John C. Wright's novella THE FAR END OF HISTORY (A Tale of the End of the Seventh Mental Structure) appears in

NEW SPACE OPERA 2
Gardner Dozois, Jonathan Strahan (Editors)

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ISBN #

0061562351
Published
June 2009
as a hardback by
Eos Books (an imprint of Harper-Collins)

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Novella Description

A Golden Oecumene story, quite possibly my last ever: the last soldier of the Seventh Mental Structure, Marshall Atkins, clashes with the forces of the Silent Oecumene at the unsteady, hypernova-doomed double star Eta Carina, where the Chrysopoeia Oecumene has fled to escape the ravages of eon-long interstellar wars.

Book Description

An anthology of epic interstellar adventures from dazzling stars in the SF universe

The new space opera shares with the old the interstellar sweep of events and exotic locales, but this all-original anthology shows how the genre's purveyors have updated it, with rigorous science, well-drawn characters and excellent writing. The rich space opera tradition, extending from the off-world voyages of Verne and Wells to this galaxy-embracing anthology, is arguably sf's most prolific subgenre. Veteran anthologist Dozois and coeditor Strahan present some of the newest boundary-stretching variations on the category's many themes. Accordingly, the roster of contributors includes some of contemporary sf's brightest innovators.

Reviews

"This anthology is a reminder of why science fiction captured the hearts and minds of generations of generations of readers."

— Orson Scott Card

Contributions include:

• "Utriusque Cosmi" by Robert Charles Wilson

• "The Island" by Peter Watts

• "Events Preceding the Hevetican Renaissance" by John Kessel

• "To Go Boldly" by Cory Doctorow

• "The Lost Princess Man" by John Barnes

• "Defect" by Kristine Kathryn Rusch

• "To Raise A Mutiny Betwixt Yourselves" by Jay Lake

• "Shell Game" by Neal Asher

• "Punctuality" by Garth Nix

• "Inevitable" by Sean Williams

• "Join The Navy and See the Worlds" by Bruce Sterling

• "Fearless Space Pirates of the Outer Rings" by Bill Willingham

• "From the Heart" by John Meaney

• "Chameleons" by Elizabeth Moon

• "The Tenth Muse" by Tad Williams

• "Cracklegrackle" by Justina Robson

• "The Tale of the Wicked" by John Scalzi

• "Catastrophe Baker and a Canticle for Leibowitz" by Mike Resnick

• "The Far End of History" by John C. Wright