Re:Ursula K. Le Guin, “the emissary from Orsinia,” challenge...
by JoshTriplett on Sunday August 28, 2016 @10:57PM
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> Her emphasis is not on technobabble or flashy new gadgets. Her style is ...anthropologic. Technology and space travel are there, but in the background.
That sounds like a general description of the "space opera" genre: more emphasis on numerous people and their complex interactions.
Re:Ursula K. Le Guin, “the emissary from Orsinia,” challenge...
by sampo on Sunday August 28, 2016 @11:05PM
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If "Space opera" is about the great arches of (imagined) history, Le Guin's stories are more at a human level. Le Guin is not opera, she is chamber music.
That sounds like a general description of the "space opera" genre: more emphasis on numerous people and their complex interactions.