Space Opera
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Overview:
- Title: Space Opera
- Author: Brian W. Aldiss
- Year: 1975
- ISBN-10: 0860078477
- Publisher: Futura
- Price: £0.60
- Pages: 324
- Binding: Paperback
- Type: Anthology
- Title Reference: Space Opera
- Notes:
- First published in Great Britain in 1974/by Weidenfeld and Nicolson/First Futura Publications edition 1974/Reprinted 1975 on copyright page.
- "Publisher's printing history is incorrect, according to Whitaker's Cumulative Book List, which records the Orbit [Futura] edition as published in August 1974, followed by the Weidenfeld and Nicolson edition published in November 1974." - Currey
- This second Futura printing has the Orbit logo on front cover and spine, but Orbit is not mentioned inside.
- Cover shows Brian Aldiss as editor. The title page has Brian W. Aldiss.
- Cover artist is not credited, no visible signature.
- Same cover art as The Best from Fantasy and Science Fiction: 19th Series but signiature has been cropped.
- ISBN taken from the back cover. The copyright page has ISBN 0-8600-7058-1. This was for the first Futura printing.
- Other prices: Australia $2.00, New Zealand $2.00, Canada $2.50.