The New Space Opera

Winner of the Locus Award, from award-winning and nominated editors Gardner Dozois and Jonathan Strahan, a stellar collection of the grandest, most cutting-edge epic stories in science fiction''s biggest genre--all never-before-published--by it''s most revereds practitioners and most promising newcomers. Contributors include Stephen Baxter - Greg Bear - Gregory Benford - Tony Daniel - Greg Egan - Peter F. Hamilton - M. John Harrison - James Patrick Kelly - Nancy Kress - Ken Macleod - Ian McDonald - Alastair Reynolds - Robert Silverberg - Dan Simmons - Michael Swanwick - Walter Jon Williams What sets space opera apart from other fiction is its sheer scale: it is an exuberant celebration of the very large and the very small, of the very old and the very new, of the vast, panoramic instant we live in; the instant in which everything that went before melds with everything yet to be. It is Star Wars and Battlestar Galactica . The only book of its kind, The New Space Opera brings together for the first time the generation of writers who spawned and embody the "new space opera, " aswell as other talents destined to join their ranks. Going beyond everything that has come before, this fresh, visionary anthology is essential reading for every science fiction fan.

Product details

• Authors: Gardner Dozois, Jonathan Strahan
• Publisher: Harper Voyager US
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 26.08.2008
• EAN: 9780061350412
• ISBN: 978-0-06-135041-2
• No. of pages: 642
• Dimensions: 107 mm x 172 mm x 34 mm
• Subjects: Fiction > Science fiction, fantasy; FICTION: Literary, FICTION: War & Military, FICTION: Short Stories (single author), FICTION: Science Fiction / Hard Science Fiction, FICTION: Science Fiction / Space Opera, LITERARY COLLECTIONS: American / General, FICTION: Science Fiction / Alien Contact, FICTION: Science Fiction / Collections & Anthologies, FICTION: Science Fiction / Space Exploration, FICTION: Fantasy / Military