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New Adventures in Space Opera
About This Book
Ann Leckie / Becky Chambers / Alastair Reynolds / T. Kingfisher / Charlie Jane Anders / Anya Johanna DeNiro / Yoon Ha Lee / Lavie Tidhar / Tobias S. Buckell / Arkady Martine / Aliette de Bodard / Seth Dickinson / Karin Tidbeck Award-winning Australian science-fiction editor Jonathan Strahan (The Best Science Fiction of the Year series) presents the quintessential guide to the exciting New Space Opera. This skillfully curated, must-read volume gathers fifteen dramatic, newly classic interstellar adventures from some of the most highly acclaimed and popular speculative-fiction authors. " There is no better or more expert editor working in SF; impeccable taste, great range, excellent choices. Anyone interested in space opera will want to buy New Adventures in Space Opera."
â Adam Roberts, author of The This In "Zen and the Art of Starship Maintenance, " a cloud-based contractor finds a human war criminal clinging to the hull of the ship. The clones of "All the Colors You Thought Were Kings, " about to attend their coming-of-age ceremony, are also plotting treason. During "A Temporary Embarrassment in Spacetime, " two outlaws go on the run after stealing a device from a space cult.Take a faster-than-light trip to the future. Discover where memes rise and fall in moments. Here are the new and adventurous takes on interplanetary battles, sentient starships, and galactic intrigue. This must-read volume gathers fifteen dramatic, newly classic stories from some of the most highly acclaimed speculative authors.
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- Praise for New Adventures in Space Opera
- Also edited by Jonathan Strahan
- A Note from the Publisher About Piracy
- Table of Contents
- From the New Space Opera to Here . . .
- Zen and the Art of Starship Maintenance
- Extracurricular Activities
- All the Colors You Thought Were Kings
- Belladonna Nights
- Metal Like Blood in the Dark
- A Temporary Embarrassment in Spacetime
- Immersion
- Morrigan in the Sunglare
- The Old Dispensation
- A Good Heretic
- A Voyage to Queensthroat
- The Justified
- Planetstuck
- The Last Voyage of Skidbladnir
- Acknowledgements
- About the Contributors
- About the Editor