{"product_id":"the-new-space-opera-9780060846756","title":"The New Space Opera","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWinner of the Locus Award, from award-winning and nominated editors Gardner Dozois and Jonathan Strahan, a stellar collection of the grandest, most cutting-edge epic stories in science fiction's biggest genre--all never-before-published--by it's most revereds practitioners and most promising newcomers.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eContributors include Stephen Baxter - Greg Bear - Gregory Benford - Tony Daniel - Greg Egan - Peter F. Hamilton - M. John Harrison - James Patrick Kelly - Nancy Kress - Ken Macleod - Ian McDonald - Alastair Reynolds - Robert Silverberg - Dan Simmons - Michael Swanwick - Walter Jon Williams \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhat sets space opera apart from other fiction is its sheer scale: it is an exuberant celebration of the very large and the very small, of the very old and the very new, of the vast, panoramic instant we live in; the instant in which everything that went before melds with everything yet to be. It is \u003cem\u003eStar Wars\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eBattlestar Galactica\u003c\/em\u003e. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e The only book of its kind, \u003cem\u003eThe New Space Opera\u003c\/em\u003e brings together for the first time the generation of writers who spawned and embody the \"new space opera, \" aswell as other talents destined to join their ranks. Going beyond everything that has come before, this fresh, visionary anthology is essential reading for every science fiction fan.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eDozois, Gardner:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cp\u003eGardner Dozois is a highly esteemed author and Hugo Award-winning editor of several SF anthologies and, for twenty years, \u003cem\u003eAsimov's Science Fiction\u003c\/em\u003e magazine.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eStrahan, Jonathan:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cp\u003eJonathan Strahan has co-edited \u003cem\u003eThe Year's Best Australian Science Fiction and Fantasy\u003c\/em\u003e series of anthologies for HarperCollins Australia, co-edits the \u003cem\u003eScience Fiction: The Best of\u003c\/em\u003e . . . and \u003cem\u003eFantasy: The Best of\u003c\/em\u003e . . . anthology series with Karen Haber for Simon \u0026amp; Schuster\/ibooks, edits the \u003cem\u003eBest Short Novels\u003c\/em\u003e anthology series for the Doubleday Science Fiction Book Club, and co-edited \u003cem\u003eThe Locus Awards\u003c\/em\u003e for Eos with Charles N. Brown. He is also the Reviews Editor for \u003cem\u003eLocus: The Magazine of the Science Fiction and Fantasy Fields\u003c\/em\u003e, and reviews for the magazine regularly. He is currently working on \u003cem\u003eThe New Space Opera II\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Harper Voyager","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50543352906002,"sku":"9780060846756","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_647b066a-1a9d-4add-a03d-ecc37817cf36.jpg?v=1731507194","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-new-space-opera-9780060846756","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}