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A collection of legendary science fiction classics selected and individually introduced by the winner of fifteen Hugo awards for best editor, Gardner Dozois.

From the introduction: "They are stories that we intuit as life, that somehow fool us into thinking--while we are reading them--that they are something more than words on paper, that the events in the story are actually occurring in some dimension congruent with our own, viewed through the window of fiction. . .They show us, with conviction, something we would otherwise never know on this earth: what everyday, day-to-day life would be like in a different society, an alien culture, another world."

This outstanding collection full of authentic SF masterpieces includes: "On the Storm Planet," by Cordwainer Smith, "Slow Tuesday Night," by R. A. Lafferty, "This Moment of the Storm," by Roger Zelazny, "Driftglass," by Samuel R. Delany, "Mary," by Damon Knight, "The Haunted Future," by Fritz Leiber, "The Lady Margaret" by Keith Roberts, and "A Happy Day in 2381," by Robert Silverberg.

Science Fiction Hall of Fame Inductee Gardner Dozois is the winner of two Nebula awards for fiction. Dozois was also the long-time editor of Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine, a position for which he won fifteen Hugo awards. He remains editor of the annual Year's Best Science Fiction anthologies.

Table of Contents:

• Introduction - (1972) - essay by Gardner Dozois
• Slow Tuesday Night - (1965) - shortstory by R. A. Lafferty
• The Lady Margaret - (1966) - novelette by Keith Roberts
• Mary - (1964) - novelette by Damon Knight
• Driftglass - (1967) - shortstory by Samuel R. Delany
• A Happy Day in 2381 - (1970) - shortstory by Robert Silverberg
• This Moment of the Storm - (1966) - novelette by Roger Zelazny
• The Haunted Future - (1959) - novelette by Fritz Leiber
• On the Storm Planet - (1965) - novella by Cordwainer Smith

Nebula Award nominated short story. It originally appeared in Orbit 7 (1970), edited by Damon Knight. It can also be found in the collections The Visible Man (1977), Geodesic Dreams: The Best Short Fiction of Gardner Dozois (1992), Morning Child and Other Stories (2004), and When the Great Days Come (2011).

Read the full story for free at the Baen website.

Hugo and Nebula Award nominated novelette. It originally appeared in the anthology Orbit 10 (1972), edited by Damon Knight. The story can also be found in the collections The Visible Man (1977), Geodesic Dreams: The Best Short Fiction of Gardner Dozois (1992), Morning Child and Other Stories (2004) and When the Great Days Come (2011).

Nebula Award nominated novelette. It originally appeared in Asimov's Science Fiction, October-November 1999. The story can also be found in the anthology Nebula Awards Showcase 2002, edtied by Kim Stanley Robinson and the collections Strange Days: Fabulous Journeys with Gardner Dozois (2001) and When the Great Days Come (2011).

Hugo and Nebula Award nominated novelette. It originally appeared in the anthology New Dimensions 1 (1971), edited by Robert Silverberg. The story can also be found in the anthologies Alpha 5 (1974), edited by Robert Silverberg, and Future War (1999), edited by Jack Dann. It is included in the collections The Visible Man (1977), Geodesic Dreams: The Best Short Fiction of Gardner Dozois (1992), Morning Child and Other Stories (2004) and When the Great Days Come (2011).

Read the full story for free at the Baen website.

A mind is a terrible thing to replace.

Ten masters of speculative fiction explore the future of computerized intellect, and how humanity will interact with machines that can outthink them--and are learning to outsmart them. Computers were designed to think faster than the human mind. But solving mathematical equations and retaining dizzying amounts of information are minor achievements compared to the processing technology of tomorrow's artificial intelligences... machines capable of thinking independently without human input - and evolving into self-maintaining sentient beings.

Ride the brainwaves of mechanical intellect with some of today's masters of speculative fiction, as a woman tries to outsmart a runaway A.I. and save the lives of her children...scientists lose control of a supercomputer with the power and omnipotence of a god... and a sentient starship falls in love with its pilot. These and seven more stories of man and machine await you in... A.I.s

Table of Contents:

• "Antibodies" by Charles Stross
• "Trojan Horse" by Michael Stanwick
• "Birth Day" by Robert Reed
• "The Hydrogen Wall" by Gregory Benford
• "The Turing Test" by Chris Beckett
• "Dante Dreams" by Stephen Baxter
• "The Names of all the Spirits" by J.R. Dunn
• "From the Corner of My Eye" by Alexander Glass
• "Halfjack" by Roger Zelazny
• "Computer Virus" by Nancy Kress

Look closely. They're here.

In this thought-provoking collection of short stories, some of the most ingenious talents in science fiction explore the secret lives of the aliens who walk among us...

Table of Contents:

• Preface (Aliens Among Us) - (2000) - essay by Jack Dann and Gardner Dozois
• The Other Celia - (1957) - shortstory by Theodore Sturgeon
• Residuals - (1997) - novelette by Paul J. McAuley and Kim Newman
• Eight O'Clock in the Morning - (1963) - shortstory by Ray Nelson
• Expendable - (1953) - shortstory by Philip K. Dick
• The Reality Trip - (1970) - shortstory by Robert Silverberg
• Decency - (1996) - shortstory by Robert Reed
• The Mindworm - (1950) - shortstory by C. M. Kornbluth
• Popeye and Pops Watch the Evening World Report - (1996) - shortstory by Eliot Fintushel
• The Autopsy - (1980) - novella by Michael Shea
• Or All the Seas with Oysters - (1958) - shortstory by Avram Davidson
• Angel - (1987) - shortstory by Pat Cadigan
• Among the Hairy Earthmen - (1966) - shortstory by R. A. Lafferty
• I'm Too Big but I Love to Play - (1970) - novelette by James Tiptree, Jr.
• The Hero as Werwolf - (1975) - shortstory by Gene Wolfe
• Motherhood, Etc. - (1993) - novelette by L. Timmel Duchamp

Here is life on another world, in another place, another time. Here is what it is like to wear an alien skin. Here are new concepts, new vistas, magic..."Why read science fiction?" It's alive in a world of dead art, dead minds, dead institutions; it's a bright-eyed, irreverent little animal scurrying through a petrified landscape of old dead trees; it's unashamedly potent and prolific in a world that grows increasingly weary and sterile; it dares to raise its voice in boisterous joy, sorrow, and anger in a place full of sour silence and dead echoes.

Table of Contents:

• Introduction - (1977) - essay by Gardner Dozois
• The Oldest Soldier - (1960) - short story by Fritz Leiber
• After the Myths Went Home - (1969) - short story by Robert Silverberg
• The Stars Below - (1974) - short story by Ursula K. Le Guin
• Straw - (1975) - short story by Gene Wolfe
• On the Gem Planet - (1963) - novelette by Cordwainer Smith
• Beam Us Home - (1969) - short story by James Tiptree, Jr.
• The Barbarian - (1968) - novelette by Joanna Russ
• Among the Hairy Earthmen - (1966) - short story by R. A. Lafferty
• Man in the Jar - (1957) - short story by Damon Knight
• Old Hundredth - (1960) - short story by Brian W. Aldiss
• The Signaller - (1966) - novelette by Keith Roberts
• Reader's Guide to SF - (1977) - essay by uncredited

It's the end of the world--but not as we know it. . .

As the new millennium approaches, speculations about Earth's destruction abound. This collection presents twelve world-ending scenarios that are all too frightening -- and all too real.

Table of Contents:

• "Fermi and Frost" by Frederik Pohl
• "A Desperate Calculus" by Gregory Benford
• "Evolution" by Nancy Kress
• "A Message to the King of Brobdingnag" by Richard Cowper
• "...The World, As We Know't" by Howard Waldrop
• "The Peacemaker" by Gardner Dozois
• "The Screwfly Solution" by Raccoona Sheldon
• "A Pail of Air" by Fritz Leiber
• "The Great Nebraska Sea" by Allan Danzig
• "Inconstant Moon" by Larry Niven
• "The Last Sunset" by Geoffrey A. Landis
• "Down in the Dark" by William Barton

Consider the possibilities when the mind and body are things of the past.

