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Originally Posted by Joykins
I have nothing against sf-fantasy; loved the Darkover books though I didn't particularly think of them as space opera.
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I don't either. They're part of the class of books that sits in the nebulous gray area between SF and fantasy, and could be classed as either.
They have fantasy tropes, like talismans and magic, but they're set on a world humanity got to by starship, and it's pretty clear the "magic" is technology we don't fully understand, and the "gods" and "goddesses" are manifestations of the "Laran" power, but probably not sentient beings as we understand the term.
There is still a
Darkover convention held in November of every year.
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Dennis