Space Opera is a novel by the American science fiction author Jack Vance, first published in 1965 by Pyramid Books.
The term "space opera" is typically used in science fiction literature to connote interstellar adventures, clashes of spacefleets and galactic empires.
Tom Staicar of Amazing Stories praised Vance for his "vivid and believeable" characterisation and called the novel "fun to read and a rare example of humor in SF as it should be handled.
"[2] Baird Searles of Asimov's Science Fiction called it a "one-joke book, which luckily doesn’t go on long enough to wear thin", although he opined that Vance "doesn’t take enough advantage of the intrinsic humor of opera itself, certainly one of the funniest of the fine arts.
"[3] Judith Merrill of F&SF wrote: "Only Vance could have brought this off, and he didn't manage.