> Who else was talking about powerful alien beings from another planet at his time? Judeo-Christian religions. Arabian Paganism taught about Al-Jahiz and fallen angels, space children from unholy unions. Nephalem is directly discussed in Hebrew mythology, which Smith plagiarised calling his gigantic space elves Nephilim. He loved the dirty fucking rat Jews, adored and romanced over their dick sucking cult and wanted to copy it for control over literal retards living in swamps. Greko-Roman mythology discussed Titans and Olympian gods, Nordic giants from other realms also touch on similar elements. Even Native American indian mythology has similar themes which Avatar was a complete plagarism of. > You gotta give him credit for inventing the Space Opera. I'd say the first true space operas were in the 1920s, but I can see where you are coming from. * Armageddon 2419 A.D. (1928) by Philip Francis Nowlan * The Skylark series[2] (1928–1965) by E. E. "Doc" Smith With my favourite being Frank Herbert's 1965 'Dune', a shame they'll poz the remake, absent of all like over population, religious war, free will, environmental. Only to replace it all with a faggot and diversity cast in the theme of spice wars. > There's a reason the Mormons are called "Space Jews". Haha LDS are ridiculous people. Do you know when they die they believe they inherit a planet for themselves to rule over for eternity? That's not just an episode out of Red Dwarf with Rimmer World, its their actual belief.