These cutting-edge techno-tales by Poul Anderson, Greg Egan, Michael Swanwick, and other masters explore the infinite ways that new technology will free humankind from the boundaries of the flesh.

Table of Contents:

• Preface - (2002) - essay by Gardner Dozois and Jack Dann
• Call Me Joe - (1957) - novelette by Poul Anderson
• Learning to Be Me - (1990) - shortstory by Greg Egan
• Pretty Boy Crossover - (1986) - shortstory by Pat Cadigan
• Ancient Engines - (1999) - shortstory by Michael Swanwick
• Winemaster - (1999) - novelette by Robert Reed
• More Adventures on Other Planets - (2001) - novelette by Michael Cassutt
• Nevermore - (1997) - novelette by Ian R. MacLeod
• Approaching Perimelasma - (1998) - novelette by Geoffrey A. Landis
• The Gravity Mine - (2000) - shortstory by Stephen Baxter
• Reef - (2000) - novelette by Paul J. McAuley

The future isn't through with you yet.

Featuring stellar contributions from some of today's most masterful practitioners of speculative fiction, Beyond Singularity presents fourteen visions of a tomorrow where rapid technological and genetic breakthroughs have rendered humanity obsolete.

Table of Contents:

• Preface - essay by Jack Dann and Gardner Dozois
• Old Hundredth - (1960) - short story by Brian W. Aldiss
• Border Guards - (1999) - novelette by Greg Egan
• Rogue Farm - (2003) - short story by Charles Stross
• All Tomorrow's Parties - (1997) - short story by Paul J. McAuley
• Naturals - (2003) - novelette by Gregory Benford
• Osmund Considers - (2002) - short story by Timons Esaias
• Coelacanths - (2002) - novelette by Robert Reed
• The Dog Said Bow-Wow - (2001) - short story by Michael Swanwick
• Barry Westphall Crashes the Singularity - (2002) - short fiction by James Patrick Kelly
• Flowers from Alice - (2003) - novelette by Charles Stross and Cory Doctorow
• Tracker - (2004) - novelette by Mary Rosenblum
• Steps Along the Way - (1999) - short story by Eric Brown
• The Millennium Party - (2002) - short fiction by Walter Jon Williams
• The Voluntary State - (2004) - novelette by Christopher Rowe

Hugo and Nebula Award nominated novella. It originally appeared in the anthology Chains of the Sea (1973), edited by Robert Silverberg. It can also be found in the collections The Visible Man (1977), Geodesic Dreams: The Best Short Fiction of Gardner Dozois (1992), Morning Child and Other Stories (2004) and When the Great Days Come (2011).

God was in his Heaven – which was fifteen miles away, due east.

Far in Earth's future, in a post-utopian hell-hole, Hanson works ten solid back-breaking hours a day, shoveling endless mountains of coal, within sight of the iridescent wall that separates what’s left of humanity from their gods.

One day, after a tragedy of his own making, Hanson leaves the city, not knowing what he will do, or how he will survive in the wilderness without work. He finds himself drawn to the wall, to the elusive promise of God. And when the impossible happens, he steps through, into the city beyond.

The impossible was only the beginning.

This is an expansion of the novella The City of God.

Sidewise Award winning novelette. It originally appeared in The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, June 2006. The story can also be found in the anthology Year's Best SF 12 (2012), edited by David G. Hartwell and Kathryn Cramer. It is included in the collection When the Great Days Come (2011).

Extreme sports. Extreme future. Extreme collection.

Science fiction's most expert dreamers envision the computerized, high-risk games of the future in this winning collection. Features Robert Sheckley, Cory Doctorow, Kate Wilhelm, Alastair Reynolds, Vernor Vinge, Jonathan Letham, Gwyneth Jones, William Browning Spencer, Allen Steele, Terry Dowling, and Jason Stoddard.

Table of Contents:

• Preface - (2007) - essay by Jack Dann and Gardner Dozois
• The Prize of Peril - (1958) - short story by Robert Sheckley
• Anda's Game - (2004) - short story by Cory Doctorow
• Ladies and Gentlemen, This Is Your Crisis! - (1976) - short fiction by Kate Wilhelm
• Stroboscopic - (1998) - short story by Alastair Reynolds
• Synthetic Serendipity - (2004) - short story by Vernor Vinge
• How We Got In Town and Out Again - (1996) - novelette by Jonathan Lethem
• Red Sonja and Lessingham in Dreamland - (1996) - short story by Gwyneth Jones
• The Halfway House at the Heart of Darkness - (1998) - short story by William Browning Spencer
• Her Own Private Sitcom - (1999) - short story by Allen Steele
• The Ichneumon and the Dormeuse - (1996) - short story by Terry Dowling
• Winning Mars - (2005) - short story by Jason Stoddard

All new and original to this volume, the 21 stories in Dangerous Women include work by twelve New York Times bestsellers, and seven stories set in the authors' bestselling continuities--including a new "Outlander" story by Diana Gabaldon, a tale of Harry Dresden's world by Jim Butcher, a story from Lev Grossman set in the world of The Magicians, and a 35,000-word novella by George R. R. Martin about the Dance of the Dragons, the vast civil war that tore Westeros apart nearly two centuries before the events of A Game of Thrones.

Also included are original stories of dangerous women--heroines and villains alike--by Brandon Sanderson, Joe Abercrombie, Sherilynn Kenyon, Lawrence Block, Carrie Vaughn, S. M. Stirling, Sharon Kay Penman, and many others.

Writes Gardner Dozois in his Introduction, "Here you'll find no hapless victims who stand by whimpering in dread while the male hero fights the monster or clashes swords with the villain, and if you want to tie these women to the railroad tracks, you'll find you have a real fight on your hands. Instead, you will find sword-wielding women warriors, intrepid women fighter pilots and far-ranging spacewomen, deadly female serial killers, formidable female superheroes, sly and seductive femmes fatale, female wizards, hard-living Bad Girls, female bandits and rebels, embattled survivors in Post-Apocalyptic futures, female Private Investigators, stern female hanging judges, haughty queens who rule nations and whose jealousies and ambitions send thousands to grisly deaths, daring dragonriders, and many more."

Table of Contents:

• Introduction (Dangerous Women) - (2013) - essay by Gardner Dozois
• Some Desperado - [The First Law Universe] - (2013) - short story by Joe Abercrombie
• My Heart is Either Broken - non-genre - (2013) - shortfiction by Megan Abbott
• Nora's Song - non-genre - (2013) - shortfiction by Cecelia Holland
• The Hands That Are Not There - [The Imperials Saga] - (2013) - novelette by Melinda M. Snodgrass
• Bombshells - [The Dresden Files] - (2013) - novelette by Jim Butcher
• Raisa Stepanova - non-genre - (2013) - novelette by Carrie Vaughn
• Wrestling Jesus - (2013) - novelette by Joe R. Lansdale
• Neighbors - (2013) - novelette by Robin Hobb [as by Megan Lindholm]
• I Know How to Pick 'Em - non-genre - (2013) - shortfiction by Lawrence Block
• Shadows for Silence in the Forests of Hell - [Cosmere: Threnody] - (2013) - novella by Brandon Sanderson
• A Queen in Exile - non-genre - (2013) - shortfiction by Sharon Kay Penman
• The Girl in the Mirror - [Fillory] - (2013) - novelette by Lev Grossman
• Second Arabesque, Very Slowly - (2013) - novelette by Nancy Kress
• City Lazarus - (2013) - novelette by Diana Rowland
• Virgins - [Outlander] - (2013) - novella by Diana Gabaldon
• Hell Hath No Fury - (2013) - short story by Sherrilyn Kenyon
• Pronouncing Doom - [Emberverse] - (2013) - novelette by S. M. Stirling
• Name the Beast - (2013) - short story by Sam Sykes
• Caretakers - non-genre - (2013) - novelette by Pat Cadigan
• Lies My Mother Told Me - [Wild Cards] - (2013) - novella by Caroline Spector
• The Princess and the Queen, or, The Blacks and the Greens - [A Song of Ice and Fire] - (2013) - novella by George R. R. Martin

Nebula Award nominated short story. It originally appeared in the anthology More Wandering Stars (1981), edited by Jack Dann. The story can also be found in the anthology Nebula Award Stories Seventeen (1983), edited by Joe Haldeman and the collections Geodesic Dreams: The Best Short Fiction of Gardner Dozois (1992) and, When the Great Days Come (2011).

