The Best Science Fiction and Fantasy of the Year, Volume Twelve

by Strahan, Jonathan; Reynolds, Alastair; Nagata, Linda; Lee, Yoon Ha; Hutchinson, Dave; Das, Indrapramit; Larson, Rich; Kiernan, Caitlín R.; Egan, Greg; Yoachim, Caroline; Wilson, Kai Ashante; Anders, Charlie Jane

• ISBN13: 9781781085738
• ISBN10: 1781085730
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2018-04-17
• Publisher: Solaris

Summary

Science fiction is a portal that opens doors onto futures too rich and strange to imagine. Fantasy takes us through doorways of magic and wonder. For more than a decade award-winning editor Jonathan Strahan has sifted through tens of thousands of stories to select the best, the most interesting, the most engaging science fiction and fantasy to thrill and delight readers.

Featuring stories from Daniel Abraham, Charlie Jane Anders, Kelly Barnhill, R. S. Benedict, Tobias Buckell, Indrapramit Das, Samuel R. Delany, Greg Egan, Max Gladstone, Theodora Goss, Saad Z. Hossain, Dave Hutchinson, Kathleen Kayembe, Caitlin R Kiernan, Mary Robinette Kowal, Rich Larson, Yoon Ha Lee, Scott Lynch, Maureen McHugh, Khaalidah Muhammad-Ali, Linda Nagata, Suzanne Palmer, Vina Jie-Min Prasad, Alastair Reynolds, Karl Schroeder, Nick Wolven and Caroline M. Yoachim.

Author Biography

Jonathan Strahan is the multi-award winning editor of such anthologies as Engineering Infinity, Fearsome Magics, The Best of Science Fiction & Fantasy, The Year’s Best Australian Science Fiction and Fantasy, and many other ground-breaking collections of the very finest genre fiction

Table of Contents

• Introduction, Jonathan Strahan
• Zen and the Art of Starship Maintenance, Tobias S. Buckell
• Probably Still the Chosen One, Kelly Barnhill
• The Martian Obelisk, Linda Nagata
• A Series of Steaks, Vina Jie-Min Prasad
• Carnival Nine, Caroline M. Yoachim
• Eminence, Karl Schroeder
• The Chameleon’s Gloves, Yoon Ha Lee
• The Faerie Tree, Kathleen Kayembe
• The Mocking Tower, Daniel Abraham
• Sidewalks, Maureen McHugh
• My English Name, R. S. Benedict
• Crispin’s Model, Max Gladstone
• The Secret Life of Bots, Suzanne Palmer
• Concessions, Khaalidah Muhammad-Ali
• Confessions of a Con Girl, Nick Wolven
• The Smoke of Gold is Glory, Scott Lynch
• The Discrete Charm of the Turing Machine, Greg Egan
• The Lamentation of their Women, Kai Ashante Wilson
• An Evening with Severyn Grimes, Rich Larson
• Though She Be But Little, C. S. E. Cooney
• The Moon is Not a Battlefield, Indrapramit Das
• The Worshipful Society of Glovers, Mary Robinette Kowal
• Come See the Living Dryad, Theodora Goss
• Fairy Tale of Wood Street, Caitlín R. Kiernan
• Babylon, Dave Hutchison
• Bring Your Own Spoon, Saad Z. Hossain
• The Hermit of Houston, Samuel R. Delany
• Belladonna Nights, Alastair Reynolds
• Don’t Press Charges and I Won’t Sue, Charlie Jane Anders