A 2020 LOCUS AWARD FINALIST FOR BEST ANTHOLOGY
For the first time in a decade, a compilation of the very best in science fiction, from a world authority on the genre.
For decades, the Year's Best Science Fiction has been the most widely read short science fiction anthology of its kind. Now, after thirty-five annual collections comes the ultimate in science fiction anthologies. In The Very Best of the Best, legendary editor Gardner Dozois selects the finest short stories for this landmark collection, including short fiction from authors such as Charles Stross, Michael Swanwick, Nancy Kress, Greg Egan, Stephen Baxter, Pat Cadigan, and many many more.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
Preface
The Potter of Bones / Eleanor Arnason
Rogue Farm / Charles Stross
The Little Goddess / Ian McDonald
Dead Men Walking / Paul J. McAuley
Tin Marsh / Michael Swanwick
Good Mountain / Robert Reed
Where the Golden Apples Grow / Kage Baker
The Sledge-Maker's Daughter / Alastair Reynolds
Glory / Greg Egan
Finistera / David Moles
The Illustrated Biography of Lord Grimm / Daryl Gregory
Utriusque Cosmi / Robert Charles Wilson
Events Preceding the Helvetican Renaissance / John Kessel
Useless Things / Maureen F. McHugh
Mongoose / Elizabeth Bear
Hair / Adam Roberts
The Things / Peter Watts
The Emperor of Mars / Allen Steele
Flower, Mercy, Needle, Chain / Yoon Ha Lee
Martian Heart / John Barnes
The Invasion of Venus / Stephen Baxter
Weep For Day / Indrapramit Das
The Girl-Thing Who Went Out for Sushi / Pat Cadigan
The Memcordist / Lavie Tidhar
The Best We Can / Carrie Vaughn
The Discovered Country / Ian Macleod
Pathways / Nancy Kress
The Hand is Quicker... / Elizabeth Bear
Someday / James Patrick Kelly
The Long Haul, From the ANNALS OF TRANSPORTATION, The Pacific Monthly, May 2009 / Ken Liu
Three Cups of Grief, by Starlight / Aliette de Bodard
Calved / Sam J. Miller
Emergence / Gwyneth Jones
Rates of Change / James S. A. Corey
Jonas and the Fox / Rich Larson
Kit: Some Assembly Required / Kathe Koja
Winter Timeshare / Ray Nayler
My English Name / RS Benedict
