User blog comment:Matt Hadick/Guided Tour: Space Opera/@comment-65.130.140.81-20130821064116/@comment-4712589-20130821210900

I have to agree with Brandon. The works of the stated authors may have satisfied previous definitions of Space Opera and may have been placed significant roles unto making Space Opera what it is today. But their works do not fit the modern understanding/specification of what Space Opera - and so, their work is what I would call good science fiction, but not Space Opera.