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Mar 10, 2010 10:25



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authoraubrie March 10 2010, 21:39:01 UTC
Thanks, Christine! This is very helpful and I agree that the space opera part has romance suggested in it.

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isleburroughs March 11 2010, 01:06:44 UTC
I can't help. It's science fiction to me but that may just be me. I like the hard science part but I must have interesting characters and I don't understand why that would be called a space opera.

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authoraubrie March 11 2010, 01:40:28 UTC
Wikipedia describes a Space Opera as, "Space opera is a subgenre of speculative fiction or science fiction that emphasizes romantic, often melodramatic adventure, set mainly or entirely in space, generally involving conflict between opponents possessing powerful (and sometimes quite fanciful) technologies and abilities. Perhaps the most significant trait of space opera is that settings, characters, battles, powers, and themes tend to be very large-scale. Sometimes the term space opera is used in a negative sense, to denote bad quality science fiction, but its meaning can differ, often describing a particular science fiction genre, without any value judgment."

My book has the "romantic, often melodramatic adventure", and large scale battles. It's not hard sci fi, so I don't think you'll like it if you like that sort of thing better. Oh well.

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isleburroughs March 11 2010, 01:59:06 UTC
I like cj cherryh, e.moon, paks series, niven, isaac asimov, clif. d simak, john varley, gordon r. dickson, pk dick, john christopher, pohl and poul, etc. etc.

I have a cell phone on my ear so i can't type good. waiting for a tech geek.

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isleburroughs March 11 2010, 03:21:37 UTC
Yours sounds like something I'd read.

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