Dozois, Gardner (ed.) - The New Space Opera 2 / Дозуа, Гарднер (ред.) - Новая Космическая Опера 2 [2009, EPUB, ENG]

Utriusque Cosmi by Robert Charles Wilson The Island / Остров by Peter Watts Events Preceding the Helvetican Renaissance / События, предшествовавшие возрождению Гельветики 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 / История «Злого» by John Scalzi Catastrophe Baker and a Canticle for Leibowitz by Mike Resnick The Far End of History by John C. Wright

Those crescent dunes were rolling curves of granulated ice. That winding river was a peaceful ripple of liquid methane. That unplumbed lake, always gently bubbling, mirrored endless tumbling streaks in the clotted orange sky. In the mellow distance rose the slopes of the ice volcano. There was nothing like being there. Joe Kipps would never be there. That was why he loved this place. These landscapes were rich with intricate detail. Such compelling textures. Titan flourished like frost on a windowpane. A moon whose slithering mineral existences came into their being in temperatures that froze ammonia. Cryo-volcanic. Aqua-tectonic. Kipps treasured every moment he could spend with these landscapes. Since he was a space hero, though, Kipps didn’t have many moments. . . .