The Space Opera Renaissance
by
David G. Hartwell and Kathryn Cramer
This 944 page hard cover Book Club Edition book is in Very Good condition. No writing, torn or folded pages. Spine and cover boards are clean and straight, binding is tight, corners are sharp. Dust jacket has light shelf wear.
World Fantasy Award-winning anthologists David G. Hartwell and Kathryn Cramer have compiled a definitive overview of Science Fiction, both as it was in the days of the pulp magazines, and as it has become since. Included are major works from genre progenitors like Jack Williamson and Leigh Brackett, stylish mid-century voices like Cordwainer Smith and Samuel R. Delany, popular favorites like David Drake, Lois McMaster Bujold, and Ursula K. Le Guin, and modern-day pioneers such as Iain M. Banks, Steven Baxter, Scott Westerfeld, and Charles Stross.
I. Redefined Writers
Edmond Hamilton: The Star Stealers
Jack Williamson: The Prince of Space
Leigh Brackett: Enchantress of Venus
Clive Jackson: The Swordsman of Varnis
II. Draftees (1960s)
Cordwainer Smith: The Game of Rat & Dragon
Samuel R. Delany: Empire Star
Robert Sheckley: Zirn Left Unguarded, the Jenjik Palace in Flames, Jon Westerly Dead
III. Transitions/Redefiners (late 1970s to late 1980s)
David Brin: Temptation
David Drake: Ranks of Bronze
Lois McMaster Bujold: Weatherman
Iain M. Banks: A Gift from the Culture
IV. Volunteers: Revisionaries (early 90s)
Dan Simmons: Orphans of the Helix
Colin Greenland: The Well Wishers
Peter Hamilton: Escape Route
David Weber: Ms Midshipwoman Harrington
Catherine Asaro: Aurora in Four Voices
R. Garcia y Robertson: Ring Rats
Allen Steele: The Death of Captain Future
V. Mixed Signals/ Mixed Categories (to the late 1990s)
Gregory Benford: A Worm in the Well
Donald Kingsbury: The Survivor
Sarah Zettel: Fools Errand
Ursula K. Le Guin: The Shobies Story
Robert Reed: The Remoras
Paul McAuley: Recording Angel
Steven Baxter: The Great Game
Michael Moorcock: Lost Sorceress of the Silent Citadel
Michael Kandel: Space Opera
VI. Next Wave/21st Century
Tony Daniel: Grist
Scott Westerfeld: The Movements of her Eyes
Alastair Reynolds: Spirey and the Queen
Charles Stross: Bear Trap
John Wright: Guest Law