The Year's Best Science Fiction: Thirty-First Annual Collection

by Dozois, Gardner

• ISBN13: 9781250046208
• ISBN10: 1250046203
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2014-07-15
• Publisher: St. Martin's Griffin

Summary

In the new millennium, what secrets lay beyond the far reaches of the universe? What mysteries belie the truths we once held to be self evident? The world of science fiction has long been a porthole into the realities of tomorrow, blurring the line between life and art. Now, in The Year's Best Science Fiction: Thirty-First Annual Collection compiled by esteemed editor Gardner Dozois, the very best SF authors explore ideas of a new world in the year's best short stories. This venerable collection brings together award winning authors and masters of the field such as Robert Reed, Alastair Reynolds, Damien Broderick, Elizabeth Bear, Paul McAuley and John Barnes. And with an extensive recommended reading guide and a summation of the year in science fiction, this annual compilation has become the definitive must-read anthology for all science fiction fans and readers interested in breaking into the genre.

Author Biography

GARDNER DOZOIS has been working in the science fiction field for more than thirty years. For twenty years he was the editor of Asimov’s Science Fiction, during which he received the Hugo Award for Best Editor fifteen times.

Table of Contents

The Discovered Country, Ian R. MacLeod
The Book Seller, Lavie Tidhar
Pathways, Nancy Kress
A Heap of Broken Images, Sunny Moraine
Rock of Ages, Jay Lake
Rosary and Goldenstar, Geoff Ryman
Gray Wings, Karl Bunker
The Best We Can, Carrie Vaughn
Transitional Forms, Paul McAuley
Precious Mental, Robert Reed
Martian Blood, Allen M. Steele
Zero For Conduct, Greg Egan
The Waiting Stars, Aliette de Bodard
A Map of Mercury, Alastair Reynolds
One, Nancy Kress
Murder on the Aldrin Express, Martin L. Shoemaker
Biographical Fragments of the Life of Julian Prince, Jake Kerr
The Plague, Ken Liu
Fleet, Sandra McDonald
The She-Wolf's Hidden Grin, Michael Swanwick
Bad Day on Boscobel, Alexander Jablokov
The Irish Astronaut, Val Nolan
The Other Gun, Neal Asher
Only Human, Lavie Tidhar
Entangled, Ian R. MacLeod
Earth 1, Stephen Baxter
Technarion, Sean McMullen
Finders, Melissa Scott
The Queen of Night's Aria, Ian McDonald
Hard Stars, Brendan DuBois
The Promise of Space, James Patrick Kelly
Quicken, Damien Broderick