The Year's Best Science Fiction: Thirteenth Annual Collection

• ISBN13: 9780312144524
• ISBN10: 0312144520
• Format: Nonspecific Binding
• Copyright: 1996-05-15
• Publisher: Macmillan Trade

Summary

The marvels of tomorrows past and tomorrows yet to come abound in this delightful volume. With two dozen imaginative and moving tales, this collection included the work of the finest writers in the field, among them: Poul Anderson, Terry Bisson, Pat Cadigan, Greg Egan, Michael F. Flynn, Joe Haldeman, James Patrick Kelly, John Kessel, Nancy Kress, Ursula K. Le Guin, Ian R. MacLeod, David Marusek, Paul J. McAuley, Maureen F. McHugh, Robert Reed, Mary Rosenblum, Geoff Ryman, William Sanders, Dan Simmons, Brian Stableford, Allen Steele, Michael Swanwick. A helpful list of honorable mentions and Gardner Dozois's insightful summation of the year in science fiction round out the volume, making it indispensable for anyone interested in science fiction today.

Author Biography

Gardner Dozois has been honored with the Hugo Award for best editor seven times. He edits Asimov's Science Fiction magazine and numerous anthologies from his home in Philadelphia, where he lives with his wife, Susan Casper.

Table of Contents

Summation: 1998	p. xi
Oceanic	p. 1
Approaching Perimelasma	p. 37
Craphound	p. 56
Jedella Ghost	p. 72
Taklamakan	p. 87
The Island of the Immortals	p. 118
Sea Change, with Monsters	p. 126
Divided by Infinity	p. 161
US	p. 181
The Days of Solomon Gursky	p. 191
The Cuckoo's Boys	p. 234
The Halfway House At the Heart of Darkness	p. 277
The Very Pulse of the Machine	p. 289
Story of Your Life	p. 304
Voivodoi	p. 339
Saddlepoint: Roughneck	p. 349
This Side of Independence	p. 393
Unborn Again	p. 404
Grist	p. 416
La Cenerentola	p. 462
Down in the Dark	p. 476
Free in Asveroth	p. 510
The Dancing Floor	p. 524
The Summer Isles	p. 544
Honorable Mentions: 1998	p. 603
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