I didn't realise The Zen Gun was that recent, I thought it was circa The Centauri Device. However most of Bayley's novels from 1970 onwards are space opera.
Consider Phlebas was a joke because despite being the begining of the new space opera it is no spring chicken. Interestingly Locus, in their space opera special last year, fingered The Centauri Device as the start of the new space opera.
Fifties and sixties space opera, I have no idea about.
Re: Old British Space Opera
Consider Phlebas was a joke because despite being the begining of the new space opera it is no spring chicken. Interestingly Locus, in their space opera special last year, fingered The Centauri Device as the start of the new space opera.
Fifties and sixties space opera, I have no idea about.
An article on the evolution of space opera.