Review: Space Opera Spoof
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 10 20, 2012
This is an amusing off-the-wall space opera spoof.  The main character, Admiral Montagne, is the antithesis of the stereotypical space opera figure of military poise and competence as he bumbles his way through his first command with no pervious military experience.  I am an avid space opera reader and it was a nice break to read one that upended traditional assumptions.  This story felt like a mishmash ofStar Trek: The Original Series,SpaceballsandSeinfeld(not sure why but I kept picturing Admiral Montagne as a younger Costanza).  The author setup many comic situations which were very amusing but I rarely had any laugh-out-loud moments.  This book was an amusing light read.  I would have liked more humor to go along with the comic situations which would have moved this to an outstanding read.Admiral Who is tagged as A Spineward Sector Novel - Book One.  A second Spineward Sectors Novel has also been published,Admiral's Gambit.  Author's blog indicates that a third book is also planned.  There is no indication on intended length of series.  I enjoyed the first novel enough that I will get the next one as well.No significant editing issues were noted.  Admiral Who is 11,426 Kindle locations long - excluding 8 chapter excerpt for the next Spineward Sectors Novel.  Standard length "paperback" novels seem to run in the 4,500 to 7,000 plus Kindle location range.  Long novels can range from 15,000 to 20,000 plus Kindle locations.