In "Death by Dahlia," number-one New York Times best-selling author Charlaine Harris takes vampire Dahlia Lynley-Chivers to a lavish party that turns deadly. And with so many different creatures of the night in attendance, Dahlia will have a hard time identifying the most likely suspect.

Number-one New York Times best-selling author Patricia Briggs thrills in "In Red, with Pearls," as a werewolf P.I. races to crack a case involving zombies, witches, and the most horrifying creatures of them all: lawyers.

In "Lord John and the Plague of Zombies", New York Times best-selling author Diana Gabaldon follows Lord John as he journeys to the beautiful but faintly sinister island paradise of Jamaica, where he's soon investigating a mystery with no shortage of spiders, snakes, revolutionaries, and, of course, zombies.

With these and 13 more original tales, Down These Strange Streets takes you to the cities where fantasy and mystery collide and where private eyes who have seen it all find something lurking that is stranger still.

Table of Contents

• The Bastard Stepchild - (2011) - essay by George R. R. Martin
• Death by Dahlia - (2011) - novelette by Charlaine Harris
• The Bleeding Shadow - (2011) - novelette by Joe R. Lansdale
• Hungry Heart - [Nightside] - (2011) - shortstory by Simon R. Green
• Styx and Stones - (2011) - novelette by Steven Saylor
• Pain and Suffering - (2011) - novelette by S. M. Stirling
• It's Still the Same Old Story - (2011) - novelette by Carrie Vaughn
• The Lady Is a Screamer - (2011) - shortstory by Conn Iggulden
• Hellbender - (2011) - novelette by Laurie R. King
• Shadow Thieves - (2011) - novelette by Glen Cook
• No Mystery, No Miracle - (2011) - novelette by Melinda M. Snodgrass
• The Difference Between a Puzzle and a Mystery - (2011) - novelette by M. L. N. Hanover
• The Curious Affair of the Deodand - (2011) - novelette by Lisa Tuttle
• Lord John and the Plague of Zombies - (2011) - novella by Diana Gabaldon
• Beware the Snake - (2011) - shortstory by John Maddox Roberts
• In Red, with Pearls - (2011) - novelette by Patricia Briggs
• The Adakian Eagle - (2011) - novella by Bradley Denton

There is a love that flourishes only in the darkness; a passion that rises only from the grave. This anthology of all-new stories probes the shadowy meeting ground of our ancient, primal terrors -- and our deepest forbidden desires.

Edited by one of today's most respected anthologists, featuring today's most acclaimed fantasy authors, Dying for It takes you far beyond the realm of the ordinary, and into a realm where the living not only envy the dead, they adore them. It's love at last rites.

Table of Contetns

• Once More, With Feeling - (1997) - novelette by Steven Utley
• Cain - (1997) - novelette by Tanith Lee
• Olders - (1995) - short story by Ursula K. Le Guin
• Saved - (1997) - novelette by Andy Duncan
• The Abbess's Prayers - (1997) - short story by L. Timmel Duchamp
• The Ashes of New Orleans - (1997) - short story by Tony Daniel
• Multiples - (1983) - short story by Robert Silverberg
• Another Story - (1997) - novelette by Pat Cadigan
• Goo Fish - (1997) - short story by Robert Reed
• Yesterday's Hostage - (1997) - novelette by Michael Bishop
• Johnny's So Long at the Fair - (1997) - short story by Nancy Kress
• Abelard's Kiss - (1995) - short story by Madeleine E. Robins
• The Map to the Homes of the Stars - (1997) - short story by Andy Duncan
• Silent Love - (1997) - short story by Esther M. Friesner
• Brody Loved the Masai Woman - (1992) - short story by Ian McDonald
• Another Country - (1997) - short story by K. D. Wentworth
• Nevermore - (1997) - novelette by Ian R. MacLeod

Table of Contents:

• Introduction: Escaping from Earth - essay by Gardner Dozois and Jack Dann
• Escape from Earth - novella by Allen Steele
• Where the Golden Apples Grow - novella by Kage Baker
• Derelict - novella by Geoffrey A. Landis
• Space Boy - novella by Orson Scott Card
• Incarnation Day - novella by Walter Jon Williams
• Combat Shopping - novella by Elizabeth Moon
• The Mars Girl - novella by Joe Haldeman

Distant planets, galaxies, alien races--the universe is vast and filled with an almost unimaginable range of possibilities. But imagine it we can. Here are more than twenty stories from the most inventive writers in the field, including:

Poul Anderson * Stephen Baxter * Greg Bear * Gregory Benford * Arthur C. Clarke * Hal Clement * Greg Egan * H. B. Fyfe * R. A. Lafferty * Geoffrey A. Landis * Ursula K. Le Guin * Jack McDevitt * Larry Niven * G. David Nordley * Edgar Pangborn * Kim Stanley Robinson * James H. Schmitz * Cordwainer Smith * Michael Swanwick * James Tiptree, Jr. * John Varley * Vernor Vinge

Table of Contents:

• Preface - essay by Gardner Dozois
• The Sentinel - (1951) - short story by Arthur C. Clarke
• Moonwalk - (1952) - novelette by H. B. Fyfe
• Grandpa - (1955) - novelette by James H. Schmitz
• The Red Hills of Summer - (1959) - novelette by Edgar Pangborn
• The Longest Voyage - (1960) - novelette by Poul Anderson
• Hot Planet - (1963) - short story by Hal Clement
• Drunkboat - (1963) - novelette by Cordwainer Smith
• Becalmed in Hell - (1965) - short story by Larry Niven
• Nine Hundred Grandmothers - (1966) - short story by R. A. Lafferty
• The Keys to December - (1966) - novelette by Roger Zelazny
• Vaster Than Empires and More Slow - (1971) - novelette by Ursula K. Le Guin
• A Meeting With Medusa - (1971) - novelette by Arthur C. Clarke
• The Man Who Walked Home - (1972) - short story by James Tiptree, Jr.
• Long Shot - (1972) - short story by Vernor Vinge
• In the Hall of the Martian Kings - (1976) - novella by John Varley
• Ginungagap - (1980) - novelette by Michael Swanwick
• Exploring Fossil Canyon - (1982) - novelette by Kim Stanley Robinson
• Promises to Keep - (1984) - novelette by Jack McDevitt
• Lieserl - (1993) - short story by Stephen Baxter
• Crossing Chao Meng Fu - (1997) - novelette by G. David Nordley
• Wang's Carpets - (1995) - novelette by Greg Egan
• A Dance to Strange Musics - (1998) - novelette by Gregory Benford
• Approaching Perimelasma - (1998) - novelette by Geoffrey A. Landis

Crime and Punishment--21st century style.

An anthology of classic and critically acclaimed stories about the felonies and offenses law enforcement authorities will face in a future that's closer than we realize. High-tech identity theft that carries remarkable consequences... Mutant con men devising an ingenious alien scam... A private detective with headquarters on the moon... A world where being late is punishable by death... A lone cop battling a cyborg Mafia don... Art thieves operating on the blazing surface of Mercury... CRIME HAS AN INCREDIBLE FUTURE. At the dawn of the new millennium, the criminal world has become more high-tech, more complex, and more unpredictable. Now, take one small step forward into the future with these classic and acclaimed stories from a stellar and diverse group of masters who imagine - beyond all imagining - what"s waiting on the dark mean Streets of tomorrow.

