These unique features will be appreciated by all, from seasoned Vance collector to new reader sampling the spectrum of this author's influential work for the first time. Each book bears a facsimile of the author's signature and a previously-unpublished photograph, chosen from family archives for the period the book was written. Select volumes enjoy up-to-date maps, and many are graced with freshly-written forewords contributed by a distinguished group of authors. Released in the centenary of the author's birth, this handsome new collection is based upon the prestigious Vance Integral Edition. Space Opera is Volume 32 of the Spatterlight Press Signature Series. Wodehouse, Space Opera is an amusing speculation upon the limits of cultural comprehension. David Hartwell and Kathryn Cramer, of course, have argued, in an essay and in their recent mammoth anthology, that most of the confusion comes from the fact that the meaning of the term has shifted. Meanwhile, Roger woos the bewitching stowaway, Madoc Roswyn. To me space opera was and always will be simple adventures in space. Her quest has entertainingly unpredictable results. Convinced that classical earthly opera could span the intellectual divide with alien races, Dame Isabel assembles her own company-at great expense-to travel the galaxy promoting cultural exchange. Dame Isabel is tantalized by the inscrutable stage performances of the Ninth Company of Rlaru, a band of mysterious extraterrestrials visiting Earth under obscure circumstances. Roger Wool is an amiable young gentleman whose wealthy, high-minded aunt, Dame Isabel Grayce, is Secretary-Treasurer of the Opera League on Earth.
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