Space Opera (1974 anthology)

For the 1996 anthology edited by Anne McCaffrey and Elizabeth Scarborough, see Space Opera (1996 anthology).

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

Space Opera

First edition
Editor	Brian Aldiss
Cover artist	Eddie Jones
Language	English
Genre	Science fiction
Publisher	Futura
Publication date	August 1974
Publication place	United States
Media type	Print (hardback & paperback)
Pages	324
ISBN	978-0-86007-058-0

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) (1901) (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)