Space Opera

Space Opera, a new anthology series edited and presented by Rich Horton, the editor for Science Fiction: The Best of the Year and Fantasy: The Best of the Year, promises to span the whole wide range of a subgenre famous for its romantic adventure, extic settings, and larger-than-life characters-collecting the best space opera written in 2006 by some of the genre's greatest authors.“Finisterra” by David Moles (F&SF, December)“Pluto Tells All” by John Scalzi (Subterranean, Spring)“The Sands of Titan” by Richard A. Lovett (Analog, June)“Who’s Afraid of Wolf 359?” by Ken MacLeod (The New Space Opera)“Trunk and Disorderly” by Charles Stross (Asimov’s, January)“Six Lights Off Green Scar” by Gareth L. Powell (Infinity Plus)“The Final Voyage of La Riaza” by Jayme Lynn Blaschke (Interzone, June)“Icarus Beach” by C. W. Johnson (Analog, December)“The Caldera of Good Fortune” by Robert Reed (Asimov’s, Oct/Nov)“The Fly and Die Ticket” by Jay Lake (Subterranean, Fall)“Muse of Fire” by Dan Simmons (The New Space Opera) More than five-hundred pages, over one-quarter of a million words . . . Space Opera spans a vast range of epic interstellar adventure stories told against a limitless cosmos filled with exotic aliens, heroic characters, and incredible settings. A truly stellar compilation of tales from one of the defining streams of science fiction, old and new, written by a supernova of genre talent. More than 500 pages, over one-quarter of a million words - Space Opera spans a vast range of epic interstellar adventure stories told against a limitless cosmos filled with exotic aliens, heroic characters, and incredible settings. A truly stellar compilation of tales from one of the defining streams of science fiction, old and new, written by a supernova of genre talent An anthology series edited and presented by Rich Horton, the editor for "Science Fiction: The Best of the Year" and "Fantasy: The Best of the Year". It spans a range of a subgenre famous for its romantic adventure, exotic settings, and larger-than-life characters.