The panel "Developments in Space Opera" at the ArmadilloCon 2005. Left to right: Chris Robertson, Charles Stross, Jim Minz, Damien Broderick, Jayme Lynn Blaschke. How many singularities have there been in the history of the humanity? Charles Stross counts them, while I silently wonder what does that have to do with space opera. :-) More about it in my blog: http://sfragments.blogspot.com/2005/08/armadillocon-2005-opening-ceremony-and.html#space_opera