Thread: Need space opera recommendations
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Old 02-02-2011, 04:08 AM   #86
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Originally Posted by sabredog View Post
Both Lin Carter's Jandar of Callisto and Green Star series are more in the line of Edgar Rice Burroughs books. More science fiction fantasy than space opera.
I agree in the main that they are science fiction fantasy but to my mind they do contain some space opera elements. I was lucky enough to hear Carter speak at a convention many years ago and he emphatically listed these as a homage to both space opera and ERB.
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