(No, I'm not new to the list, I've just been gone a *REALLY* long
time...)
"High space opera?" "High?" I've got enough trouble trying to
define *normal* space opera! I understand the basic notion, (sci-fi
dealing with big, insanely broad, galaxy-shattering issues) but are
we now trying to make a distinction between what is, and isn't
"high art" in a genre like this?
For God's sake, is Space Opera even a workable grouping for a
genre?
Brian
On 10 Feb 01, at 11:11, Julia Thompson wrote:
On Sat, 10 Feb 2001, Jim Sharkey wrote:
> Sundiver was more of a murder mystery with the Uplift universe as its
> background than the high space opera books that came after.
"High space opera"? I've just kind of gotten something of a handle of
what "high fantasy" is ("hard science fiction" is easier to grasp,
somehow), but I'm not sure I've seen "high space opera". I think this is
one of those things where I'll get the definition eventually if I'm given
enough examples of what is and is not "high space opera"; aside from the
aforementioned Uplift books, what would qualify? And what wouldn't?
Julia
