Some from Brandon and some gathered elsewhere.
Sci-Fi Genres - as a general rule, not set in stone!
Military
Space marine
Realistic Battles
Death
Tension
Guns and weaponry
Description of military lifestyle - and the readers of this genre know when you get it wrong.
Tactics - need to be feasible
Characters unwilling or unable to resolve issues peacefully
Mix of planet and space ship
Space Opera
Adventure
Travel
Centres on character development
Often contains romance
Generally optimistic view on the future
Mainly in outer space
Aliens
Can contain special powers - eg the force
Vast galactic empires
Often a series
Hard
Science is paramount, it has to be accurate, detailed and plausible.
Complex charcters grappling with a variety of personal, technological and/ or scientific problems
Most writers of this genre are scientists
Awesome endings
Cyberpunk
Modified humans, often mix of human and machine
Governments tend to be commercial not political and corrupt
Often dystopian
High technology but Low quality of life
Reluctant, bitter heroes
Cyberspace
Often a detective story
Whatever you chose, enjoy.
I have a space opera waiting for November!
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