Space Opera (1974 anthology)

Space Opera is a 1974 anthology of classic science fiction short stories edited by Brian Aldiss.^[1]

Contents

• Introduction (Space Opera) • (1973) • essay by Brian W. Aldiss
• A Honeymoon in Space (Excerpt) • (1900) • short fiction by George Griffith
• After Ixmal • (1962) • shortstory by Jeff Sutton
• All Summer in a Day • (1954) • shortstory by Ray Bradbury
• Answer • (1954) • short-shortstory by Fredric Brown (appeared in Futura edition only)^[1][2]
• Breaking Point • (1953) • novelette by James E. Gunn (appeared in Futura edition only)^[1][2]
• Colony • (1953) • novelette by Philip K. Dick (did not appear in Futura edition)^[1][2]
• Envoi • (1974) • essay by Brian W. Aldiss
• Exile Is Our Lot • (1974) • essay by Brian W. Aldiss
• Is Everything an Illusion? • (1974) • essay by Brian W. Aldiss
• Precipices of Light That Went Forever Up . . . . • (1974) • essay by Brian W. Aldiss
• Sea Change • (1956) • shortstory by Thomas N. Scortia^[3]
• The Godlike Machines • (1974) • essay by Brian W. Aldiss
• The Last Question • (1956) • shortstory by Isaac Asimov
• The Mitr • (1953) • shortstory by Jack Vance
• The Paradox Men • (1949) • novelette by Charles L. Harness
• The Red Brain • (1927) • shortstory by Donald Wandrei (appeared in Futura edition only)^[1][2]
• The Star of Life (Excerpt) • (1947) • short fiction by Edmond Hamilton
• The Storm • [Mixed Men] • (1943) • novelette by A. E. van Vogt
• The Sword of Rhiannon (Excerpt) • (1949) • novella by Leigh Brackett
• Time Fuze • (1954) • shortstory by Randall Garrett
• Tonight the Sky Will Fall! • [Tarl Brent] • (1952) • novella by Daniel F. Galouye
• Zirn Left Unguarded, the Jenghik Palace in Flames, Jon Westerly Dead • (1972) • short story by Robert Sheckley

References

1. 1 2 3 4 5 Internet Science Fiction Database, Space Opera, Futura Edition
2. 1 2 3 4 Internet Science Fiction Database, Bibliography, Space Opera
3. ↑ Thomas N. Scortia, The Internet Speculative Fiction Database