Infinite stars : the definitive anthology of space opera and military SF

Format:

Book

Title:

Infinite stars : the definitive anthology of space opera and military SF

Uniform Title:

Infinite stars (Anthology)

ISBN:

9781785655937

9781785654589

Edition:

First edition.

Publication:

London [England] : Titan Books, a division of Titan Publishing Group Ltd., 2017.

Physical Description:

674 pages ; 25 cm

General Note:

Jacket illustration by Luca Oleastri.

Contents:

Space opera: an introduction / by Robert Silverberg -- Fleet school: Renegat / by Orson Scott Card -- Dune: The waters of Kanly / by Brian Herbert and Kevin J. Anderson -- Legion of the damned: The good shepherd / by William C. Dietz -- The game of rat and dragons / by Cordwainer Smith -- Miles Vorkosigan: The borders of infinity / by Lois McMaster Bujold -- Vatta's war: All in a day's work / by Elizabeth Moon -- Lightship chronicles: The last day of training / by Dave Bara -- Skolian empire: The wages of honor / by Catherine Asaro -- Binti / by Nnedi Okorafor -- Codominium: Reflex / by Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle -- How to be a barbarian in the late 25th century / by Jean Johnson -- Stark and the star kings / by Leigh Brackett and Edmond Hamilton -- Imperium imposter / by Jody Lynn Nye -- Red: Region five / by Linda Nagata -- Revelation space: Night passage / by Alastair Reynolds -- Duel on Syrtis / by Poul Anderson -- Starbridge: Twilight world / by A.C. Crispin -- Virtues of war: Twenty excellent reasons / by Bennett R. Coles -- The ship who sang / by Anne McCaffrey -- Caine Riordon: A taste of ashes / by Charles E. Gannon -- The iron star / by Robert Silverberg -- Lt. Leary: Cadet cruise / by David Drake -- The lost fleet: Shore patrol / by Jack Campbell -- Honorverse: Our sacred honor / by David Weber.

Summary:

Uncharted worlds, distant galaxies, and unknown threats lurking in the vastness of the cosmos ... travel to the farthest regions of space in this collection of original short stories. Written by many of today's finest authors, readers will find canonical tales of the Honorverse, the Lost Fleet, Dune, Vatta's War, Ender Wiggin, the Legion of the Damned, the Imperium, and more. Also included are past masterpieces by authors whose works defined the genre.

Subject(s):

Imaginary wars and battles -- Fiction.

Human-alien encounters -- Fiction.

Science fiction, American.

War stories, American.

Short stories, American.

Genre:

Science fiction, American.

War stories, American.

Short stories, American.

Added Author:

Schmidt, Bryan Thomas

Oleastri, Luca, 1963-

Container of (work): Silverberg, Robert. Space opera.

Container of (work): Card, Orson Scott. Renegat.

Container of (work): Herbert, Brian. Waters of Kanly.

Container of (work): Dietz, William C. Good shepherd.

Container of (work): Smith, Cordwainer, 1913-1966. Game of rat and dragon.

Container of (work): Bujold, Lois McMaster. Borders of infinity.

Container of (work): Moon, Elizabeth. All in a day's work.

Container of (work): Bara, Dave. Last day of training.

Container of (work): Asaro, Catherine. Wages of honor.

Container of (work): Okorafor, Nnedi. Binti.

Container of (work): Niven, Larry. Reflex.

Container of (work): Johnson, Jean, 1972- How to be a barbarian in the late 25th century.

Container of (work): Brackett, Leigh. Stark and the star kings.

Container of (work): Nye, Jody Lynn, 1957- Imperium imposter.

Container of (work): Nagata, Linda. Region five.

Container of (work): Reynolds, Alastair, 1966- Night passage.

Container of (work): Anderson, Poul, 1926-2001. Duel on Syrtis.

Container of (work): Crispin, A. C. Twilight world.

Container of (work): Coles, Bennett R., 1973- Twenty excellent reasons.

Container of (work): McCaffrey, Anne. Ship who sang (Novelette)

Container of (work): Gannon, Charles E. Taste of ashes.

Container of (work): Silverberg, Robert. Iron star.

Container of (work): Drake, David, 1945- Cadet cruise.

Container of (work): Campbell, Jack (Naval officer) Shore patrol.

Container of (work): Weber, David, 1952- Our sacred honor.

