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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 813.0876608
EAN: 9780060846756
ISBN: 0060846755
Label: Eos
Manufacturer: Eos
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 528
Publication Date: June 01, 2007
Publisher: Eos
Release Date: June 12, 2007
Sales Rank: 480842
Studio: Eos

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The brightest names in science fiction pen all-new tales of space and wonder:

Kage Baker
Stephen Baxter
Gregory Benford
Tony Daniel
Greg Egan
Peter F. Hamilton
Gwyneth Jones
James Patrick Kelly
Nancy Kress
Ken Macleod
Paul J. McAuley
Ian McDonald
Robert Reed
Alastair Reynolds
Mary Rosenblum
Robert Silverberg
Dan Simmons
Walter Jon Williams

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Average Rating: out of 5 stars

Rating:

- More for fans than for newcomers
While this anthology may appear to be aimed at newcomers to the genre (or subgenre), I doubt that newcomers will get as much out of it as fans who have already read a good deal of the material referred to here as "the new space opera." Why? Many of the stories take place in universes already visited by the authors. The degree of integration with earlier work varies; Gwyneth Jones' so-so story "Saving Tiaamat," takes place in the same universe as her WHITE QUEEN novel and its sequels, but does not involve the "Aleutians" or any earlier characters. Peter F. Hamilton's barely-readable "Blessed by an Angel" takes place in the same universe as PANDORA'S STAR and requires some knowledge of that universe but doesn't seem to add much. (It does, however, strengthen my opinion that Hamilton is a dreadful writer.) In contrast, Robert Reed's adventure-packed "Hatch" takes place on the surface of the "Great Ship" introduced in ... Read More

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- Disappointed
I'm a big sci fi fan, especially space opera. However, I was disappointed in the stories in this book. I disliked most of them. Many didn't even interest me to go past the first couple pages; I ended up skimming to the end. Also, several of them weren't space opera in my opinion.

However, the stories I did like, I liked very much. These were: Paul J. McAuley's "Winning Peace," Greg Egan's "Glory," Mary Rosenblum's "Splinters of Glass," Nancy Kress's "Art of War."

Rating:

- Just OK
I wanted to like this much more than I did while reading it. In fact I left it unfinished at my mom's rather than pack it for the return flight. In fairness it is possible I expected too much from the title and my expectation of what the genre should be.

Rating:

- The best are the stories from Silverberg and Reynolds
By reading the short stories and novellas in this volume, one quickly realizes that the term "space opera" is used rather broadly. Here's my synopsis of the stories (and some general observations along the way):

"Saving Tiamaat," "Verthandi's Ring" & "Hatch": I don't really know, because I found them so convoluted that I didn't finish them. Some of the authors of these stories introduce the reader to a slew of aliens, alien civilizations, and future technologies in a few pages, where maybe a 50 page introduction to a 300 or so page book would be adequate.

"Winning Peace": Not bad, but could have used a longer treatment. A common theme in this volume seems to be the situation where one group of humans (or aliens) subjugate another group of humans, who find some means of revenge in the end.

"Glory": There are so many things going on in this story, that I'm not sure why the ... Read More

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