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Jonathan Morris has a space-opera pop group on its last legs in Interstellar Overdrive (the title doesn't quite say it all but does say most of it).
World Cup, Day 2 ang_grrr 2010
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The animated Battle for Terra also makes its bow, providing a space-opera that looks to appeal to young and old alike.
30 « April « 2009 « Axiom's Edge Science Fiction and Fantasy 2009
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The animated Battle for Terra also makes its bow, providing a space-opera that looks to appeal to young and old alike.
April « 2009 « Axiom's Edge Science Fiction and Fantasy 2009
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It was a modern homage on that, just like Star Wars was a modern space-opera serial.
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I'm also building a cycle of stories -- the first of which appears in Gardner Dozois 'imminent space-opera anthology -- which gives a good kick in the balls to all those novels and stories that rely on networks of FTL stargates conveniently left behind by long-vanished alien races.
MIND MELD: Who are Your Literary Influences in the Ongoing Conversation of Science Fiction? 2009
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The animated Battle for Terra also makes its bow, providing a space-opera that looks to appeal to young and old alike.
Summer 2009 Movie Season Kicks Off this Weekend with Wolverine and Battle for Terra 2009
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The story was full of space-opera clichés, but, regardless, it was a blast, acting it out, allowing it to grow organically, having begun with only the simplest of premises.
Everything begins and ends at exactly the right time and place. greygirlbeast 2008
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A departure from MacLeod's previous space-opera stamping grounds, this is a thriller set in the present or near future of a slightly alternate earth - Gore was elected in 2000, 9/11 hit Boston, and the War on Terror resulted in military operations in Iran and Central Asia as well as Afghanistan and Iraq.
August Books 23) The Execution Channel nwhyte 2008
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The characterization is necessarily light in such a panoramic tale spread among numerous worlds and beings, but Anderson succeeds in conveying some Asimovian and Herbertian space-opera thrills.
New Race Joe Sullivan 2010
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Although the story is a bit predictable in places, and some of the characters are stereo-typical, this was still a fun read, and I really enjoyed the space-opera tone of the story.
BestScienceFictionStories.com » Post Topic » Happy Birthday, Niatti by Raz Greenberg 2010
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