false 410177 4 399462 book 1 6 2007 The New Space Opera total:59|5:8|4:32|3:16|2:3|1:0| 59 222 148 18 410177 0060846755 9780060846756 57 18 3.76 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1174508878m/410177.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/410177.The_New_Space_Opera 4 1 false Sat Jan 03 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Mon Jan 05 07:47:27 -0800 2009 Mon Jan 05 07:47:27 -0800 2009
The term "new space opera" -- like other trendy genre labels of recent decades such as "cyberpunk" and "slipstream" -- seems all too vaguely defined. In this case perhaps it's little more than a marketing tag, or to be more generous, "...more...]]> 410177 0060846755 9780060846756 57 18 3.76 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1174508878m/410177.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/410177.The_New_Space_Opera 0 0 false Tue Nov 03 19:05:39 -0800 2009 Tue Nov 03 19:11:51 -0800 2009
Basically, the New Space Opera would feel like the Old Hard Science Fiction if not for the foreward...more...]]> 410177 0060846755 9780060846756 57 18 3.76 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1174508878m/410177.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/410177.The_New_Space_Opera 5 0 false Wed Feb 11 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sat Feb 07 17:43:38 -0800 2009 Wed Feb 11 19:24:52 -0800 2009
I'm now about 2/3rds of the way through, and most of the stories are excellent. I've picked up a few new-to-me author's names to read more- alwa...more...]]> 410177 0060846755 9780060846756 57 18 3.76 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1174508878m/410177.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/410177.The_New_Space_Opera 3 5 false Wed Dec 10 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Fri Mar 27 10:32:59 -0700 2009 Tue Jul 21 11:01:40 -0700 2009 more...]]> 410177 0060846755 9780060846756 57 18 3.76 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1174508878m/410177.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/410177.The_New_Space_Opera 3 0 false Thu Nov 06 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Fri Mar 28 04:57:30 -0700 2008 Thu Nov 06 20:53:10 -0800 2008 1 more...]]> 410177 0060846755 9780060846756 57 18 3.76 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1174508878m/410177.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/410177.The_New_Space_Opera 4 0 false Fri Aug 03 10:31:06 -0700 2007 Fri Aug 03 10:31:19 -0700 2007
Space opera has been defined as "colorful action-adventure stories of interplanetary or interstellar conflict." These new, never before published stories are tales of aliens and alien cultures, not j...more...]]> 410177 0060846755 9780060846756 57 18 3.76 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1174508878m/410177.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/410177.The_New_Space_Opera 3 0 false Sat Dec 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Sun Nov 25 19:32:22 -0800 2007 Sun Dec 30 20:34:29 -0800 2007 more...]]> 410177 0060846755 9780060846756 57 18 3.76 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1174508878m/410177.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/410177.The_New_Space_Opera 4 0 false Fri Dec 12 18:19:12 -0800 2008 Fri Dec 12 18:22:48 -0800 2008 410177 0060846755 9780060846756 57 18 3.76 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1174508878m/410177.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/410177.The_New_Space_Opera 3 0 false Sat Jul 18 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Jul 21 11:12:59 -0700 2009 Tue Jul 21 11:47:46 -0700 2009 410177 0060846755 9780060846756 57 18 3.76 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1174508878m/410177.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/410177.The_New_Space_Opera 4 0 false Thu Mar 13 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Wed Apr 15 08:40:16 -0700 2009 Wed Apr 15 08:41:52 -0700 2009
As to be expected from Dozois, the editing is tight and entertaining.]]> 410177 0060846755 9780060846756 57 18 3.76 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1174508878m/410177.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/410177.The_New_Space_Opera 3 0 false Mon Jul 20 08:36:03 -0700 2009 Fri Aug 07 06:20:15 -0700 2009 more...]]> 410177 0060846755 9780060846756 57 18 3.76 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1174508878m/410177.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/410177.The_New_Space_Opera 3 0 false Wed Feb 18 09:10:31 -0800 2009 Wed Feb 18 09:10:31 -0800 2009 http://nethspace.blogspot.com/2007/08/ne...]]> 410177 0060846755 9780060846756 57 18 3.76 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1174508878m/410177.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/410177.The_New_Space_Opera 4 0 false Tue Nov 17 10:32:42 -0800 2009 Tue Nov 17 10:33:57 -0800 2009 410177 0060846755 9780060846756 57 18 3.76 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1174508878m/410177.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/410177.The_New_Space_Opera 4 0 false Sun Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Mon Sep 24 19:35:05 -0700 2007 Mon Sep 24 19:38:37 -0700 2007 more...]]> 410177 0060846755 9780060846756 57 18 3.76 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1174508878m/410177.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/410177.The_New_Space_Opera 4 0 false Thu Oct 23 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Tue Oct 14 11:43:54 -0700 2008 Fri Oct 24 09:00:28 -0700 2008
Having finished I must say that forging my way through the first couple of stories in this anthology was well worth it. I didn't even finish a couple of them but the last 75% of the b...more...]]> 410177 0060846755 9780060846756 57 18 3.76 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1174508878m/410177.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/410177.The_New_Space_Opera 3 0 false Sat Jul 26 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sat Jul 26 08:18:10 -0700 2008 Sat Jul 26 08:19:13 -0700 2008 410177 0060846755 9780060846756 57 18 3.76 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1174508878m/410177.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/410177.The_New_Space_Opera 0 0 false Sun Mar 16 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sun Mar 02 15:26:46 -0800 2008 Thu Aug 28 06:05:50 -0700 2008 410177 0060846755 9780060846756 57 18 3.76 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1174508878m/410177.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/410177.The_New_Space_Opera 0 0 false Fri Aug 22 03:32:57 -0700 2008 Fri Aug 22 03:32:57 -0700 2008 410177 0060846755 9780060846756 57 18 3.76 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1174508878m/410177.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/410177.The_New_Space_Opera 0 0 false Wed Dec 02 07:00:47 -0800 2009 Wed Dec 02 07:00:47 -0800 2009 410177 0060846755 9780060846756 57 18 3.76 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1174508878m/410177.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/410177.The_New_Space_Opera 0 0 false Wed Nov 18 16:56:29 -0800 2009 Wed Nov 18 16:56:29 -0800 2009 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=6034664