Bibliograph

Infinite stars, dark frontiers, the definitive anthology of space opera, edited by Bryan Thomas Schmidt

Type

Label

Infinite stars, dark frontiers, the definitive anthology of space opera, edited by Bryan Thomas Schmidt

Language

eng

Index

no index present

Literary Form

short stories

Main title

Infinite stars, dark frontiers

Oclc number

1242782364

Responsibility statement

edited by Bryan Thomas Schmidt

Series statement

Kris Longknife Series, bk. 18.5

Sub title

the definitive anthology of space opera

Summary

"The definitive collection of explorers and soldiers, charting the dark frontiers of our expanding universe. Amongst the infinite stars we find epic sagas of wars, tales of innermost humanity, and the most powerful of desires - our need to create a better world. The second volume of seminal short science fiction, featuring twenty-six new stories from series such as Wayfarers, Confederation, The Lost Fleet, Waypoint Kangaroo, Ender, Dream Park, the Polity and more

Table Of Contents

Introduction: Swords and spaceships and cyborgs, O My! / David Weber -- The lost fleet: Ishigaki / Jack Campbell -- Wayfarers: a good heretic / Becky Chambers -- Misfit aka "Cosmic Construction Corps" / Robert Heinlein -- A thousand worlds: a beast for Norn (Haviland Tuf) / George R.R. Martin -- Skipjack: the devil in the details / Susan R. Matthews -- Ender's game: messenger / Orson Scott Card -- Lensmen: the vortex blaster / Edward E. "Doc" Smith -- Confederation: first in / Tanya Huff -- Kangaroo: fire in the pocket / Curtis C. Chen -- Frontier ABCs / Seanan McGuire -- Liaden: dark secrets / Sharon Lee and Steve Miller -- Dream Park: the lady or the tiger / Larry Niven and Steven Barnes -- Earthman, come home / James Blish -- A special kind of morning / Gardner Dozois -- Respect / David Farland -- Kris Longknife: boot recruit / Mike Shepherd -- Northwest Smith: Shambleau / C.L. Moore -- Polity: the veteran / Neal Asher -- Grunt: the end-of-the-world bowling league / Weston Ochse -- Fremont's children: death, butterflies, and makers of war / Brenda Cooper -- Pip and Flinx: sideshow / Alan Dean Foster -- Diving: Lieutenant Tightass / Kristine Kathryn Rusch -- Saga of seven suns: feet of clay / Kevin J. Anderson -- Bolo: the traitor / David Weber -- Rescue party / Arthur C. Clarke -- Cold sleep / C.J. Cherryh

Target audience

adult

Classification