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SF space opera with a humorous bent
(Review date: January 2011)
Recently I've started looking for new books to read from the list of past winners of the Best Japanese Novel category of the Seiun Award for science fiction. Like the English-language Hugo award, the Seiun is voted for annually by fans; so the backlist is a good way for me to find new authors with a pretty low chance of picking complete turkeys.
Teki wa Kaizoku won in 1984; it has since spawned a number of sequels (one of which won again in 1998). The cover says it'