Virtual Space Opera Anthology

Over at Black Gate, Richard Horton lists three "Best of 2007" anthologies, including one focusing on "space opera". Although he says the book has been cancelled, the full contents would have been:

• David Moles, "Finisterra" (F&SF, December)
• John Scalzi, "Pluto Tells All" (Subterranean, Spring)
• Richard A. Lovett, "The Sands of Titan", (Analog, June)
• Ken MacLeod, "Who's Afraid of Wolf 359?" (The New Space Opera)
• Charles Stross, "Trunk and Disorderly" (Asimov’s, January)
• Gareth L. Powell, "Six Lights Off Green Scar" (Infinity Plus)
• Jayme Lynn Blaschke, "The Final Voyage of La Riaza" (Interzone, June)
• C. W. Johnson, "Icarus Beach" (Analog, December)
• Robert Reed, "The Caldera of Good Fortune" (Asimov’s, Oct/Nov)
• Jay Lake, "The Fly and Die Ticket", (Subterranean, Fall)
• Dan Simmons, "Muse of Fire" (The New Space Opera)

There are some good names (and good stories) on that list, and it would have been an honour to have been included, if the anthology had made it to print.

Best Space Opera

On the Asmiov's forum, editor Rich Horton has posted the proposed table of contents for a new "Best Space Opera of the Year" anthology, including my short story "Six Lights Off Green Scar".

Unfortunately, he also says the book has been cancelled...

Space Opera

"Science fiction is a big muscular horny creature, with a mass of bristling antennae and proprioceptors on its skull. It has a small sister, a gentle creature with red lips and a dash of stardust in her hair. Her name is Space Opera."

- Brian Aldiss, from the introduction to 'Space Opera' (1974)