Space Opera (1974 anthology)

Space Opera is a 1974 anthology of classic science fiction short stories edited by Brian Aldiss.

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)
 * "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)
 * "Exile Is Our Lot" (Brian W. Aldiss)
 * "Breaking Point" (1953) (James E. Gunn) (appeared in Futura edition only)
 * "Colony" (1953) (Philip K. Dick) (did not appear in Futura edition)
 * 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)
 * "Envoi" (Brian W. Aldiss)