The brightest names in science fiction pen all-new tales of space and wonder.
Contents
1 • Introduction (The New Space Opera) • (2007) • essay by Gardner Dozois and Jonathan Strahan
6 • Saving Tiamaat • (2007) • shortstory by Gwyneth Jones
24 • Verthandi’s Ring • (2007) • shortstory by Ian McDonald
39 • Hatch • [The Great Ship Universe] • (2007) • shortstory by Robert Reed
66 • Winning Peace • (2007) • novelette by Paul J. McAuley
88 • Glory • (2007) • novelette by Greg Egan
112 • Maelstrom • (2007) • novelette by Kage Baker
143 • Blessed by an Angel • (2007) • shortstory by Peter F. Hamilton
158 • Who’s Afraid of Wolf 359? • shortstory by Ken MacLeod
170 • The Valley of the Gardens • (2007) • novelette by Tony Daniel
202 • Dividing the Sustain • (2007) • novelette by James Patrick Kelly
234 • Minla’s Flowers • [Merlin [4] • 2] • (2007) • novella by Alastair Reynolds
291 • Splinters of Glass • (2007) • novelette by Mary Rosenblum
316 • Remembrance • (2007) • shortstory by Stephen Baxter
334 • The Emperor and the Maula • (2007) • novelette by Robert Silverberg
379 • The Worm Turns • (2007) • shortstory by Gregory Benford
401 • Send Them Flowers • (2007) • novelette by Walter Jon Williams
436 • Art of War • shortstory by Nancy Kress
454 • Muse of Fire • (2007) • novella by Dan Simmons