Table of Contents:

• Preface - (2003) - essay by Gardner Dozois and Jack Dann
• The Dog Said Bow-Wow - (2001) - shortstory by Michael Swanwick
• A Scraping at the Bones - (1975) - shortstory by Algis Budrys
• The Retrieval Artist - (2000) - novella by Kristine Kathryn Rusch
• "Repent, Harlequin!" Said the Ticktockman - (1965) - shortstory by Harlan Ellison
• Time Bum - (1953) - shortstory by C. M. Kornbluth
• Mercurial - (1985) - novelette by Kim Stanley Robinson
• Taking the Piss - (2002) - novelette by Brian Stableford
• Death of Reason - (1992) - novella by Tony Daniel

Table of Contents:

• Introduction - (1976) - essay by Jack Dann and Gardner Dozois
• The Diary of the Rose - (1976) - novelette by Ursula K. Le Guin
• The Country of the Kind - (1956) - shortstory by Damon Knight
• Smoe and the Implicit Clay - (1976) - novelette by R. A. Lafferty
• She Waits for All Men Born - (1976) - shortstory by James Tiptree, Jr.
• The Day of the Big Test - (1976) - novelette by Felix C. Gotschalk
• Contentment, Satisfaction, Cheer, Well-Being, Gladness, Joy, Comfort, and Not Having to Get Up Early Any More - (1976) - novelette by George Alec Effinger
• Coming-of-Age Day - (1965) - shortstory by A. K. Jorgensson
• Thanatos - (1976) - shortstory by Vonda N. McIntyre
• The Eyeflash Miracles - (1976) - novella by Gene Wolfe

Are you ready to rumble?

Enter a world of weird sportsmanship in this unique sci-fi anthology of stories by such great visionaries as: Arthur C. Clarke, Kim Stanley Robinson, Michael Swanwick, Howard Waldrop, Jonathan Lethem, Alastair Reynolds, Ian McDonald, Robert Reed.

Table of Contents:

• "The Wind from the Sun" by Arthur C. Clarke
• "Arthur Sternbach Brings the Curveball to Mars" by Kim Stanley Robinson
• "Man-Mountain Gentian" by Howard Waldrop
• "Winning" by Ian McDonald
• "The Dead" by Michael Swanwick
• "Game of the Century" by Robert Reed
• "Streak" by Andrew Weiner
• "The Holy Stomper vs. the Alien Barrel of Death" by R. Neube
• "Stroboscopic" by Alastair Reynolds
• "Vanilla Dunk" by Jonathan Lethem

Joe Haldeman, Lucius Shepard, Allen Steele and others storm the battlefields of tomorrow...

Table of Contents

• Preface - essay by uncredited
• Second Variety - (1953) - novelette by Philip K. Dick
• Salvador - (1984) - shortstory by Lucius Shepard
• Floating Dogs - (1991) - novelette by Ian McDonald
• The Private War of Private Jacob - (1974) - shortstory by Joe Haldeman
• Spirey and the Queen - (1996) - novelette by Alastair Reynolds
• A Dry, Quiet War - (1996) - novelette by Tony Daniel
• Rorvik's War - (1995) - novelette by Geoffrey A. Landis
• Second Skin - (1997) - shortstory by Paul J. McAuley
• The War Memorial - (1995) - shortstory by Allen Steele
• A Special Kind of Morning - (1971) - novelette by Gardner Dozois

Change the past... and the future may come undone.

An outstanding collection of time-traveling alternate history stories from 16 major science fiction writers, both old and new. Every day, a thousand possible futures die unborn around us-corners not turned, paths not taken. But if one could go back into the past and change it, the outcome could be unimaginable.

Table of Contents:

• Preface - essay by Jack Dann and Gardner Dozois
• Aristotle and the Gun - (1958) - novelette by L. Sprague de Camp
• Sitka - (2004) - shortstory by William Sanders
• The Only Game in Town - (1960) - novelette by Poul Anderson
• Playing the Game - (1982) - shortstory by Gardner Dozois and Jack Dann
• Killing the Morrow - (1996) - shortstory by Robert Reed
• Thus We Frustrate Charlemagne - (1967) - shortstory by R. A. Lafferty
• The Game of Blood and Dust - (1975) - shortstory by Roger Zelazny
• Calling Your Name - (2003) - shortstory by Howard Waldrop
• What Rough Beast - (1959) - novelette by Damon Knight
• O Brave Old World! - (1976) - novelette by Avram Davidson
• Radiant Doors - (1998) - shortstory by Michael Swanwick
• The Hotel at Harlan's Landing - (2002) - shortstory by Kage Baker
• Mozart in Mirrorshades - (1985) - shortstory by Bruce Sterling and Lewis Shiner
• Under Siege - (1985) - novelette by George R. R. Martin

Table of Contents:

• Preface - essay by Gardner Dozois
• The Demon Trap - novella by Peter F. Hamilton
• Owner Space - novella by Neal Asher
• The Man with the Golden Balloon - novella by Robert Reed
• The Six Directions of Space - novella by Alastair Reynolds
• The Seer and the Silverman - novella by Stephen Baxter
• The Tear - novella by Ian McDonald

From the most celebrated editor in science fiction comes an anthology of stories about the persecution of scientists. Each of the thirteen tales depicts the struggle to make progress against the dead blank wall of superstition and fear. This title includes stories by: Arthur C Clarke, Ursula K Le Guin, Greg Egan, George R. R. Martin, Mike Resnick, Robert Silverberg, and others.

Table of Contents:

• Preface: "It Still Moves!" - (2005) - essay by Gardner Dozois
• The Stars Below - (1974) - short story by Ursula K. Le Guin
• The Will of God - (1991) - novelette by Keith Roberts
• The Way of Cross and Dragon - (1979) - novelette by George R. R. Martin
• The Pope of the Chimps - (1982) - short story by Robert Silverberg
• The World Is a Sphere - (1973) - novelette by Edgar Pangborn
• Written in Blood - (1999) - short story by Chris Lawson
• Falling Star - (2004) - short story by Brendan DuBois
• Three Hearings on the Existence of Snakes in the Human Bloodstream - (1997) - novelette by James Alan Gardner
• The Star - (1955) - short story by Arthur C. Clarke
• The Last Homosexual - (1996) - short story by Paul Park
• The Man Who Walked Home - (1972) - short story by James Tiptree, Jr.
• When the Old Gods Die - (1995) - novelette by Mike Resnick
• Oracle - (2000) - novella by Greg Egan

Eleven fictional experiments in genetic engineering...

In this thought-provoking anthology, eleven cutting-edge science fiction writers explore both the promise and peril of genetic engineering.

• "The Invisible Country" by Paul J. McAuley
• "The Kindly Isle" by Frederik Pohl
• "Chaff" by Greg Egan
• "Stable Strategies for Middle Management" by Eileen Gunn
• "Good With Rice" by John Brunner
• "Sunken Gardens" by Bruce Sterling
• "The Other Shore" by J. R. Dunn
• "Written in Blood" by Chris Lawson
• "The Pipes of Pan" by Brian Stableford
• "Whiptail" by Robert Reed
• "A Planet Named Shayol" by Cordwainer Smith

Gardner Dozois's multifaceted, sharp-edged, surreal fiction has long been regarded among science fiction's finest offerings. The fourteen masterworks in this volume are unique and beautiful constructions whose images etch themselves indelibly in the reader's mind.

Table of Contents:

• Foreword - (1992) - essay by Robert Silverberg
• Morning Child - (1984) - shortstory
• Dinner Party - (1984) - shortstory
• Executive Clemency - (1981) - shortstory by Gardner Dozois and Jack C. Haldeman, II
• A Special Kind of Morning - (1971) - novelette
• Down Among the Dead Men - (1982) - novelette by Gardner Dozois and Jack Dann
• Solace - (1989) - shortstory
• Slow Dancing With Jesus - (1983) - shortstory by Gardner Dozois and Jack Dann
• The Peacemaker - (1983) - shortstory
• One for the Road - (1982) - shortstory
• Chains of the Sea - (1973) - novella
• A Dream at Noonday - (1970) - shortstory
• Disciples - (1981) - shortstory
• Après Moi - (1990) - shortstory
• A Kingdom by the Sea - (1972) - novelette

This novelette originally appeared in Penthouse, March 1984 as Virgin Territory. It can also be found in the anthologies The Year's Best Fantasy Stories: 11 (1985), edited by Arthur W. Saha, and The Mammoth Book of Comic Fantasy (1998), edited by Mike Ashley. The story can also be found in the collections Slow Dancing Through Time (Dozois, 1990), Strange Days: Fabulous Journeys with Gardner Dozois (Dozois, 2001) and The Fiction Factory (Dann, 2005).

