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| Editor | Brian Aldiss | 
|---|---|
| Cover artist | Eddie Jones | 
| Country | United States | 
| Language | English | 
| Genre | Science fiction | 
| Publisher | Futura | 
Publication date  | August 1974 | 
| Media type | Print (hardback & paperback) | 
| Pages | 324 | 
| ISBN | 978-0-86007-058-0 | 
Space Opera is a 1974 anthology of classic science fiction short stories edited by Brian Aldiss.[1]
Contents
- "Introduction" (Brian W. Aldiss)
 - "Is Everything an Illusion?" (Brian W. Aldiss)
 - "Zirn Left Unguarded, the Jenghik Palace in Flames, Jon Westerley Dead" (1972) (Robert Sheckley)
 - "Honeymoon in Space" (excerpt from A Honeymoon in Space) (1901) (George Griffith)
 - "The Red Brain" (1927) (Donald Wandrei) (appeared in Futura edition only)[1][2]
 - "Tonight the Sky Will Fall" (1952) (Daniel F. Galouye)
 - "Precipices of Light That Went Forever Up ...." (Brian W. Aldiss)
 - "The Star of Life" (excerpt) (1947) (Edmond Hamilton)
 - "After Ixmal" (1962) (Jeff Sutton)
 - "Sea Change" (1956) (Thomas N. Scortia)[3]
 - "Exile Is Our Lot" (Brian W. Aldiss)
 - "Breaking Point" (1953) (James E. Gunn) (appeared in Futura edition only)[1][2]
 - "Colony" (1953) (Philip K. Dick) (did not appear in Futura edition)[1][2]
 - The Sword of Rhiannon (excerpt) (1949) (Leigh Brackett)
 - "All Summer in a Day" (1954) (Ray Bradbury)
 - "The Mitr" (1953) (Jack Vance)
 - "The Godlike Machines" (Brian W. Aldiss)
 - "The Storm" (1943) (A. E. van Vogt)
 - "The Paradox Men" (1949) (Charles Harness)
 - "Time Fuze" (1954) (Randall Garrett)
 - "The Last Question" (1956) (Isaac Asimov)
 - "Answer" (1954) (Fredric Brown) (appeared in Futura edition only)[1][2]
 - "Envoi" (Brian W. Aldiss)
 
References
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