Stars Above You
New Adventures in Space Opera
Edited by Jonathan Strahan
12 Dec, 2024
Space Opera That Doesn't Suck
Jonathan Strahan’s 2024 New Adventures in Space Opera is an anthology of recent space opera stories.
SF has long had a bountiful supply of anthologists. How can any one of them stand out? Strahan’s surname is a variation on my mother’s maiden name. This is such an obvious way to ensure that I notice someone that I don’t know why more editors do not do it.
When I was editing for the Science Fiction Book Club, they sent me a number of Strahan anthologies. Never as many as I wanted. Strahan’s name on an anthology was a promising sign. I thought him equal to Groff Conklin1.
In retrospect, there’s an important difference between Strahan and Conklin.
