Ann Leckie / Becky Chambers / Alastair Reynolds / T. Kingfisher / Charlie Jane Anders / Anya Johanna DeNiro / Yoon Ha Lee / Lavie Tidhar / Tobias S. Buckell / Arkady Martine / Aliette de Bodard / Seth Dickinson / Karin Tidbeck The 2024 World Fantasy Award-winning editor Jonathan Strahan (The Best Science Fiction of the Year series) presents the quintessential guide to the exciting New Space Opera.
This skillfully curated, must-read volume gathers fifteen dramatic, newly classic interstellar adventures from some of the most highly acclaimed and popular speculative-fiction authors. "There is no better or more expert editor working in SF; impeccable taste, great range, excellent choices. The clones of "All the Colors You Thought Were Kings," about to attend their coming-of-age ceremony, are also plotting treason.
During "A Temporary Embarrassment in Spacetime," two outlaws go on the run after stealing a device from a space cult. Take a faster-than-light trip to the future. Discover where memes rise and fall in moments.
Here are the new and adventurous takes on interplanetary battles, sentient starships, and galactic intrigue. This must-read volume gathers fifteen dramatic, newly classic stories from some of the most highly acclaimed speculative authors.