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Summary

The seductive thrill of uncharted worlds, of distant galaxies... and the unknown threats that lurk in the vastness of the cosmos. From Foundation to Lensman, Star Wars to Guardians of the Galaxy, space opera continues to exert its magnetic pull on us all.

INFINITE STARS

This is the definitive collection of original short stories by many of today's finest authors, writing brand new adventures set in their most famous series. Herein lie canonical tales of the Honorverse, the Lost Fleet, Dune, Vatta's War, Ender Wiggin, the Legion of the Damned, the Imperium, and more.
Also included are past masterpieces by authors whose works defined the genre, including a Miles Vorkosigan adventure, a story from the author of the Dragonriders of Pern, and a rare tale co-authored by the screenwriter for The Empire Strikes Back.
Nebula and Hugo Award winners, New York Times bestsellers, and Science Fiction Grand Masters--these authors take us to the farthest regions of space.

Author Notes

Brian Herbert is an author and the son of Frank Herbert, the creator of the Dune series.

Brian Herbert has had several stand-alone novels published but he is perhaps most well-known for his books that expand on his father's Dune novels. Written with author Kevin J. Anderson, these novels have been commercially successful and generally well received by the public.

Brian Herbert is the co-author of the Dune novels House Atreides, House Harkonnen, House Corrino, The Butlerian Jihad, The Machine Crusade, The Battle of Corrin, The Road To Dune, Hunters of Dune, Sandworms Of Dune, Paul Of Dune, The Winds Of Dune, and Sisterhood of Dune.

Brian Herbert has also edited several works relating to the Dune universe and to his father. In 2003, he authored Dreamer of Dune, the biography of Frank Herbert, a Hugo Award finalist nomination.

(Bowker Author Biography)

Reviews (4)

Publisher's Weekly Review

Space opera is celebrated in this capacious anthology with stories from a stellar lineup of its best contemporary practitioners. The 24 selections-which include classics from luminaries such as Robert Silverberg (who also contributes an informative historical introduction), Anne McCaffrey, Poul Anderson, and Cordwainer Smith, as well as 15 works original to this volume-illustrate the wide variety of themes that space opera can accommodate: galactic empire building across space and time in Leigh Brackett and Edmond Hamilton's "Stark and the Star Kings"; the peculiar lives of extraterrestrial fauna in Orson Scott Card's "Renegat" (a new episode in his long-running Ender saga); interstellar piracy in Elizabeth Moon's "All in a Day's Work"; cultural identity in Nnedi Okorafor's Hugo-winning "Binti"; and military adventures (a staple of the subgenre) in stories by Lois McMaster Bujold, David Drake, and Bennett R. Coles. Although these short stories don't always have the sweep and scope of novel-length works, the new episodes of several series-among them "The Waters of Kanly" by Brian Herbert and Kevin J. Anderson, set amid the events of Frank Herbert's landmark novel Dune-will make this book irresistible to space opera enthusiasts. (Oct.) © Copyright PWxyz, LLC. All rights reserved.

Kirkus Review

Fourteen new stories and 10 reprints, some of full novella length, hitching together two familiar themes, military science fiction and space opera.In his brief note, editor Schmidt conflates the two topics, believing that many readers find them indistinguishable, and leaves Robert Silverberg to discuss the matter in his historical introduction. The term "space opera," Silverberg writes, was coined by fan Wilson Tucker in 1941 and intended pejoratively; gradually the sting dissipated as science fiction began to transcend its pulp origins. We see this process reflected in the three oldest entries here: Poul Anderson's human hunter vs. intelligent alien prey, "Duel on Syrtis"; Cordwainer Smith's Hugo-winning "The Game of Rat and Dragon," in which telepathic humans and cats team up to destroy hyperspace predators; and Anne McCaffrey's seminal human brain-in-a-spaceship, "The Ship Who Sang." (None of the three, unsurprisingly, can remotely be classified as either military or space opera.) The new tales all derive from their authors' distinctive, established universes with highly developed settings, plots, and characters, making it difficult for newcomers to absorb much from a single story embedded in an unfamiliar saga. Orson Scott Card's tale introduces a new cycle spun off his endlessly intriguing Ender's Game child-warrior books. Brian Herbert and Kevin J. Anderson extend their neo-Dune chronicle with a story set during the action of Frank Herbert's original Dune. Alastair Reynolds offers a tale from his classic space opera Revelation Space. From Jack Campbell's Lost Fleet series we learn how Adm. "Black Jack" Geary got his nickname. Elizabeth Moon's tale from her generally impressive Vatta military-family saga bridges the prior novels and the new series opener (Cold Welcome, 2017). Other famous series represented here include a 1987 story from Lois McMaster Bujold's Miles Vorkosigan space opera and new entries from Catherine Asaro (Skolian Empire), Jody Lynn Nye (Imperium), Linda Nagata (The Red), David Drake (RCN), David Weber (Honor Harrington), and more. The question remains, how likely are readers to jump from one series to another, and indeed, how many will want to? A volume to dip into rather than read right through. Copyright Kirkus Reviews, used with permission.

