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The first volume in the Chronicles of the Lensmen,
Triplanetary brings a tedious 6-chapter introduction to the universe of
the Lensmen before focusing on the intricacies of the story itself...
the story of a time before the Lens, and humanity's first successful
encounters with the agents of Eddore. There's a lot of science, a
lot of heroic secret-agent-scientists, and a lot of interstellar
conflict with impressive technobabble. Clearly, this is where
space opera was born. |
Space Opera
"Space Opera" is a term first coined to explain the Star Wars Trilogy, which had all the trappings of science fiction but characters and a plot ripped right out of formulaic epic fantasy. The end result is a technological setting, usually with lots of space ships and interplanetary commerce... none of which actually matters to the plot or the characters. Unlike more traditional science fiction, the rules of known physics aren't even given a pretense of consideration.
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Triplanetary
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