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The New Space Opera 2: All-new stories of science fiction adventure Paperback – June 30, 2009

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“An exceedingly fine set of stories written specifically for this collection by some of the best sf authors writing today.’
—Library Journal (starred review)

Following the success of their Locus Award-winning anthology The New Space Opera, editors Gardner Dozois and Jonathan Strahan now up the ante with The New Space Opera 2,new stories from some of the biggest names in science fiction’s biggest genre. With contributions from Cory Doctorow, Elizabeth Moon, Garth Nix, John Scalzi, Bruce Sterling, Tad Williams, and a host of other science fiction luminaries, The New Space Opera 2 is yet another “reminder of why science fiction captured the hearts and minds of generations of generations of readers” (Orson Scott Card).

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This solid follow-up anthology to 2007's The New Space Opera includes 19 new stories that show how far space opera has come since its pulp beginnings in the '30s and '40s. These entertaining and provocative tales of interstellar adventure, written by a laundry list of genre heavyweights, range from Mike Resnick's Catastrophe Baker and a Canticle for Leibowitz, a campy misadventure that follows a larger-than-life freelance hero on his quest to regain a musical theater producer's lost song, to John Meaney's From the Heart, set in his Nulapeiron universe, which revolves around spy Carl Blackstone and an unlikely—and surprisingly poignant—love story at the galactic core. The impressive diversity of stories reaffirms that soap opera is alive and well, and where some of the genre's most innovative writing is taking place. (July)
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“Dynamic and exciting, THE NEW SPACE OPERA is something new under an alien sun, an essential roadmap to the cutting edge of SF today.” — Charles Stross

“This anthology is a reminder of why science fiction captured the hearts and minds of generations of generations of readers.” — Orson Scott Card

“In sheer breathtaking, mind-expanding scope, this collection . . . delivers hours of exhilarating reading.” — Booklist

“Highly recommended!” — Greg Bear

“Dynamic and exciting, THE NEW SPACE OPERA is...an essential roadmap to the cutting edge of SF today...” — Charles Stross

“...Dozois and Strahan bring together some of the finest writers in the field...” — Vernor Vinge

“The roster of contributors includes some of contemporary sf’s brightest innovators… In sheer breathtaking, mind-expanding scope, this collection of some of the finest tale-spinning the subgenre has to offer delivers hours of exhilarating reading.” — Booklist

“One of the best anthologies ever assembled by this most prolific of science fiction editors....” — Joe Haldeman

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ASIN ‏ : ‎ 0061562351
Publisher ‏ : ‎ Harper Voyager; First Edition (June 30, 2009)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Paperback ‏ : ‎ 544 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 9780061562358
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0061562358
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 1.43 pounds
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 8.96 x 6 x 1.18 inches

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In 1984, Graduated from St. John's College in Annapolis, home of the "Great Books" program. In 1987, he graduated from the College and William and Mary's Law School (going from the third oldest to the second oldest school in continuous use in the United States), and was admitted to the practice of law in three jurisdictions (New York, May 1989; Maryland December 1990; DC January 1994). His law practice was unsuccessful enough to drive him into bankruptcy soon thereafter. His stint as a newspaperman for the St. Mary's Today was more rewarding spiritually, but, alas, also a failure financially. He presently works (successfully) as a writer in Virginia, where he lives in fairy-tale-like happiness with his wife, the authoress L. Jagi Lamplighter, and their four children: Pingping, Orville, Wilbur, and Just Wright.
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Isolatrix

A mixed bag of stories

Reviewed in the United States on March 27, 2014

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A mixed bag.

This collection was somewhat spotty for me, some good stories, a number of so-so's and a few duds.

Stories:
1. Utriusque Cosmi - Robert Anton Wilson
2. The Island - Peter Watts
3. Events Preceding the Helvetian Renaissance - John Kessel
4. To Go Boldly - Cory Doctorow
5. The Lost Princess man - John Barnes
6. Defect = Kristine Kathryn Rusch
7. To Raise a Mutiny Betwixt Yourselves - Jay Lake
8. Shell Game - Neil Asher
9. Punctuality - Garth Nix
10. Inevitable - Sean Williams
11. Join the Navy and See the Worlds - Bruce Sterling
12. Fearless Space Pirates of the Outer Rings - Bill Willingham
13. From the Heart - John Meaney
14. Chameleons - Elizabeth Moon
15. The Tenth Muse - John Williams
16. Cracklegrackle - Justina Robson
17. The Tale of the Wicked - John Scalzi
18. Catastrophe Baker and a Canticle for Leibowitz - Mike Resnick
19. The Far End of History - John C Wright

How you find these stories will depend on what you look for in space opera. My preference is not for classic space opera, but rather stories crafted in a wide universe, far in the future. Stories which are just set in this future, but whose protagonists are all to contemporary just do not work for me. Neither does technology that is used as stage props.

The stories I really liked were:-

The Island
Defect
To Raise a Mutiny Betwixt Yourselves
From the Heart
Chameleons
Cracklegrackle
The Far End of History

In particular, I really loved "The Far End of History", a story that strongly evoked a far future, glimpsed darkly, yet richly textured. I hope to read more of this future.

