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Space Opera (1974 anthology)

FieldValue
nameSpace Opera
imageFile:Space Opera (1974 anthology).jpg
captionFirst edition
editorBrian Aldiss
cover_artistEddie Jones
countryUnited States
languageEnglish
genreScience fiction
publisherFutura
pub_dateAugust 1974
media_typePrint (hardback & paperback)
pages324
isbn978-0-86007-058-0

Space Opera is a 1974 anthology of classic science fiction short stories edited by Brian Aldiss.

Contents

  • "Introduction" (Brian W. Aldiss)
  • "Is Everything an Illusion?" (Brian W. Aldiss)
  • "Zirn Left Unguarded, the Jenghik Palace in Flames, Jon Westerley Dead" (1972) (Robert Sheckley)
  • "Honeymoon in Space" (excerpt from A Honeymoon in Space) (1901) (George Griffith)
  • "The Red Brain" (1927) (Donald Wandrei) (appeared in Futura edition only)
  • "Tonight the Sky Will Fall" (1952) (Daniel F. Galouye)
  • "Precipices of Light That Went Forever Up ...." (Brian W. Aldiss)
  • "The Star of Life" (excerpt) (1947) (Edmond Hamilton)
  • "After Ixmal" (1962) (Jeff Sutton)
  • "Sea Change" (1956) (Thomas N. Scortia)
  • "Exile Is Our Lot" (Brian W. Aldiss)
  • "Breaking Point" (1953) (James E. Gunn) (appeared in Futura edition only)
  • "Colony" (1953) (Philip K. Dick) (did not appear in Futura edition)
  • The Sword of Rhiannon (excerpt) (1949) (Leigh Brackett)
  • "All Summer in a Day" (1954) (Ray Bradbury)
  • "The Mitr" (1953) (Jack Vance)
  • "The Godlike Machines" (Brian W. Aldiss)
  • "The Storm" (1943) (A. E. van Vogt)
  • "The Paradox Men" (1949) (Charles Harness)
  • "Time Fuze" (1954) (Randall Garrett)
  • "The Last Question" (1956) (Isaac Asimov)
  • "Answer" (1954) (Fredric Brown) (appeared in Futura edition only)
  • "Envoi" (Brian W. Aldiss)

References

References

  1. [http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/pl.cgi?SPCPRJWDBK1975 Internet Science Fiction Database, Space Opera, Futura Edition]
  2. [http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/title.cgi?34976 Internet Science Fiction Database, Bibliography, Space Opera]
  3. [http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/title.cgi?55776 Thomas N. Scortia, The Internet Speculative Fiction Database]
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