Adventure stories. FTL ships rocketing through space; the Space Guard keeping vessels safe from pirates; ray guns, BEMs, and damsels in distress. These are the stories I grew up on, and these are among the stories I still like to read.
Robert Heinlein. Isaac Asimov. E. E. “Doc” Smith. And, of course, Andre Norton. These are some of the people whose work I devoured growing up—and, in Andre’s case, whose new books I eagerly look forward to.
Space opera has changed a lot since the Golden Years of SF. The laws of science are followed more rigorously, for example (“modern” spaceships don’t bank when they turn), and the people in the stories tend to be more well-rounded, and even more flawed… more human, if you will. But the heart of space opera—the rousing sense of adventure, the strong pacing, the exotic settings, the larger-than-life issues—these haven’t changed. Or, if they’ve changed at all, they’ve only gotten better… as the stories in this anthology prove.
So sit back, turn the page, and enjoy… but before you do, you might want to buckle your seat belt, ‘cause it’s going to be a wild ride.
Larry Segriff
Contents
A SHOW OF FORCE by William H. Keith, Jr.
BLINDFOLD by Robin Wayne Bailey
WIPING OUT by Robert J. Sawyer
SMART WEAPON by Paul Levinson
PROCESSION TO VAR by Andre Norton
THE GEMINI TWINS by Paul Dellinger
THAT DOGGONE VNORPT by Nathan Archer
THE SILVER FLAME by Josepha Sherman
STARDUST by Jean Rabe
KEEPING SCORE by Michael A. Stackpole
ALLIANCES by Kristine Kathryn Rusch
A TIME TO DREAM by Dean Wesley Smith
ENDPOINT INSURANCE by Jane Lindskold
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