Publication: Space Opera

Publication: Space OperaPublication Record # 351574
Editor: Brian W. Aldiss
Date: 1975-00-00
ISBN: 0-86007-847-7 [978-0-86007-847-0]
Publisher: Futura
Price:
£0.60^?£: UK pound
Pages: 324
Format:
pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.
Type: ANTHOLOGY
Notes:
- First published in Great Britain in 1974/by Weidenfeld and Nicolson/First Futura Publications edition 1974/Reprinted 1975 on copyright page.
- "Publisher's printing history is incorrect, according to Whitaker's Cumulative Book List, which records the Orbit [Futura] edition as published in August 1974, followed by the Weidenfeld and Nicolson edition published in November 1974." - Currey
- This second Futura printing has the Orbit logo on front cover and spine, but Orbit is not mentioned inside.
- Cover shows Brian Aldiss as editor. The title page has Brian W. Aldiss.
- Cover artist is not credited, no visible signature.
- Same cover art as The Best from Fantasy and Science Fiction: 19th Series but signiature has been cropped.
- ISBN taken from the back cover. The copyright page has ISBN 0-8600-7058-1. This was for the first Futura printing.
- Other prices: Australia $2.00, New Zealand $2.00, Canada $2.50.
External IDs:
- OCLC/WorldCat: 872966709

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Anthology Title: Space Opera • (1974) • anthology by Brian W. Aldiss

Contents (view Concise Listing)

7 • Introduction (Space Opera) • (1974) • essay by Brian W. Aldiss
13 • Is Everything an Illusion? • (1974) • essay by Brian W. Aldiss
18 • Zirn Left Unguarded, the Jenghik Palace in Flames, Jon Westerley Dead • (1972) • short story by Robert Sheckley
23 • Honeymoon in Space (excerpt) • [Stories of Other Worlds] • (1968) • short fiction by George Griffith
31 • The Red Brain • (1927) • short story by Donald Wandrei
40 • Tonight the Sky Will Fall • [Tarl Brent] • (1952) • novella by Daniel F. Galouye (variant of Tonight the Sky Will Fall!)
107 • "Precipices of Light That Went Forever Up ...." • (1974) • essay by Brian W. Aldiss
111 • The Star of Life • (1947) • short story by Edmond Hamilton
127 • After Ixmal • (1962) • short story by Jeff Sutton
139 • Sea Change • (1956) • short story by Thomas N. Scortia
153 • Exile Is Our Lot • (1974) • essay by Brian W. Aldiss
158 • Breaking Point • (1953) • novelette by James E. Gunn
205 • The Sword of Rhiannon (Excerpt) • (1949) • short fiction by Leigh Brackett
220 • All Summer in a Day • [All Summer in a Day] • (1954) • short story by Ray Bradbury
226 • The Mitr • (1953) • short story by Jack Vance
233 • The Godlike Machines • (1974) • essay by Brian W. Aldiss
238 • The Storm • [Mixed Men] • (1943) • novelette by A. E. van Vogt
272 • The Paradox Men • (1949) • novelette by Charles L. Harness [as by Charles Harness]
304 • Time Fuze • (1954) • short story by Randall Garrett
309 • The Last Question • [Multivac] • (1956) • short story by Isaac Asimov
323 • Answer • (1954) • short story by Fredric Brown
324 • Envoi (Space Opera) • (1974) • essay by Brian W. Aldiss

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