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In the tradition of Mirrorshades--stories from the virtual frontier...

A collection of short stories from the virtual frontier follows the exploits of the world's most notorious hackers and includes contributions from Greg Bear, William Gibson, Robert Silverberg, and Bruce Sterling. This wide-ranging collection of cyberspace tales, featuring the most cutting-edge writers in science fiction, goes beyond the stereotypes of computer rogues and delves into the true heart--and art--of hackerdom.

Table of Contents:

• "Burning Chrome" by William Gibson
• "Spirit of the Night" by Tom Maddox
• "Blood Sisters" by Greg Egan
• "Rock On" by Pat Cadigan
• "The Pardoner's Tale" by Robert Silverberg
• "Living Will" by Alexander Jablokov
• "Dogfight" by Michael Swanwick and William Gibson
• "Our Neural Chernobyl" by Bruce Sterling
• "(Learning about) Machine Sex" by Candas Jane Dorsey
• "Conversations with Michael" by Daniel Marcus
• "Gene Wars" by Paul J. McAuley
• "Spew" by Neal Stephenson
• "Tangents" by Greg Bear

Nebula Award nominated short story. It originally appeared in the anthology Orbit 8 (1970), edited by Damon Knight. The story can also be found in the anthology Nebula Award Stories Seven (1972), edited by Lloyd Biggle, Jr., and the collection The Visible Man (1977).

Running from poverty and hopelessness, Ramón Espejo boarded one of the great starships of the mysterious, repulsive Enye. But the new life he found on the far-off planet of São Paulo was no better than the one he abandoned. Then one night his rage and too much alcohol get the better of him. Deadly violence ensues, forcing Ramón to flee into the wilderness.

Mercifully, almost happily alone—far from the loud, bustling hive of humanity that he detests with sociopathic fervor—the luckless prospector is finally free to search for the one rich strike that could make him wealthy. But what he stumbles upon instead is an advanced alien race in hiding: desperate fugitives, like him, on a world not their own. Suddenly in possession of a powerful, dangerous secret and caught up in an extraordinary manhunt on a hostile, unpredictable planet, Ramón must first escape . . . and then, somehow, survive.

And his deadliest enemy is himself.

This short story originally appeared in the anthology Mission: Tomorrow (2015) edited by Bryan Thomas Schmidt. It can also be found in the anthology The Year's Best Science Fiction: Thirty-Third Annual Collection (2016), edited by Gardner Dozois.

True love is a rapture that outlives the flesh, a desire that reached beyond the grave, a passion that transfigures even death. This hauntingly seductive new collection of erotic stories by today's most celebrated authors probes the shadowy realm where life's two great mysteries--love and death--meet and embrace.

Table of Contents:

• Unchosen Love - (1994) - novelette by Ursula K. Le Guin
• The Gardener - novelette by Mary Rosenblum
• The Jaguar Hunter - (1985) - novelette by Lucius Shepard
• She's Not There - novelette by Pat Cadigan
• The Affair - (1984) - short story by Robert Silverberg
• Hard Drive - short story by Nancy Kress
• Relationships - (1989) - short story by Robert Sampson
• Waltzing on a Dancer's Grave - (1991) - novelette by Kristine Kathryn Rusch
• In the Air - short story by Maureen F. McHugh
• North of Diddy-Wah-Diddy - novelette by Michael Swanwick
• Nunc Dimittis - (1983) - novelette by Tanith Lee
• Chihuahua Flats - short story by Michael Bishop
• The Two-Headed Man - (1990) - short story by Nancy A. Collins
• The Joy of Hats - short story by Mike Resnick and Nicholas A. DiChario
• The Fire When It Comes - (1981) - novelette by Parke Godwin

Stories Inspired by Famous First Lines

Pride and Prejudice meets Macbeth by way of The Wizard of Oz and a dollop of the speculative, in this entertaining anthology where authors get inspiration for short stories from the first lines of famous works of literature. Edited by respected anthologist Gardner Dozois, the collection features Mary Robinette Kowal's Hugo Award-winning story "The Lady Astronaut of Mars".

Table of Contents:

• "Fireborn" by Robert Charles Wilson - based on first line of Carl Sandburg's Rootabaga Tale
• "The Evening Line" by Mike Resnick - based on first line of Pride and Prejudice
• "No Decent Patrimony" by Elizabeth Bear - based on first line of Marlowe's Edward II
• "The Big Whale" by Allen M. Steele - based on first line of Moby Dick
• "Begone" by Daryl Gregory - based on first line of David Copperfield
• "The Red Menace" by Lavie Tidhar - based on first line of The Communist Manifesto
• "Muse of Fire" by John Scalzi - based on first line of Shakespeare's Henry V
• "Writer's Block" by Nancy Kress - based on 'It was a dark and stormy night...' from Paul by Edward Bulwer-Lytton
• "Highland Reel" by John G. Hemry - based on first line of Macbeth
• "Karin Coxswain, or, Death as She is Truly Lived" by Paul Di Filippo - baed on first line of Huckleberry Finn
• "The Lady Astronaut of Mars" by Mary Robinette Kowal - based on first line of The Wizard of Oz
• "Every Fuzzy Beast of The Earth, Every Pink Fowl of The Air" by Tad Williams - based on first line of the Bible
• "Declaration" by James Patrick Kelly - based on first line of the Declaration of Independence

The novella is, in the words of Gardner Dozois, "a perfect length for a science fiction story: long enough to enable you to flesh out the details of a strange alien world or a bizarre future society... and yet, still short enough for the story to pack a real punch."

The thirteen masterpieces assembled in Modern Classic Short Novels of Science Fiction travel to the farthest reaches of the imagination, through realms of immortality, along alternate paths of time and across vast galaxies to explore the best of all imaginable worlds.

Table of Contents:

• Preface - (1994) - essay by Gardner Dozois
• The Miracle Workers - (1958) - novella by Jack Vance
• The Longest Voyage - (1960) - novelette by Poul Anderson
• On the Storm Planet - (1965) - novella by Cordwainer Smith
• The Star Pit - (1967) - novella by Samuel R. Delany
• Total Environment - (1968) - novelette by Brian W. Aldiss
• The Merchants of Venus - (1972) - novella by Frederik Pohl
• The Death of Doctor Island - (1973) - novella by Gene Wolfe
• Where Late the Sweet Birds Sang - (1974) - novella by Kate Wilhelm
• Souls - (1982) - novella by Joanna Russ
• A Traveler's Tale - (1984) - novella by Lucius Shepard
• Sailing to Byzantium - (1985) - novella by Robert Silverberg
• Mr. Boy - (1990) - novella by James Patrick Kelly
• And Wild for to Hold - (1991) - novella by Nancy Kress

This wonderful collection celebrates fantasy's heydey with 33 masterpieces of short fiction, ranging from 1940s stories by L. Sprague de Camp, H. L. Gold, Fritz Leiber, and Manly Wade Wellman to more recent tales by such towering modern talents as Peter S. Beagle, Terry Bisson, James P. Blaylock, Suzy McKee Charnas, John Crowley, Tanith Lee, Ursula K. Le Guin, Lucius Shepard, Michael Swanwick, JaneYolen, and Roger Zelazny.

Just as Gardner Dozois's anthology Modern Classics of Science Fiction (SMP, 1992) has helped new generations of readers and old fans discover the genre's finest short stories, so too shall this volume allow readers to find in one volume more than two dozen masterworks of fantasy.

