Space Opera
Item
Title
Space Opera
Creator
Jack Vance
Description
From the back cover: "A space opera is what science fiction readers call an adventure in outer space and on alien planets. But a space opera could also be an opera, a musical work, that originated in outer space... Jack Vance's unique novel SPACE OPERA fits both definitions marvelously!"
Date
1979, first published in 1965
Publisher
Daw Books
Format
17.75 cm long, 10.5 cm wide, 1.5 cm tall
Cover Description
Two ape-like creatures wearing black and white striped loincloths and hoop earrings, with puffs of orange hair. One is on the floor by a music stand, the other sits at the bench of a grand piano. There are music sheets scattered about, and a wired microphone on the floor.
