From: owner-ammf-digest@smoe.org (alt.music.moxy-fruvous digest) To: ammf-digest@smoe.org Subject: alt.music.moxy-fruvous digest V14 #15210 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 15210 Today's Subjects: ----------------- Explore why Ryoko Pro is a great gift ["Ryoko WiFi" Subject: Explore why Ryoko Pro is a great gift Explore why Ryoko Pro is a great gift http://eracprimesec.best/a9JGoUuKyxQStj72CVrIDUIzuzgQRCS2_xKPznMe4zefn7EGTw http://eracprimesec.best/kUuJlFMVbY50IgIW3CKz9NQa4Ww-hlvmuYP_FyVfN5YcUzOZGg athetic, 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 where the settings are carefully worked out to obey the laws of physics, cosmology, mathematics, and biology. Examples are seen in the works of Alastair Reynolds or the movie The Last Starfighter. At other times, space opera can concur with hard science fiction and differ from soft science fiction by instead focusing on scientific accuracy such as The Risen Empire by Scott Westerfeld. Other space opera works may be defined as a balance between both or simultaneously hard and soft scie ------------------------------ End of alt.music.moxy-fruvous digest V14 #15210 ***********************************************