From: owner-ammf-digest@smoe.org (alt.music.moxy-fruvous digest) To: ammf-digest@smoe.org Subject: alt.music.moxy-fruvous digest V14 #15209 Reply-To: ammf@fruvous.com Sender: owner-ammf-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-ammf-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk alt.music.moxy-fruvous digest Friday, December 13 2024 Volume 14 : Number 15209 Today's Subjects: ----------------- Congratulations! You can get a $100 Whole Food gift card! ["Whole Food Sh] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Fri, 13 Dec 2024 10:04:58 +0100 From: "Whole Food Shopper Feedback" Subject: Congratulations! You can get a $100 Whole Food gift card! Congratulations! You can get a $100 Whole Food gift card! http://erectilebooster.shop/ykT_5Sy1mT-aCtKKuUnoW6ITDCN-RSeT6SS2-vBmp0r0sobUfQ http://erectilebooster.shop/JwtGYW3ssL6DtZjxJdI-9104inq9y8YNsCilF1w1gvGHS6se7g re often referred to as "super-science epics". Beginning in the 1960s, and widely accepted by the 1970s, the space opera was redefined, following Brian Aldiss' definition in Space Opera (1974) as b paraphrased by Hartwell and Cramer b "the good old stuff".:?10b18? Yet soon after his redefinition, it began to be challenged, for example, by the editorial practice and marketing of Judy-Lynn del Rey and in the reviews of her husband and colleague Lester del Rey.:?10b18? In particular, they disputed the claims that space operas were obsolete, and Del Rey Books labeled reissues of earlier work of Leigh Brackett as space opera.:?10b18? By the early 1980s, space operas were again redefined, and the label was attached to major popular culture works such as Star Wars.:?10b18? Only in the early 1990s did the term space opera begin to be recognized as a legitimate genre of science fiction.:?10b18? Hartwell and Cramer define space opera as: .. colorful, dramatic, large-scale science fiction adventure, competently and sometimes beautifully written, usually focused on a sympathetic, heroic central character and plot action, and usually set in the relatively distant future, and in space or on other worlds, characteristically optimistic in tone. It often deals with war, piracy, military virtues, and very large-scale action, large stakes.:?10b18? Author A.K. DuBoff defines space opera as: True space opera is epic in scale and personal with characters. It is about people taking on something bigger than themselves and their struggles to prevail. Though a setting beyond Earth is central, being on a spaceship or visiting another planet isn't the only qualifier. There must also be drama and sufficiently large scope to elevate a tale from being simply space-based to being real space opera. Space opera can be contrasted in outline with "hard science fiction", in which the emphasis is on the effects of technological progress and inventions, and wh ------------------------------ End of alt.music.moxy-fruvous digest V14 #15209 ***********************************************