"Defect" was also one of my favorites, although this could have been included in any hard SF collection, not just a space opera themed one. "Cracklegrackle" was also very good, set in a very interesting solar system universe that I would like to read more about, with post humans and extensive body modifications.

Overall, not a bad read, but I think the mixed quality of the stories was just used to fluff out the collection so that it looked like good value on a pages/$ basis.

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AlexThoth

Great Read!

Reviewed in the United States on March 17, 2010

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I really enjoyed the 1st Space Opera collection and when this one came out I quickly bought it for my kindle. The standout stories for me are:
Utriusque Cosmi
The Lost Princess Man
Shell Game
The Tale of the Wicked

I didn't like Join the Navy and See Worlds and was at a loss as to why this story was included in a Space Opera collection aside from the fact that they use the term in the story.

Really looking forward to The New Space Opera 3!

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Steven Woodcock

On Okay Collection

Reviewed in the United States on December 5, 2012

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If you're a fan of space opera (as I am) you'll likely be both happy and dissatisfied with this book.

On the one hand there are some true gems in here that are *real* space opera--Mike Resnick's "Catastrophe Baker" is a fine example, as is Cory Doctorow's "To Go Boldly". Fast paced, tight narratives that have a different spin...good stuff.

On the other hand there are some stories that (for me) were either practically incomprehensible and/or just seemed out of place. I won't name them as your mileage may vary, but I found myself skipping to the end of more stories than I would have liked in a collection of this size.

An okay collection. Recommended if you're a true die-hard and/or don't mind separating the wheat from the chaff.

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L. A. Veronie II

Space Opera (without the soap...)

Reviewed in the United States on September 5, 2017

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Aside from a few fairly obvious "how did that manage to get included?" this collection truly delivers the goods. Space Opera as a genre has come into it's own from pulpy beginnings, and is now a staple of SF cutting edge literature. Pick this one up--it won't disappoint.

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Benedict J. Jackson

A collection of good reads

Reviewed in the United States on August 10, 2009

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Several years ago in one of the "Year's Best" summations, Gardner Dozois concluded that the defining characteristic of good Science Fiction was being a "good read". This is a fun collection of short stories set in big universes with solid plots. If you want more cerebral material, ambiguous morality or less fantastical futures then you should consider "Year's Best Science Fiction 25" (or any of the prior 24) instead. If you want to enjoy reading some clever adventure stories in space, this is the book for you.

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Great Stories!

Reviewed in the United States on January 23, 2014

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I love this genre of science fiction and this book was great. I've picked up several other Gardner Dozois edited compilations since reading this book and they have all been equally good. If you like 'hardcore' sci-fi, then this is the ticket!

Reviewed in the United States on September 19, 2018

Very good

great big stories.. IN SPAAACE!

Reviewed in the United States on April 10, 2014

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If you like Space Opera, you'll like this. Well worth the 4 dollars for the Kindle version, hours of mind-expanding stories.

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A Sense of Wonder Why They Came Back to the Well

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on June 11, 2015

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New Space Opera volume one, which I finished recently, left me entertained but underwhelmed. I couldn't escape the sinking feeling that I'd been hoodwinked by marketing spin, the brand appeal of a recognised name above a familiar, pre-existing title. The sort of thing that keeps Jennifer Anniston in film parts.

I really, really shouldn't have bought both volumes at the same time.

Aside from the obvious couple of big names - Neal Asher and Bruce Sterling, as well as clunking fantasy doorstopper Tad Williams - I don't think it's unfair to say that New Space Opera 2 is really the B-list outing.

I can at least honestly say that out of the gate the stories in volume two show much more - which is to say "some" - evidence of being New Space Opera. Opening story "The Island" features a creditable Big Dumb Object with recognisable elements of Deep Space and Deep Time, a contrary Ship Mind and a cast of wired-up blue-collar space grunts. Neal Asher's offering "Shell Game" reads more like his most recent work, so it's not his best, but you're never in doubt this is widescreen space adventure and he hits the same grubby, blue-collar aesthetic, includes a couple of augmented immortals, and plays on the Squids in Space thing which I'm never entirely sure is a running gag or has made the grade all the way up to meme.

The real stumbling block comes with material like Defect by remorseless mid-lister Kristine Kathryn Rusch. It's a novelised bottle episode of some forgotten seventies TV show. Her lead character sports a black tunic hemmed with silver foil and wanders the corridors of a lawless space station called "NetherRealm" - named, presumably, after a forgotten online fantasy MMOG. She's a deadly space assassin forced to confront the realities of motherhood when the evil SpaceCorp sends a second deadly space assassin - how many can there be? - to kill her cover identity's family. The characters and storytelling are weak, and it's barely space opera, let alone "New Space Opera".

The editors' introduction leaves a sour taste as they try to weasel round the issue of how widely volume one missed its sub-genre mark, and volume two has the same Trades Description credibility gap.

Some of the stories here waddle more convincingly, and some of the stories quack more in tune, but this isn't the book about ducks you're looking for.

Go and buy some Iain M. Banks.

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Entertaining

Reviewed in Germany on January 5, 2021

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A decent enough anthology!

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