Space Opera-Jack Vance novel, book review
Space Opera-Jack Vance novel Space Opera was written by Jack Vance in 1964 and first published by Pyramid Books in 1965. Vance had been contracted to write a "space opera." Space opera is a subgenre of science fiction that emphasizes interplanetary adventure, romance, and melodrama. Vance humorously wrote a novel about musical operas in outer space. This is a light hearted, enjoyable to read, 148/160 page novel that is likely to appeal to most Vance fans. Although the opera troupe featured in this book plays some serious opera, the book itself is definitely "comic opera." Spatterlight Press in 2017 released a high quality trade paperback that I highly recommend. All other editions appear to be out of print. The story begins with our main character, Roger Wool, sitting behind his aunt's concert box at the Palladian Theater drinking champagne. (Rather than Vance's preferred Scotch.) His aunt, the wealthy Dame Isabel Grayce...