Booklist Review

This collection gathers together a wide range of space-opera stories, with a special focus on the space-opera subgenre known as military sf. While new entries in ongoing military sf series by popular authors such as Elizabeth Moon, David Drake, and David Weber are featured prominently, and many of the older reprints here including a Vorkosigan installment from Lois McMaster Bujold are also military sf, the anthology nevertheless provides a diverse representation of the space-opera genre. These military-themed selections share space with classics such as Cordwainer Smith's The Game of Rat and Dragon and Anne McCaffrey's The Ship Who Sang as well as tales from more recent major authors such as Nnedi Okarafor, whose Binti, a story of cultural and racial identity and interspecies contact, is one of the major standouts of the anthology as a whole. While the broad sampling means readers may not enjoy every tale, the wide variety on offer makes this volume worth a look for any sf reader, regardless of their particular genre tastes.--Keep, Alan Copyright 2017 Booklist

Library Journal Review

Hugo Award--nominated editor Schmidt has gathered 24 stories from some of the most popular authors in space opera and military sf. Many selections are reprints, such as the novella "Borders of Infinity" from Lois -McMaster Bujold's "Vorkosigan Saga," Nnedi Okorafor's marvelous novella "Binti," or Leigh Brackett and Edmond Hamilton's final Stark story, "Stark and the Star Kings." Others are original contributions, often filling in gaps in their author's most popular series, including a "Skolian" story from Catherine Asaro, a "Dune" tale from Brian Herbert and Kevin J. Anderson, a "Revelation Space" entry from Alastair Reynolds, and Orson Scott Card's "Renegat," which features Ender Wiggins in his role as speaker for the dead. The preference of series entries over stand-alone stories guarantees that readers unfamiliar with these books will get a tantalizing taste of the introduced universes. VERDICT With the likes of David Weber, Jack Campbell, Anne McCaffrey, -Elizabeth Moon, Charles Gannon, and Robert -Silverberg, this is also a great anthology for those who want to sample the best authors in sf.-MM © Copyright 2017. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.

Robert SilverbergOrson Scott CardBrian Herbert and Kevin J. AndersonWilliam C. DietzCordwainer SmithLois McMaster BujoldElizabeth MoonDave BoraCatherine AsaroNnedi OkoraforLarry Niven and Jerry PournelleJean JohnsonLeigh Brackett and Edmond HamiltonJody Lynn NyeLinda NagataAlastair ReynoldsPoul AndersonA.C. CrispinBennett R. ColesAnne McCaffreyCharles E. GannonRobert SilverbergDavid DrakeJack CampbellDavid Weber

Editor's Note and Acknowledgements	p. 1
Space Opera: An Introduction	p. 3
Fleet School: Renegat	p. 13
Dune: The Waters of Kanly	p. 58
Legion of the Damned: The Good Shepherd	p. 87
The Game of Rat and Dragons	p. 108
Miles Vorkosigan: The Borders of Infinity	p. 123
Vatta's War: All in a Day's Work	p. 191
Lightship Chronicles: The Last Day of Training	p. 203
Skolian Empire: The Wages of Honor	p. 218
Binti	p. 249
Codominium: Reflex	p. 295
How to be a Barbarian in the Late 25th Century	p. 310
Stark and the Star Kings	p. 328
Imperium Imposter	p. 359
Red: Region Five	p. 382
Revelation Space: Night Passage	p. 401
Duel on Syrtis	p. 438
Starbridbe: Twilight World	p. 455
Virtues of War: Twenty Excellent Reasons	p. 482
The Ship Who Sang	p. 498
Caine Rioroon: A Taste of Ashes	p. 516
The Iron Star	p. 558
Lt. Leary: Cadet Cruise	p. 580
The Lost Fleet: Shore Patrol	p. 599
Honorverse: Our Sacred Honor	p. 620
Editor Biography	p. 657
Author Biographies	p. 659
Copyright and First Publication Information	p. 673

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