Contents:

• Preface - (1997) - essay by Gardner Dozois
• Walk Like a Mountain - (1955) - shortstory by Manly Wade Wellman
• Scylla's Daughter - (1961) - novella by Fritz Leiber
• Paper Dragons - (1985) - novelette by James P. Blaylock
• The Golem - (1955) - shortstory by Avram Davidson
• Flowers of Edo - (1987) - novelette by Bruce Sterling
• Bears Discover Fire - (1990) - shortstory by Terry Bisson
• The Changeling's Tale - (1994) - shortstory by Michael Swanwick
• Missolonghi 1824 - (1990) - shortstory by John Crowley
• Blunderbore - (1990) - shortstory by Esther M. Friesner
• Into Gold - (1986) - novelette by Tanith Lee
• Space-Time for Springers - (1958) - shortstory by Fritz Leiber
• Beauty and the Opéra or The Phanton Beast - (1996) - novelette by Suzy McKee Charnas
• The Man Who Painted the Dragon Griaule - [Griaule] - (1984) - novelette by Lucius Shepard
• A Cabin on the Coast - (1984) - shortstory by Gene Wolfe
• The Sleep of Trees - (1980) - shortstory by Jane Yolen
• Trouble with Water - (1939) - shortstory by H. L. Gold
• The Gnarly Man - (1939) - novelette by L. Sprague de Camp
• Death and the Executioner - (1967) - novelette by Roger Zelazny
• The Manor of Roses - (1966) - novella by Thomas Burnett Swann
• The Overworld - (1965) - novelette by Jack Vance
• Extempore - (1956) - shortstory by Damon Knight
• God's Hooks! - (1982) - shortstory by Howard Waldrop
• Buffalo Gals, Won't You Come Out Tonight - (1987) - novelette by Ursula K. Le Guin
• The Tale of Hauk - (1977) - novelette by Poul Anderson
• A Gift of the People - (1988) - shortstory by Robert Sampson
• Configuration of the North Shore - (1969) - shortstory by R. A. Lafferty
• Two Sadnesses - (1973) - shortstory by George Alec Effinger
• Manatee Gal, Won't You Come Out Tonight - (1977) - novelette by Avram Davidson
• The Signaller - (1966) - novelette by Keith Roberts
• The Troll - (1935) - shortstory by T. H. White
• Death and the Lady - (1992) - novelette by Judith Tarr
• Professor Gottesman and the Indian Rhinoceros - (1995) - novelette by Peter S. Beagle
• Recommended Reading - essay by Gardner Dozois

"The best stories are timeless. Long years from now the stories here may still touch someone, cause that person to blink, and put the book down for a second, and stare off through the hallow air, and shirver in wonder."

Table of Contents:

• Preface - (1991) - essay by Gardner Dozois
• The Country of the Kind - (1956) - shortstory by Damon Knight
• Aristotle and the Gun - (1958) - novelette by L. Sprague de Camp
• The Other Celia - (1957) - shortstory by Theodore Sturgeon
• Casey Agonistes - (1958) - shortstory by Richard McKenna
• Mother Hitton's Littul Kittons - (1961) - novelette by Cordwainer Smith
• The Moon Moth - (1961) - novelette by Jack Vance
• The Golden Horn - (1962) - novelette by Edgar Pangborn
• The Lady Margaret - (1966) - novelette by Keith Roberts
• This Moment of the Storm - (1966) - novelette by Roger Zelazny
• Narrow Valley - (1966) - shortstory by R. A. Lafferty
• Driftglass - (1967) - shortstory by Samuel R. Delany
• The Worm That Flies - (1968) - shortstory by Brian W. Aldiss
• The Fifth Head of Cerberus - (1972) - novella by Gene Wolfe
• Nobody's Home - (1972) - shortstory by Joanna Russ
• Her Smoke Rose Up Forever - (1974) - shortstory by James Tiptree, Jr.
• The Barrow - (1976) - shortstory by Ursula K. Le Guin
• Particle Theory - (1977) - shortstory by Edward Bryant
• The Ugly Chickens - (1980) - novelette by Howard Waldrop
• Going Under - (1981) - novelette by Jack Dann
• Salvador - (1984) - shortstory by Lucius Shepard
• Pretty Boy Crossover - (1986) - shortstory by Pat Cadigan
• The Pure Product - (1986) - novelette by John Kessel
• The Winter Market - (1985) - novelette by William Gibson
• Chance - (1986) - novelette by Connie Willis
• The Edge of the World - (1989) - shortstory by Michael Swanwick
• Dori Bangs - (1989) - shortstory by Bruce Sterling
• Afterword - (1991) - essay by Gardner Dozois

Nebula Award winning short story. It originally appeared in Omni, January 1984. It can be found in the anthologies Best SF of the Year #14 (1985), edited by Terry Carr, Nebula Awards 20 (1985), edited by George Zebrowski and The Sixth Omni Book of Science Fiction (1989) edited by Ellen Datlow. It can also be found in the collections Geodesic Dreams: The Best Short Fiction of Gardner Dozois (1992), Morning Child and Other Stories (2004) and When the Great Days Come (2011).

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A collection of award-winning science fiction written by two-time Nebula award winner, Gardner Dozois. Here you'll find Dozois short stories "Morning Child" and "The Peacemaker," both winners of the Nebula for best science fiction short story. Also includes Dozois classics "A Dream at Noonday," "Chains of the Sea," "The Hanging Curve," "The Bride" (with Jack Dann), and "Ancestral Voices" (with Michael Swanwick).

Table of Contents:

• Introduction - essay
• Morning Child - (1984) - shortstory
• A Special Kind of Morning - (1971) - novelette
• The Hanging Curve - (2002) - shortstory
• A Kingdom by the Sea - (1972) - novelette
• A Dream at Noonday - (1970) - shortstory
• Ancestral Voices - (1998) - novella by Gardner Dozois and Michael Swanwick
• Fairy Tale - (2003) - shortstory
• The Peacemaker - (1983) - shortstory
• Machines of Loving Grace - (1972) - shortstory
• Chains of the Sea - (1973) - novella

Poul Anderson (1926-2001) was one of the seminal figures of 20th century science fiction. Named a Grand Master by the SFWA in 1997, he produced an enormous body of standalone novels (Brain Wave, Tau Zero) and series fiction (Time Patrol, the Dominic Flandry books) and was equally at home in the fields of heroic fantasy and hard SF. He was a meticulous craftsman and a gifted storyteller, and the impact of his finest work continues, undiminished, to this day.

Multiverse: Exploring Poul Anderson's Worlds is a rousing, all-original anthology that stands both as a significant achievement in its own right and a heartfelt tribute to a remarkable writer--and equally remarkable man. A nicely balanced mixture of fiction and reminiscence, Multiverse contains thirteen stories and novellas by some of today's finest writers, along with moving reflections by, among others, Anderson's wife, Karen, his daughter, Astrid Anderson Bear, and his son-in-law, novelist and co-editor Greg Bear. (Bear's introduction, My Friend Poul, is particularly illuminating and insightful).

The fictional contributions comprise a kaleidoscopic array of imaginative responses to Anderson's many and varied fictional worlds. A few of the highlights include Nancy Kress's 'Outmoded Things' and Terry Brooks' 'The Fey of Cloudmoor,' stories inspired by the Hugo Award-winning 'The Queen of Air and Darkness;' a pair of truly wonderful Time Patrol stories ('A Slip in Time' by S. M. Stirling and 'Christmas in Gondwanaland' by Robert Silverberg); Raymond E. Feist's Dominic Flandry adventure, 'A Candle;' and a pair of very different homages to the classic fantasy novel, Three Hearts and Three Lions: 'The Man Who Came Late' by Harry Turtledove and 'Three Lilies and Three Leopards (And a Participation Ribbon in Science)' by Tad Williams. These stories, together with singular contributions by such significant figures as Larry Niven, Gregory Benford, and Eric Flint, add up to a memorable, highly personal anthology that lives up to the standards set by the late--and indisputably great--Poul Anderson.

