Name: What are the Tropes of Space Opera?
Start: 2025-06-20T21:00:00-0400
End: 2025-06-20T22:00:00-0400

Friday June 20, 2025 9:00pm - 10:00pm EDT

CC - Ballroom E (Main Event Programming)

Sarah Hoyt moderates a discussion on the literary tropes of Space Opera.

Moderators

Sarah A. Hoyt

Sarah A. Hoyt writes... Almost everything. And has. But this last year she's been wrestling with a monstrous-size space opera. She lives with her husband and a plethora of cats. Sons and daughters-in-law sometimes visit. Sarah has published, she thinks, about fifty novels. She doesn't... Read More →

Guests

Mark Wandrey

International bestselling author of military sci-fi, space opera, and zombie apocalypse, Mark Wandrey is also the only 4 time DragonCon Dragon Award finalist! Newest Release - Winged Hussars: Andromeda - Book 9 in the 4HU Phoenix Initiative series, set in the Four Horsemen mil-sf... Read More →

Amy DuBoff

A.K. (Amy) DuBoff is an award-winning and USA Today bestselling indie author and screenwriter. She is a lifelong sci-fi and fantasy fan—and if it involves outer space, even better! Amy is most known for creating the acclaimed Cadicle Universe, which includes interconnected space... Read More →

Monalisa Foster

Monalisa is an award-winning science fiction author whose writing career really began when she taught herself English by translating Heinlein juveniles at the public library. She would copy sentences in English, translate them into Romanian, and then write out new words ten times... Read More →

Ian J. Malone

Ian J. Malone is the bestselling author of numerous works, including the MAKO space opera series and FREE BIRD RISING, the military scifi epic from the Four Horsemen Universe. Malone has written in a variety of arenas over the years, ranging from public health to news and sports... Read More →

Nick Braker

Nick A. Braker, sci-fi author, crafts thrilling space operas with vivid characters. A computer scientist, he enjoys table tennis and VR with his wife.

Friday June 20, 2025 9:00pm - 10:00pm EDT
CC - Ballroom E (Main Event Programming) Chattanooga Convention Center 1 Carter St, Chattanooga, TN 37402

Literary/Publishing, Panel

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