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A review by henryarmitage
The Space Opera Renaissance by David G. Hartwell, Kathryn Cramer
4.0
This is a weighty tome containing several novella-length works.
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The only thing I didn't read was [a:Iain Banks|7628|Iain Banks|https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1374456581p2/7628.jpg]' "A Gift From The Culture" which I read less than two years ago in [b:The State of the Art|5510904|The State of the Art (Culture, #4)|Iain M. Banks|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1353259438l/5510904._SY75_.jpg|1280581].
There's a version of [a:Donald Kingsbury|127931|Donald Kingsbury|https://s.gr-assets.com/assets/nophoto/user/m_50x66-82093808bca726cb3249a493fbd3bd0f.png]'s "The Survivor" from [b:Man-Kzin Wars IV|378692|Man-Kzin Wars IV (Man-Kzin Wars, #4)|Larry Niven|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1387755362l/378692._SY75_.jpg|211535]. I have read this before but it was long enough ago that I was able to enjoy the re-read. In fact, this left me wanting to read the whole series again. Great series! [a:Larry Niven|12534|Larry Niven|https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1182720933p2/12534.jpg] had a real gift for inventing plausible alien races.
I really liked "Escape Route" by [a:Peter Hamilton|4162652|Peter Hamilton|https://s.gr-assets.com/assets/nophoto/user/u_50x66-632230dc9882b4352d753eedf9396530.png], "The Remoras" by [a:Robert Reed|57814|Robert Reed|https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1455117424p2/57814.jpg], "Recording Angel" by [a:Paul McAuley|20433|Paul McAuley|https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1367680738p2/20433.jpg], "Grist" by [a:Tony Daniel|3346062|Tony Daniel|https://s.gr-assets.com/assets/nophoto/user/m_50x66-82093808bca726cb3249a493fbd3bd0f.png], "Spirey and the Queen" by [a:Alastair Reynolds|51204|Alastair Reynolds|https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1521740247p2/51204.jpg].
Broadened my understanding of the term Space Opera. I was kind of expecting a bunch of old stuff like the work of [a:E. E. "Doc" Smith|19753758|E. E. "Doc" Smith|https://s.gr-assets.com/assets/nophoto/user/u_50x66-632230dc9882b4352d753eedf9396530.png] but instead this collection takes us right through the cyberpunk and post-singularity fiction of the last decade.
Table of Contents
The only thing I didn't read was [a:Iain Banks|7628|Iain Banks|https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1374456581p2/7628.jpg]' "A Gift From The Culture" which I read less than two years ago in [b:The State of the Art|5510904|The State of the Art (Culture, #4)|Iain M. Banks|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1353259438l/5510904._SY75_.jpg|1280581].
There's a version of [a:Donald Kingsbury|127931|Donald Kingsbury|https://s.gr-assets.com/assets/nophoto/user/m_50x66-82093808bca726cb3249a493fbd3bd0f.png]'s "The Survivor" from [b:Man-Kzin Wars IV|378692|Man-Kzin Wars IV (Man-Kzin Wars, #4)|Larry Niven|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1387755362l/378692._SY75_.jpg|211535]. I have read this before but it was long enough ago that I was able to enjoy the re-read. In fact, this left me wanting to read the whole series again. Great series! [a:Larry Niven|12534|Larry Niven|https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1182720933p2/12534.jpg] had a real gift for inventing plausible alien races.
I really liked "Escape Route" by [a:Peter Hamilton|4162652|Peter Hamilton|https://s.gr-assets.com/assets/nophoto/user/u_50x66-632230dc9882b4352d753eedf9396530.png], "The Remoras" by [a:Robert Reed|57814|Robert Reed|https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1455117424p2/57814.jpg], "Recording Angel" by [a:Paul McAuley|20433|Paul McAuley|https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1367680738p2/20433.jpg], "Grist" by [a:Tony Daniel|3346062|Tony Daniel|https://s.gr-assets.com/assets/nophoto/user/m_50x66-82093808bca726cb3249a493fbd3bd0f.png], "Spirey and the Queen" by [a:Alastair Reynolds|51204|Alastair Reynolds|https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1521740247p2/51204.jpg].
Broadened my understanding of the term Space Opera. I was kind of expecting a bunch of old stuff like the work of [a:E. E. "Doc" Smith|19753758|E. E. "Doc" Smith|https://s.gr-assets.com/assets/nophoto/user/u_50x66-632230dc9882b4352d753eedf9396530.png] but instead this collection takes us right through the cyberpunk and post-singularity fiction of the last decade.