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			<title><![CDATA[Why Is Space Opera Unsung?]]></title>
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				<em>The New Space Opera</em>, a recent anthology edited by Gardner Dozois and Jonathan Strahan, was supposed to testify to the resurgent vitality of the space-opera sub-genre. Instead, it showcases a new space-opera canon that's listless and cut off from the mainstream, argues reviewer Alan DeNiro in <em>Rain Taxi</em>. Find out why the space-opera renaissance doesn't make DeNiro want to sing, and why his review sparked a soul-searching discussion among the authors, below the fold. 				<a href="http://io9.com/377445/why-is-space-opera-unsung" title="Click here to read more about Why Is Space Opera Unsung?">More&nbsp;&raquo;</a>
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			<category><![CDATA[The New Space Opera]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Alan DeNiro]]></category>
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			<category><![CDATA[Paul McAuley]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[space opera]]></category>
			<pubDate><![CDATA[Tue, 08 Apr 2008 12:00:00 PDT]]></pubDate>
			<dc:creator><![CDATA[Charlie Jane Anders]]></dc:creator>
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