5 Greatest Space Operas (And No, Foundation Isn’t One Of Them)

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blogs.discovermagazine.com - 9/20/2008

5 Greatest Space Operas (And No, Foundation Isn’t One Of Them)

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Space Opera is one of my favorite sub-genres of science fiction, and in recent years has gained a new lease of life (I recommend reading The New Space Opera anthology for good snapshot of the current state of affairs). Like all definitions, saying what exactly is and isn’t space opera can ...

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SF Tidbits for 9/20/08
SF Signal — ... talks about scoring the supervolcano post-apocalypse for the adaptation of Cormac McCarthy's The Road. [via SciFi Scanner] Deadbooks is an online serialization of Hasso Wuerslin's SF-Horror series, The DeadBooks. GeekAlerts shares a cool looking Steampunk Headset. Lists: @io9: The 20 Best Worst Science Fiction Movies Of All Time. @Discover Magazine: The 5 Greatest Space Operas.

Off to (another) Fair
The Crotchety Old Fan — ... Discover magazine runs a ‘top 5 space operas’ list today - a list SURPRISE! I mostly disagree with. Sadly, I don’t have the time right now to rant about it. No, I do have time to rant. ...

The fandom minute: Tees, teevee, & too many lists
Club Jade — ... if you check over on the sidebar (and scroll a lot) you’ll note there’s a tag cloud. And in that tag cloud, lists is the biggest one. Why? Because the internet loves lists. (And also, I’m not anywhere near done tagging all the old entries, changing categories to tags, and all that fun stuff.) So here are a few more: Top ten Star Wars games, ten villains who deserved better, eight timeless classics critics are afraid of, five greatest space operas. And thus the ‘net gods are satisfied.

Numerous Lists Featuring Star Wars
TheForce.Net — ... of links to Star Wars related lists below... Galactic Binder brings us the "Top 10 Celebrities in Star Wars Clothes or Costumes." (Thanks Pete!) Essenmitsosse.de lists "10 Reasons Why The Designs Of Star Wars Are Awesome" (Thanks Marcus!) And 3 more via our friends at ClubJade.net ... ToplessRobot.com lists "The 10 Villains Who Deserved Better." Flixster.com lists "8 Timeless Classic Movies That Critics Are Afraid Of." Finally, from the Discover Magazine Blogs : "5 Greatest Space Operas (And No, Foundation Isnt One Of ...