Girl/Female
Hindu, Indian, Marathi
Space; Sky
Boy/Male
Bengali, Gujarati, Hindu, Indian, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi, Sindhi, Telugu
Limitless Space
Boy/Male
Hindu, Indian
Space; Sky
Surname or Lastname
English
English : from a vernacular short form of the Latin personal name Paschalis (see Pascal, Italian Pasquale).nickname for a mild-mannered and peaceable person, from Middle English pace, pece ‘peace’, ‘concord’, ‘amity’ (via Anglo-Norman French from Latin pax, genitive pacis).Italian : from the medieval personal name Pace, used for both men and women, from the word pace ‘peace’ (see 1).
Surname or Lastname
English or Scottish
English or Scottish : unexplained.
Boy/Male
Tamil
Antariksh | அஂதரிகà¯à®·
Space
Antariksh | அஂதரிகà¯à®·
Girl/Female
Gujarati, Hindu, Indian, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi, Sanskrit, Tamil, Telugu
Space; Sky
Boy/Male
Hindu
Space
Boy/Male
Tamil
Antareeksh | அஂதரீகà¯à®·
Space
SPACE OPERA
SPACE OPERA
Boy/Male
Indian, Punjabi, Sikh
Lamp of the Holy Light
Boy/Male
Gujarati, Hindu, Indian, Kannada, Tamil
God
Girl/Female
Arabic
Love
Boy/Male
Arabic, French
Director; Leader; Guide to Righteousness
Girl/Female
Tamil
Spark
Boy/Male
Gujarati, Hindu, Indian, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi
Truthful
Girl/Female
Hindu
Girl/Female
British, Christian, English
From the Royal Fortress Meadow
Boy/Male
Hindu
Without miseries
Boy/Male
Bengali, Gujarati, Hindu, Indian, Kannada, Marathi, Sanskrit, Telugu
Protecting Men; Name of Lord Krishna
SPACE OPERA
SPACE OPERA
SPACE OPERA
SPACE OPERA
SPACE OPERA
n.
To arrange or adjust the spaces in or between; as, to space words, lines, or letters.
n.
A quantity or portion of extension; distance from one thing to another; an interval between any two or more objects; as, the space between two stars or two hills; the sound was heard for the space of a mile.
v. t.
To develop, guide, or control the pace or paces of; to teach the pace; to break in.
n.
A small piece of metal cast lower than a face type, so as not to receive the ink in printing, -- used to separate words or letters.
imp. & p. p.
of Space
n.
Manner of stepping or moving; gait; walk; as, the walk, trot, canter, gallop, and amble are paces of the horse; a swaggering pace; a quick pace.
v. t.
To season with spice, or as with spice; to mix aromatic or pungent substances with; to flavor; to season; as, to spice wine; to spice one's words with wit.
n.
Space.
v. t.
Held in reserve, to be used in an emergency; as, a spare anchor; a spare bed or room.
v. t.
To dig with a spade; to pare off the sward of, as land, with a spade.
n.
The distance or interval between words or letters in the lines, or between lines, as in books.
adv.
With a quick pace; quick; fast; speedily.
v. t.
Being over and above what is necessary, or what must be used or reserved; not wanted, or not used; superfluous; as, I have no spare time.
n.
To walk; to rove; to roam.
n.
One of that suit of cards each of which bears one or more figures resembling a spade.
n.
One of the intervals, or open places, between the lines of the staff.
n.
Figuratively, that which enriches or alters the quality of a thing in a small degree, as spice alters the taste of food; that which gives zest or pungency; a slight flavoring; a relish; hence, a small quantity or admixture; a sprinkling; as, a spice of mischief.
v. t.
To measure by steps or paces; as, to pace a piece of ground.
v. t.
Scanty; not abundant or plentiful; as, a spare diet.
n.
The right of bowling again at a full set of pins, after having knocked all the pins down in less than three bowls. If all the pins are knocked down in one bowl it is a double spare; in two bowls, a single spare.