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- From: ib09@rz.uni-karlsruhe.de (Thomas Koenig)
- Subject: modern space opera (was: Diamond-hard SF)
- Message-ID: <1992Nov19.185324.6105@rz.uni-karlsruhe.de>
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- Organization: University of Karlsruhe, Germany
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- Date: Thu, 19 Nov 1992 18:53:24 GMT
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- In article <Uf2FP6C00WCZ8iA1s4@andrew.cmu.edu>, Patrick C Leger <pl1u+@andrew.cmu.edu> writes:
- >Nor can I stand "space operas" anymore, after reading
- >cyberpunk. Yeah, I realize that they've got different purposes, come
- >from different times and backgrounds, but I've just picked up this thing
- >for well-written realism...
-
- Try and check out Iain Bank's "Consider Phlebas" and "Use of Weapons".
- These two books have convinced me that it is possible this day and age
- to write space opera with enough clout to make just about anyone sit up.
- Highly recommended.
-
- Anything else written in this vein today?
- --
- Thomas Koenig, ib09@rz.uni-karlsruhe.de, ui0t@dkauni2.bitnet
- The joy of engineering is to find a straight line on a double logarithmic
- diagram.
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