Table of Contents:

• "Outmoded Things" by Nancy Kress
• "The Man Who Came Late" by Harry Turtledove
• "A Slip in Time" by S. M. Stirling
• "Living and Working with Poul Anderson" by Karen Anderson
• "Dancing on The Edge of The Dark" by C. J. Cherryh
• "The Lingering Joy" by Stephen Baxter
• "Operation Xibalba" by Eric Flint
• "Tales Told" by Astrid Anderson Bear
• "The Fey of Cloudmoor" by Terry Brooks
• "Christmas in Gondwanaland" by Robert Silverberg
• "Latecomers" by David Brin
• "An Appreciation of Poul Anderson" by Jerry Pournelle
• "A Candle" by Raymond E. Feist
• "The Far End" by Larry Niven
• "Bloodpride"" by Gregory Benford
• "Three Lilies and Three Leopards (And a Participation Ribbon in Science)" by Tad Williams

Nightmare Blue: the most addictive drug in the universe. The alien race known as the Aensalords alone know from whence it comes, and are its sole purveyors. Already its effects are visible on Earth--in the stark, raving eyes of the hopelessly addicted and enslaved. Now two agents set out to find the source: Jaeger, the last private detective in the peaceful world of the future, and Corcail Sendijen, a lobster-like alien once a servant of the Aensalords themselves. But Earth alone is not all that is at stake--for it seems humans are merely test subjects, and the Aensalords have plans that could endanger the entire galaxy.

One million years from now. It's a span of time so huge that it's hard for the mind to grasp. Even within science fiction, to conjure up a convincing portrait of what humanity might be like in such a remote future calls for writers with rare breadth of vision. Fortunately, Dozois and Dann have found them.

Table of Contents:

• Introduction: Exploring the Far Future - essay by Gardner Dozois
• Good Mountain - novella by Robert Reed
• A Piece of the Great World - novella by Robert Silverberg
• Mirror Image - novella by Nancy Kress
• Thousandth Night - novella by Alastair Reynolds
• Missile Gap - novella by Charles Stross
• Riding the Crocodile - novella by Greg Egan

Alternate History: The What-If? fiction that has finally come into its own! Shedding light on the past by exploring what could have happened, this bold genre tantalizes your imagination and challenges your perceptions with thrilling reinventions of humanity's most climactic events. Enter worlds that are at once fanciful and familiar, where fact and fiction meld in a provocative landscape of infinite possibilities....

• "An Ink from the New Moon" by A. A. Attanasio
• "We Could Do Worse" by Gregory Benford
• "The West Is Red" by Greg Costikyan
• "The Forest of Time" by Michael F. Flynn
• "Southpaw" by Bruce McAllister
• "Over There" by Mike Resnick
• "An Outpost of the Empire" by Robert Silverberg
• "Aristotle and the Gun" by L. Sprague de Camp
• "Must and Shall" by Harry Turtledove
• "How I Lost the Second World War and Helped Turn Back the German Invasion" by Gene Wolfe

With these dazzling stories, discover just how different things might have been!

Their future depends on ours...

Here, some of the most advanced carbon-based minds in science fiction offer their own unique perspectives on the complex and conflicted future relationships between mankind and his most brilliant creations--some funny, some sad, some bizarre, some terrifying, and all beyond anything ever imagined.

Table of Contents:

• Preface - essay by Jack Dann and Gardner Dozois
• Itsy Bitsy Spider - (1997) - shortstory by James Patrick Kelly
• Robots Don't Cry - (2003) - shortstory by Mike Resnick
• London, Paris, Banana... - (2000) - shortstory by Howard Waldrop
• La Macchina - (1991) - shortstory by Chris Beckett
• Warmth - (1995) - novelette by Geoff Ryman
• Ancient Engines - (1999) - shortstory by Michael Swanwick
• Jimmy Guang's House of Gladmech - (2002) - shortstory by Alexander C. Irvine
• Droplet - (2002) - shortstory by Benjamin Rosenbaum
• Counting Cats in Zanzibar - (1996) - shortstory by Gene Wolfe
• The Birds of Isla Mujeres - (2003) - shortstory by Steven Popkes
• Heirs of the Perisphere - (1985) - shortstory by Howard Waldrop
• The Robot's Twilight Companion - (1996) - novella by Tony Daniel

A thrilling collection of twenty-one original stories by an all-star list of contributors--including a new A Game of Thrones story by George R. R. Martin!

If you're a fan of fiction that is more than just black and white, this latest story collection from #1 New York Times bestselling author George R. R. Martin and award-winning editor Gardner Dozois is filled with subtle shades of gray. Twenty-one all-original stories, by an all-star list of contributors, will delight and astonish you in equal measure with their cunning twists and dazzling reversals. And George R. R. Martin himself offers a brand-new A Game of Thrones tale chronicling one of the biggest rogues in the entire history of Ice and Fire.

Follow along with the likes of Gillian Flynn, Joe Abercrombie, Neil Gaiman, Patrick Rothfuss, Scott Lynch, Cherie Priest, Garth Nix, and Connie Willis, as well as other masters of literary sleight-of-hand, in this rogues gallery of stories that will plunder your heart--and yet leave you all the richer for it.

Table of Contents:

• George R.R. Martin "Everybody Loves a Rogue" (Introduction)
• Joe Abercrombie "Tough Times All Over"
• Gillian Flynn "What Do You Do?"
• Matthew Hughes "The Inn of the Seven Blessings"
• Joe R. Lansdale "Bent Twig"
• Michael Swanwick "Tawny Petticoats"
• David Ball "Provenance"
• Carrie Vaughn "The Roaring Twenties"
• Scott Lynch "A Year and a Day in Old Theradane"
• Bradley Denton "Bad Brass"
• Cherie Priest "Heavy Metal"
• Daniel Abraham "The Meaning of Love"
• Paul Cornell "A Better Way to Die"
• Steven Saylor "Ill Seen in Tyre"
• Garth Nix "A Cargo of Ivories"
• Walter Jon Williams "Diamonds From Tequila"
• Phyllis Eisenstein "The Caravan to Nowhere"
• Lisa Tuttle "The Curious Affair of the Dead Wives"
• Neil Gaiman "How the Marquis Got His Coat Back"
• Connie Willis "Now Showing"
• Patrick Rothfuss "The Lightning Tree"

Shadow Twin is a 120 page novella by Gardner Dozois, George R.R. Martin, and Daniel Abraham. Gardner began the novella in the 1970s, handed it off to George in the 1980s, who, in turn, called upon Daniel Abraham to add the finishing touches.

This novella has been expanded into the novel Hunter's Run.

Here are the short story collaborations of legendary editor and multiple Nebula Award winning author Gardner Dozois with some of the greatest writers of modern science fiction. Each story is followed by an essay by the collaborator discussing Dozois and his influence on science fiction and beyond.

Table of Contents:

