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9780312336561

The Best of the Best 20 Years of the Year's Best Science Fiction

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  • ISBN13:

    9780312336561

  • ISBN10:

    031233656X

  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 2005-02-01
  • Publisher: St. Martin's Griffin

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Summary

For years, The Year's Best Science Fiction has been the most widely read short science fiction anthology of its kind. Now, after twenty-one annual collections, comes the ultimate in science fiction anthologies, The Best of the Best: 20 Years of the Year's Best Science Fiction, in which legendary editor Gardner Dozois selects the very best short stories for this landmark collection. Contributors include: * Stephen Baxter * Greg Bear * William Bigson * Terry Bisson * Pat Cadigan * Ted Chiang * John Crowley * Tony Daniel * Greg Egan * Molly Gloss * Eileen Gunn * Joe Haldeman * James Patrick Kelly * John Kessel * Nancy Kress * Ursula K. Le Guin * Ian R. MacLeod * David Marusek * Paul McAuley * Ian McDonald * Maureen F. McHugh * Robert Reed * Mike Resnick * Geoff Ryman * William Sander * Lucius Shepard * Robert Silverberg * Brian Stableford * Bruce Sterling * Charles Stross * Michael Swanwick * Steven Utley * Howard Waldrop * Walter Jon Williams * Connie Willis * Gene Wolfe With work spanning two decades, The Best of the Best stands as one of the ultimate science fiction anthologies ever published.

Author Biography

Gardner Dozois has won the Hugo Award for Best Editor twelve times. The editor of Asimov's SF magazine since 1986, he lives in Philadelphia, Peensylvania.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments vii
Foreword xi
Robert Silverberg
Preface xvii
Gardner Dozois
Blood Music
1(18)
Greg Bear
A Cabin on the Coast
19(9)
Gene Wolfe
Salvador
28(14)
Lucius Shepard
Trinity
42(36)
Nancy Kress
Flying Saucer Rock and Roll
78(15)
Howard Waldrop
Dinner in Audoghast
93(10)
Bruce Sterling
Roadside Rescue
103(6)
Pat Cadigan
Snow
109(12)
John Crowley
The Winter Market
121(16)
William Gibson
The Pure Product
137(15)
John Kessel
Stable Strategies for Middle Management
152(10)
Eileen Gunn
Kirinyaga
162(15)
Mike Resnick
Tales from the Venia Woods
177(14)
Robert Silverberg
Bears Discover Fire
191(8)
Terry Bisson
Even the Queen
199(14)
Connie Willis
Guest of Honor
213(25)
Robert Reed
None so Blind
238(8)
Joe Haldeman
Mortimer Gray's History of Death
246(47)
Brian Stableford
The Lincoln Train
293(10)
Maureen F. McHugh
Wang's Carpets
303(25)
Greg Egan
Coming of Age in Karhide
328(14)
Ursula K. Le Guin
The Dead
342(10)
Michael Swanwick
Recording Angel
352(11)
Ian McDonald
A Dry, Quiet War
363(17)
Tony Daniel
The Undiscovered
380(20)
William Sanders
Second Skin
400(18)
Paul J. McAuley
Story of Your Life
418(36)
Ted Chiang
People Came from Earth
454(10)
Stephen Baxter
The Wedding Album
464(38)
David Marusek
10/16 to 1
502(18)
James Patrick Kelly
Daddy's World
520(21)
Walter Jon Williams
The Real World
541(20)
Steven Utley
Have Not Have
561(16)
Geoff Ryman
Lobsters
577(20)
Charles Stross
Breathmoss
597(50)
Ian R. MacLeod
Lambing Season
647
Molly Gloss

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