Coming at the more modern end of the genre, Captain Wu also does things that earlier works often didn’t, which is a wordier way of saying that this book has more diverse representation than, for example, Blake’s 7. The same threads of DNA that spawned those other adventures runs through this one, which pulls of the usual opera trick of centring on great characters who aren’t afraid to have a little fun every now and then. It worked for Firefly, it worked for Dark Matter, it worked for Embers of War, and it works for this first book of the Starship Nameless series. A crew of ragtag misfits hop around the galaxy in their starship doing jobs of varying legality in order to eke out a living. Captain Wu, for those who want me to get to the point, is good space opera. It’s a genre I know pretty well, so when I tell you something is good space opera, please believe me. So far this year I’ve read eighty books, and twenty-nine of them have fallen somewhere under the broad umbrella of space opera. When I go to my reading records, it’s space opera that has the biggest share of the genre pie. It’s eye-popping visual spectacle and larger-than-life storytelling. Sure there are some I don’t like, but even the needlessly overblown Lensman Saga has some great imagery in it. Here’s my full review.Īs far as I’m concerned, it’s difficult to go wrong with space opera. This book has an SPSFC rating of 7.25 out of 10. This one is of Patrice Fitzgerald & Jack Lyster’s Captain Wu. The SPSFC has reached the finals, and we have a finalist review here for you today.
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