Is John Carter space opera?
I've been trying to come up with a workable definition for "space opera" and I finally settled on, "when a spaceship shoots something that can shoot back". Problem is, most space operas seem to trace their lineage to John Carter, which doesn't have spaceships. Do "planetary romances" count as space opera anymore?
"Occam" is the name of the alien race that will enslave us all eventually. And they've got razors for hands. I don't know if that's true but it seems like the simplest answer."
Stephen Colbert.