Space Opera (1996 anthology)

For the 1974 anthology edited by Brian Aldiss, see Space Opera (1974 anthology).

Space Opera is a 1996 anthology of science fiction short stories and novelettes edited by Anne McCaffrey and Elizabeth Scarborough.^[1][2]

Space Opera

Editor	Anne McCaffrey Elizabeth Scarborough
Cover artist	Jim Burns
Language	English
Genre	Science fiction
Publisher	DAW Books
Publication date	1996
Publication place	United States
Media type	Print (paperback)
Pages	400
ISBN	978-0-88677-714-2

Contents

• Introduction (Space Opera) • essay by Anne McCaffrey and Elizabeth Ann Scarborough
• Bird in the Hand • short story by Anne McCaffrey
• Calling Them Home • short story by Jody Lynn Nye
• Saskia • novelette by Charles de Lint
• Songchild • short story by Robin Wayne Bailey
• A Song of Strange Revenge • short story by Josepha Sherman
• Our Father's Gold • novelette by Elisabeth Waters
• Thunderbird Road • novelette by Leslie Fish
• Scarborough Fair • novelette by Elizabeth Ann Scarborough
• Soulfedge Rock • short story by Suzette Haden Elgin
• Ever After • short story by Paula Lalish
• The Impossible Place • short story by Alan Dean Foster
• A Hole in the Sky • short story by Margaret Ball
• Drift • novelette by Steven Brust
• Heavenside Song • short story by Warren Norwood
• Swan Song • shortstory by Lyn McConchie
• Space Station Annie • short story by Cynthia McQuillin
• Roundelay • shortstory by Mary C. Pangborn
• The Last Song of Sirit Byar • novelette by Peter S. Beagle
• To Drive the Cold Winter Away • short story by Marion Zimmer Bradley
• Bluesberry Jam • novelette by Gene Wolfe