The New Space Opera 2

The New Space Opera 2: All-new stories of science fiction adventure

Editor	Gardner Dozois Jonathan Strahan
Country	United States
Language	English
Genre	Science fiction anthology
Publisher	HarperVoyager
Publication date	2009
Media type	Print (Paperback)
Pages	560 pp
ISBN	978-0-06-156235-8
Preceded by	The New Space Opera

The New Space Opera 2 (2009, ISBN 978-0-06-156235-8) is a science fiction anthology edited by Gardner Dozois and Jonathan Strahan. It was published in 2009, and includes all original stories selected to represent the genre of space opera. Five of the stories in the book were selected for the Locus recommended reading list for 2009.

This anthology follows the The New Space Opera which was published in 2007.

Contents

• Robert Charles Wilson: "Utriusque Cosmi"
• Peter Watts: "The Island"
• John Kessel: "Events Preceding the Helvetican Renaissance"
• Corey Doctorow: "To Go Boldly"
• John Barnes: "The Lost Princess Man"
• Kristine Kathryn Rusch: "Defect"
• Jay Lake: "To Raise a Mutiny Betwixt Yourselves"
• Neal Asher: "Shell Game"
• Garth Nix: "Punctuality"
• Sean Williams: "Inevitable"
• Bruce Sterling: "Join the Navy and See the Worlds"
• Bill Willingham: "Fearless Space Pirates of The Outer Rings"
• John Meaney: "From the Heart"
• Elizabeth Moon: "Chameleons"
• Tad Williams: "The Tenth Muse"
• Justina Robson: Cracklegrackle"
• John Scalzi: "The Tale of the Wicked"
• Mike Resnick: "Catastrophe Baker and A Canticle For Leibowitz"
• John C. Wright: "The Far End of History"