bluetyson
June 21st, 2005, 06:59 AM
To be Space Opera to me, at least, it has to have lots of flying around in space as part of it. Dune? Not so much.
Definitely love Alastair Reynolds, so far - just got his new one for my birthday, so will see how that is sometime soon.
Do like Peter Hamilton as well - bit more of a 'Here I come to save the day' Mighty Mouse element in those, than the bleak realism of Reynolds though.
Doc Smith I read a bunch as a kid, and really enjoyed. Think I would find those a little corny, now.
Iain Banks? I have read some, but just recently have obtained some of the Culture novels second-hand, and am about 3/4 of the way through Consider Phlebas, bit more political commentary there, which is clever.
Hyperion? A bit more Dunesque as far as travel goes (perhaps), although some nasty means of travel without the web there!
My spousal unit is not much of a SF reader, but she loves Hyperion. (PhD in English may have something to do with it?). I think it is excellent, too, but it doesn't scream Space Opera quite as obviously to me is all.
Definitely love Alastair Reynolds, so far - just got his new one for my birthday, so will see how that is sometime soon.
Do like Peter Hamilton as well - bit more of a 'Here I come to save the day' Mighty Mouse element in those, than the bleak realism of Reynolds though.
Doc Smith I read a bunch as a kid, and really enjoyed. Think I would find those a little corny, now.
Iain Banks? I have read some, but just recently have obtained some of the Culture novels second-hand, and am about 3/4 of the way through Consider Phlebas, bit more political commentary there, which is clever.
Hyperion? A bit more Dunesque as far as travel goes (perhaps), although some nasty means of travel without the web there!
My spousal unit is not much of a SF reader, but she loves Hyperion. (PhD in English may have something to do with it?). I think it is excellent, too, but it doesn't scream Space Opera quite as obviously to me is all.