Space Opera (1974 anthology)

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

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) (1968) (George Griffith)
• "The Red Brain" (1927) (Donald Wandrei) (appeared in Futura edition only)^[1][2]
• "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)^[3]
• "Exile Is Our Lot" (Brian W. Aldiss)
• "Breaking Point" (1953) (James E. Gunn) (appeared in Futura edition only)^[1][2]
• "Colony" (1953) (Philip K. Dick) (did not appear in Futura edition)^[1][2]
• 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)^[1][2]
• "Envoi" (Brian W. Aldiss)

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