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Brian Attebery

2008-12-18T21:10:43Z

207.58.217.86: traceldronn

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==Bibliography==

* ''[[Decoding Gender in Science Fiction]]''

==External Links==
* "[http://www.kelleyeskridge.com/essays/the-erotics-of-gender-ambiguity/ The Erotics of Gender Ambiguity], an online symposium with [[L. Timmel Duchamp]], [[Janet Barron]], [[Jeanne Gomoll]], [[Nicola Griffith]], [[Suzy McKee Charnas]], [[Rebecca Holden]], [[Elisabeth Vonarburg]], [[Janet Lafler]], [[Sylvia Kelso]], and [[Brian Attebery]]

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Eileen Gunn

2008-12-18T20:53:54Z

207.58.217.86: acelroouvar

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'''[http://www.infinitematrix.net/ Eileen Gunn]''' (b. June 23, [[1945]], Dorchester, Massachusetts) is a [[science fiction]] author and editor. She is a graduate of the [[Clarion Workshop]]. She is also the editor/publisher of the webzine ''[[The Infinite Matrix]]''. Her website ''The Difference Dictionary'' [http://www.sff.net/people/gunn/dd/] is an online concordance to ''[[The Difference Engine]]'', a novel by [[William Gibson]] and [[Bruce Sterling]].

==Bibliography==
* "[[Coming to Terms]]" ([[Nebula Award]] for Best Short Story in 2004)
* "Stable Strategies for Middle Management" (nominated for the [[Hugo Award]] in 1989) (a [[pastiche]] of Kafka' ''The Metamorphosis'')
* "Computer Friendly" (nominated for the [[Hugo Award]] in 1990)
* ''Stable Strategies and Others'' (2004 collection; nominated for the [[Philip K. Dick Award]]; short-listed for the [[James Tiptree, Jr. Award]] and the [[World Fantasy Award]]
* "Fellow Americans" 1991 short story)
* ''Green Fire'' (1998), a collaborative novella by Gunn, Michael Swanwick, [[Pat Murphy]], and Andy Duncan; [[homage]] to [[Robert A. Heinlein]], [[Isaac Asimov]], with [[Grace Hopper]], and Nicola Tesla

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Deborah Christian

2008-12-18T20:40:42Z

207.58.217.86: acelchiba

trlibocdar
'''Deborah Christian''' is a science fiction writer.

==Bibliography==
* ''[[Mainline (novel)|Mainline]]'' (1997) (or 1996?)
* ''[[Splintegrate]]'' (2002)
* ''[[The Truthsayer's Apprentice]]'' (1999)
* ''[[Kar Kalim]]'' (1997)

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Category:Poets

2008-12-18T19:52:13Z

207.58.217.86: orracrodomba

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Kage Baker

2008-12-18T19:20:31Z

207.58.217.86: viracbocrol

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'''Kage Baker''' (http://www.kagebaker.com/) is a writer.

==Works==
* ''The Anvil of the World'' (2003)
* ''[[The Empress of Mars]]'' (2003 novella)
* ''[[Mother Aegypt and Other Stories]]'' (2004) (short story collection)
* ''Dark Mondays'' (2006) (short story collection)

; The Company series
* ''[[In the Garden of Iden]]'' (1997)
* ''[[Sky Coyote]]'' (1999)
* ''[[Mendoza in Hollywood]]'' (2000)
* ''The Graveyard Game'' (2001)
* ''The Company Dossiers: Black Projects, White Knights, Golden Gryphon'' (2002) (short story collection)
* ''The Life of the World To Come'' (2004)
* ''The Children of the Company'' (2005)
* ''The Machine's Child'' (2006)
* ''Gods and Pawns'' (2007) (short story collection)

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Space opera

2008-12-18T19:09:42Z

207.58.217.86: darricdar

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'''Space opera''' is a [[science fiction]] genre that features a story with "operatic" size and scope. The setting itself may be vast, as in ''a Galaxy!!!''. The characters are also likely larger-than-life, as are their adventures.

The term was originally simply a term for cheesy SF set in space, largely [[adventure fiction]] and associated with the [[pulps]] (1920s-1940s). However the term and the genre have been [[reclaimed]]. Typical works include E. E. "Doc" Smith's ''The Skylark of Space'' and Lensman series. "[[Star Wars]]" is a classic space opera. Modernly, writers of interest include [[M. John Harrison]], [[C. J. Cherryh]] (Alliance-Union series and Foreigner series), [[Iain M. Banks]], [[Catherine Asaro| Catherine Asaro's]] Skolian Empire series, [[David Weber]] ([[Honor Harrington series]]), and [[Lois McMaster Bujold|Lois McMaster Bujold's]] ''[[Vorkosigan Saga]]''. [[C. S. Friedman|C. S. Friedman's]] ''[[In Conquest Born]]'' is a popular modern space opera.

Space opera is related to:
* [[adventure genre]]
* [[pulps]]
* [[planetary romance]]
* [[military science fiction]]
* [[space opera noir]]

==Definitions==
; 1941: Wilson Bob Tucker, 1941 fanzine:
: In these hectic days of phrase-coining, we offer one. Westerns are called "horse operas," the morning housewife tear-jerkers are called "soap operas." For the hacky, grinding, stinking, outworn space-ship yarn, or world-saving for that matter, we offer "space opera."

; 1944: ''Fancyclopedia'':
: A hack science-fiction story, a dressed-up Western; so called by analogy with "horse opera" for Western bangbangshootemup movies and "sopa opera" for radio and video yellowdrama.

; 1976: [[Leigh Brackett]], ''Best of Planet Stories #1'', 1976:
: Space opera, as every reader doubtless knows, is a pejorative term often applied to a story that has an element of adventure.

; 2006: Hartwell & Kramer, "How Shit Became Shinola" (p.17):
: Thus the term "space opera" reentered the serious discourse on contemporary SF in the 1980s with a completely altered meaning: Henceforth, "space opera" meant, and still generally means, colorful, dramatic, large-scale science fiction adventure, competently and sometimes beautifully written, usually focused on a sympathetic, heroic central character and plot action (this bit is what separates it from other literary postmodernisms) 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.

==References==
* David G. Hartwell and [[Kathryn Cramer]], "How Shit Became Shinola: Definition and Redefinition of Space Opera", introduction to ''The Space Opera Renaissance'', ed. Hartwell & Cramer, 2006.

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