Synopses & Reviews
The thirty stories in this collection imaginatively take us far across the universe, into the very core of our beings, to the realm of the gods, and the moment just after now. Included here are the works of masters of the form and of bright new talents, including: Paolo Bacigalupi, Stephen Baxter, Elizabeth Bear, Aliete de Bodard, James L. Cambias, Greg Egan, Charles Coleman Finlay, James Alan Gardner, Dominic Green, Daryl Gregory, Gwyneth Jones, Ted Kosmatka, Mary Robinette Kowal, Nancy Kress, Jay Lake, Paul McAuley, Ian McDonald, Maureen McHugh, Sarah Monette, Garth Nix, Hannu Rajaniemi, Robert Reed, Alastair Reynolds, Mary Rosenblum, Kristine Kathryn Rusch, Geoff Ryman, Karl Schroeder, Gord Sellar, and Michael Swanwick.
Supplementing the stories are the editors insightful summation of the years events and a lengthy list of honorable mentions, making this book both a valuable resource and the single best place in the universe to find stories that stir the imagination, and the heart. Gardner Dozois has been working in the science fiction field for more than thirty years. For twenty years he was the editor of Asimovs Science Fiction, during which he received the Hugo Award for Best Editor fifteen times.
The thirty stories in this collection imaginatively take us far across the universe, into the very core of our beings, to the realm of the gods, and the moment just after now. Included here are the works of masters of the form and of bright new talents, including: Paolo Bacigalupi, Stephen Baxter, Elizabeth Bear, Aliete de Bodard, James L. Cambias, Greg Egan, Charles Coleman Finlay, James Alan Gardner, Dominic Green, Daryl Gregory, Gwyneth Jones, Ted Kosmatka, Mary Robinette Kowal, Nancy Kress, Jay Lake, Paul McAuley, Ian McDonald, Maureen McHugh, Sarah Monette, Garth Nix, Hannu Rajaniemi, Robert Reed, Alastair Reynolds, Mary Rosenblum, Kristine Kathryn Rusch, Geoff Ryman, Karl Schroeder, Gord Sellar, and Michael Swanwick.
Supplementing the stories are the editors insightful summation of the years events and a lengthy list of honorable mentions, making this book both a valuable resource and the single best place in the universe to find stories that stir the imagination, and the heart. "Veteran editor Dozois, 15-time Hugo winner, offers 30 stories, several of them Hugo-nominated. The table of contents is dominated by familiar names like Michael Swanwick and Greg Egan, but occasionally leavened with relative newcomers like Hannu Rajaniemi and more obscure authors like James Alan Gardner. Settings range from the present-day (Nancy Kress's 'The Erdmann Nexus') to the distant future (Ian McDonald's 'The Tear') and alternate history (Aliete de Bodard's 'Butterfly, Falling at Dawn'). Similarly the moods range from relatively upbeat (Dominic Green's 'Shining Armour') to pessimistic (Swanwick's 'From Babel's Fallen Glory We Fled') . . . Dozois also provides short biographies, a detailed overview of the year in SF and a lengthy list of honorable mentions. This is a worthy addition to a venerable series."Publishers Weekly "Veteran editor Dozois, 15-time Hugo winner, offers 30 stories, several of them Hugo-nominated. The table of contents is dominated by familiar names like Michael Swanwick and Greg Egan, but occasionally leavened with relative newcomers like Hannu Rajaniemi and more obscure authors like James Alan Gardner. Settings range from the present-day (Nancy Kress's 'The Erdmann Nexus') to the distant future (Ian McDonald's 'The Tear') and alternate history (Aliete de Bodard's 'Butterfly, Falling at Dawn'). Similarly the moods range from relatively upbeat (Dominic Green's 'Shining Armour') to pessimistic (Swanwick's 'From Babel's Fallen Glory We Fled') . . . Dozois also provides short biographies, a detailed overview of the year in SF and a lengthy list of honorable mentions. This is a worthy addition to a venerable series."Publishers Weekly
Table of Contents
Acknowledgments
Summation: 2008
Turing's Apples” Stephen Baxter
From Babels Falln Glory We Fled” Michael Swanwick
The Gambler” Paolo Bacigalupi
Boojum” Elizabeth Bear & Sarah Monette
The Six Directions of Space” Alastair Reynolds
N-Words” Ted Kosmatka
An Eligible Boy” Ian McDonald
Shining Armour” Dominic Green
The Hero” Karl Schroeder
Evil Robot Monkey” Mary Robinette Kowal
Five Thrillers” Robert Reed
The Sky That Wraps the World Round, Past the Blue and into the Black” Jay Lake
Incomers” Paul McAuley
Crystal Nights” Greg Egam
The Egg Man” Mary Rosenblum
His Masters Voice” Hannu Rajaniemi
The Political Prisoner” Charles Coleman Finlay
Balancing Accounts” James L. Cambias
Special Economics” Maureen McHugh
Days of Wonder” Geoff Ryman
City of the Dead” Paul McAuley
The Voyage Out” Gwyneth Jones
The Illustrated Biography of Lord Grimm” Daryl Gregory
G-Men” Kristine Kathryn Rusch
The Erdmann Nexus” Nancy Kress
Old Friends” Garth Nix
The Ray-Gun: A Love Story” James Alan Gardner
Lester Young and the Jupiters Moons Blues” Gord Sellar
Butterfly, Falling at Dawn” Aliette de Bodard
The Tear” Ian McDonald
Honorable Mentions: 2008
Review
“This is a worthy addition to a venerable series.”—Publishers Weekly
Praise for Gardner Dozois and The Years Best Science Fiction: Twenty-fifth Annual Collection:
“The 25th installment of editor extraordinaire Dozois's annual collection packs a wallop.” -Publishers Weekly
"For more than a quarter century, Gardner Dozois's THE BEST SCIENCE FICTION OF THE YEAR has defined the field. It is the most important anthology, not only annually, but overall." --Charles N. Brown, publisher of Locus Magazine
Synopsis
This anthology marks the 27th edition of the award-winning annual compilationof the year's best science fiction stories.
Synopsis
The thirty stories in this collection imaginatively take us far across the universe, into the very core of our beings, to the realm of the gods, and the moment just after now. Included here are the works of masters of the form and of bright new talents, including: Paolo Bacigalupi, Stephen Baxter, Elizabeth Bear, Aliete de Bodard, James L. Cambias, Greg Egan, Charles Coleman Finlay, James Alan Gardner, Dominic Green, Daryl Gregory, Gwyneth Jones, Ted Kosmatka, Mary Robinette Kowal, Nancy Kress, Jay Lake, Paul McAuley, Ian McDonald, Maureen McHugh, Sarah Monette, Garth Nix, Hannu Rajaniemi, Robert Reed, Alastair Reynolds, Mary Rosenblum, Kristine Kathryn Rusch, Geoff Ryman, Karl Schroeder, Gord Sellar, and Michael Swanwick.
Supplementing the stories are the editors insightful summation of the years events and a lengthy list of honorable mentions, making this book both a valuable resource and the single best place in the universe to find stories that stir the imagination, and the heart.
About the Author
GARDNER DOZOIS has been working in the science fiction field for more than thirty years. For twenty years he was the editor of Asimovs Science Fiction, during which he received the Hugo Award for Best Editor fifteen times.