http://www.babylonlurker.net/blog/2009/10/22/the-irony-of-charles-stross-hatred-of-space-opera/ Science, technology and science fiction/Fantasy Tue, 25 May 2010 18:53:19 +0200 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 http://www.babylonlurker.net/blog/2009/10/22/the-irony-of-charles-stross-hatred-of-space-opera/comment-page-1/#comment-128 Jonas Thu, 22 Oct 2009 19:54:58 +0000 http://www.babylonlurker.net/blog/?p=287#comment-128 I don't really see "space opera" as a meaningful term, anyway. What's it supposed to be? What common characteristics do BSG, B5 and TNG have? Trying to categorize fiction by genre tends to lead to superficial and often entirely inaccurate conclusions. I don’t really see “space opera” as a meaningful term, anyway. What’s it supposed to be? What common characteristics do BSG, B5 and TNG have? Trying to categorize fiction by genre tends to lead to superficial and often entirely inaccurate conclusions.

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