The Year's Best Science Fiction: Ninth Annual Collection

• ISBN13: 9780312078911
• ISBN10: 0312078919
• Format: Nonspecific Binding
• Copyright: 1992-06-15
• Publisher: Macmillan Trade

Summary

In The Year's Best Science Fiction: Ninth Annual Collection, Gardner Dozois produces another volume in the series that Locus calls 'the field's real anthology-of-record.' With a unique combination of foresight and perspective, Dozois continues to collect outstanding work by newcomers and established authors alike, reflecting the present state of the genre while suggesting its future directions. With the editor's annual summary of the year in the field, and his appendix of recommended reading, this book is indispensable for anyone interested in contemporary science fiction.

Author Biography

Gardner Dozois is the editor of "Asimov's Science Fiction" magazine and of many anthologies. Winner of the Hugo Award for Best Editor ten times, he lives in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	xi
Summation: 1991	xiii
Beggars in Spain	1	(62)
Nancy Kress
Living Will	63	(16)
Alexander Jablokov
A Just and Lasting Peace	79	(11)
Lois Tilton
Skinner's Room	90	(8)
William Gibson
Prayers on the Wind	98	(36)
Walter Jon Williams
Blood Sisters	134	(15)
Greg Egan
The Dark	149	(14)
Karen Joy Fowler
Marnie	163	(22)
Ian MacLeod
A Tip on a Turtle	185	(19)
Robert Silverberg
Ubermensch	204	(11)
Kim Newman
Dispatches from the Revolution	215	(16)
Pat Cadigan
Pipes	231	(12)
Robert Reed
Matter's End	243	(33)
Gregory Benford
A History of the Twentieth Century, with Illustrations	276	(26)
Kim Stanley Robinson
Gene Wars	302	(6)
Paul J. McAuley
The Gallery of His Dreams	308	(38)
Kristine Kathryn Rusch
A Walk in the Sun	346	(14)
Geoffrey A. Landis
Fragments of an Analysis of a Case of Hysteria	360	(22)
Ian McDonald
Angels in Love	382	(6)
Kathe Koja
Eyewall	388	(34)
Rick Shelley
Pogrom	422	(14)
James Patrick Kelly
The Moat	436	(10)
Greg Egan
Voices	446	(8)
Jack Dann
Foam	454	(17)
Brian W. Aldiss
Jack	471	(40)
Connie Willis
La Macchina	511	(9)
Chris Beckett
One Perfect Morning, with Jackals	520	(7)
Mike Resnick
Desert Rain	527	(44)
Mark L. Van Name
Pat Murphy
Honorable Mentions	571

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