• Write Like Dozois? I Can't Even Say His Name - essay by Michael Bishop
• How Did They Do That? - essay by Pat Cadigan
• Collaborating - essay by Gardner Dozois
• Touring - (1981) - novelette by Michael Swanwick and Gardner Dozois and Jack Dann
• Afterword to Touring - essay by Gardner Dozois
• The Gods of Mars - (1985) - novelette by Gardner Dozois and Jack Dann and Michael Swanwick
• Afterword to The Gods of Mars - essay by Gardner Dozois
• Slow Dancing with Jesus - (1983) - short story by Gardner Dozois and Jack Dann
• Afterword to Slow Dancing With Jesus - essay by Gardner Dozois
• It Doesn't Get Any Better - essay by Michael Swanwick
• Executive Clemency - (1981) - short story by Gardner Dozois and Jack C. Haldeman, II
• Afterword to Executive Clemency - essay by Gardner Dozois
• Afternoon at Schrafft's - (1984) - short story by Gardner Dozois and Jack Dann and Michael Swanwick
• Afterword to Afternoon at Schrafft's - essay by Gardner Dozois
• A Change in the Weather - (1981) - short story by Gardner Dozois and Jack Dann
• Afterword to A Change in the Weather - essay by Gardner Dozois
• Time Bride - (1983) - novelette by Gardner Dozois and Jack Dann
• Afterword to Time Bride - essay by Gardner Dozois
• Guilford Gafia Revisited - essay by Jack C. Haldeman, II
• Snow Job - (1985) - short story by Gardner Dozois and Michael Swanwick
• Afterword to Snow Job - essay by Gardner Dozois
• Send No Money - (1985) - short story by Gardner Dozois and Susan Casper
• Afterword to Send No Money - essay by Gardner Dozois
• Playing the Game - (1982) - short story by Gardner Dozois and Jack Dann
• Afterword to Playing the Game - essay by Gardner Dozois
• New Kind on the Block - essay by Susan Casper
• The Stray - (1987) - short story by Gardner Dozois and Susan Casper
• Afterword to The Stray - essay by Gardner Dozois
• The Clowns - (1985) - short story by Jack Dann and Gardner Dozois and Susan Casper
• Afterword to The Clowns - essay by Gardner Dozois
• Golden Apples of the Sun - (1984) - novelette by Gardner Dozois and Jack Dann and Michael Swanwick
• Afterword to Golden Apples of the Sun - essay by Gardner Dozois
• Running Wild - essay by Jack Dann
• Down Among the Dead Men - (1982) - novelette by Gardner Dozois and Jack Dann
• Afterword to Down Among the Dead Men - essay by Gardner Dozois
• Afterword - essay by Gardner Dozois

In this star-studded cross-genre anthology, seventeen of the greatest modern authors of fantasy, science fiction, and romance explore the borderlands of their genres with brand-new tales of ill-fated love. From zombie-infested woods in a postapocalyptic America to faery-haunted rural fields in eighteenth- century England, from the kingdoms of high fantasy to the alien world of a galaxy-spanning empire, these are stories of lovers who must struggle against the forces of magic and fate.

Award-winning, bestselling author Neil Gaiman demonstrates why he's one of the hottest stars in literature today with "The Thing About Cassandra," a subtle but chilling story of a man who meets an old girlfriend he had never expected to see.

International blockbuster bestselling author Diana Gabaldon sends a World War II RAF pilot through a stone circle to the time of her Outlander series in "A Leaf on the Winds of All Hallows." Torn from all he knows, Jerry MacKenzie determinedly survives hardship and danger, intent on his goal of returning home to his wife and baby-no matter the cost.

New York Times bestselling author Jim Butcher presents "Love Hurts," in which Harry Dresden takes on one of his deadliest adversaries and in the process is forced to confront the secret desires of his own heart.

Just the smallest sampling promises unearthly delights, but look also for stories by New York Times bestselling romance authors Jo Beverley and Mary Jo Putney, and by such legends of the fantasy genre as Peter S. Beagle and Tanith Lee, as well as many other popular and beloved writers, including Marjorie M. Liu, Jacqueline Carey, Carrie Vaughn, and Robin Hobb. This exquisite anthology, crafted by the peerless editing team of George R. R. Martin and Gardner Dozois, is sure to leave you under its spell.

Table of Contents:

• Star-crossed Lovers (Introduction) - essay by Gardner Dozois and George R. R. Martin
• Love Hurts - [The Dresden Files] - novelette by Jim Butcher
• The Marrying Maid - novelette by Jo Beverley
• Rooftops - novelette by Carrie Vaughn
• Hurt Me - short story by Daniel Abraham [as by M. L. N. Hanover]
• Demon Lover - short story by Cecelia Holland
• The Wayfarer's Advice - [The Imperials Saga] - novelette by Melinda M. Snodgrass
• Blue Boots - [The Farseer] - novelette by Robin Hobb
• The Thing About Cassandra - short story by Neil Gaiman
• After the Blood - novelette by Marjorie M. Liu
• You, and You Alone - [Kushiel's Legacy] - novelette by Jacqueline Carey
• His Wolf - novelette by Lisa Tuttle
• Courting Trouble - novelette by Linnea Sinclair
• The Demon Dancer - [The Guardian] - short story by Mary Jo Putney
• Under/Above the Water - novelette by Tanith Lee
• Kaskia - short story by Peter S. Beagle
• Man in the Mirror - short story by Yasmine Galenorn
• A Leaf on the Wind of All Hallows - [Outlander] - novelette by Diana Gabaldon

(all stories first published in 2010)

To honor the magnificent career of Jack Vance, one unparalleled in achievement and impact, George R.R. Martin and Gardner Dozois, with the full cooperation of Vance, his family, and his agents, have created a Jack Vance tribute anthology: Songs of the Dying Earth. The best of today's fantasy writers to return to the unique and evocative milieu of The Dying Earth, from which they and so many others have drawn so much inspiration, to create their own brand-new adventures in the world of Jack Vance's greatest novel.

Half a century ago, Jack Vance created the world of the Dying Earth, and fantasy has never been the same. Now, for the first time ever, Jack has agreed to open this bizarre and darkly beautiful world to other fantasists, to play in as their very own. To say that other fantasy writers are excited by this prospect is a gross understatement; one has told us that he'd crawl through broken glass for the chance to write for the anthology, another that he'd gladly give up his right arm for the privilege. That's the kind of regard in which Jack Vance and The Dying Earth are held by generations of his peers.

This book contains original stories from George R. R. Martin, Neil Gaiman, Dan Simmons, Elizabeth Moon, Tanith Lee, Tad Williams, Kage Baker, and Robert Silverberg, along with fifteen others--as well as an introduction by Dean Koontz.

Table of Contents:

• Thank You, Mr. Vance - (2009) - essay by Dean R. Koontz
• Preface - (2009) - essay by Jack Vance
• The True Vintage of Erzuine Thale - (2009) - novelette by Robert Silverberg
• Grolion of Almery - (2009) - novelette by Matthew Hughes
• The Copsy Door - (2009) - novelette by Terry Dowling
• Caulk the Witch-Chaser - (2009) - shortstory by Liz Williams
• Inescapable - (2009) - shortstory by Mike Resnick
• Abrizonde - (2009) - novelette by Walter Jon Williams
• The Traditions of Karzh - (2009) - novelette by Paula Volsky
• The Final Quest of the Wizard Sarnod - (2009) - novelette by Jeff VanderMeer
• The Green Bird - (2009) - novelette by Kage Baker
• The Last Golden Thread - (2009) - shortstory by Phyllis Eisenstein
• An Incident in Uskvosk - (2009) - shortstory by Elizabeth Moon
• Sylgarmo's Proclamation - (2009) - novelette by Lucius Shepard
• The Lamentably Comical Tragedy (or The Laughably Tragic Comedy) of Lixal Laqavee - (2009) - novelette by Tad Williams
• Guyal the Curator - (2009) - novelette by John C. Wright
• The Good Magician - (2009) - novelette by Glen Cook
• The Return of the Fire Witch - (2009) - novelette by Elizabeth Hand
• The Collegeum of Mauge - (2009) - shortstory by Byron Tetrick
• Evillo the Uncunning - (2009) - novelette by Tanith Lee
• The Guiding Nose of Ulfänt Banderoz - (2009) - novella by Dan Simmons
• Frogskin Cap - (2009) - shortstory by Howard Waldrop
• A Night at the Tarn House - (2009) - novelette by George R. R. Martin
• An Invocation of Incuriosity - (2009) - shortstory by Neil Gaiman

Nine visions of the future of war...

In this explosive anthology, ten of science fiction's best new and classic writers imagine the soldiers who will one day fight and die on distant worlds.

• "The Gardens of Saturn" by Paul J. McAuley
• "Soldiers Home" by William Barton
• "Legacies" by Tom Purdom
• "Mood Duel" by Fritz Leiber
• "Savior" by Robert Reed
• "Galactic North" by Alastair Reynolds
• "Masque of the Red Shift" by Fred Saberhagen
• "Time Piece" by Joe Haldeman
• "On the Orion Line" by Stephen Baxter

A monumental collection of fiction and nonfiction by the award-winning writer and editor, Gardner Dozois, including perhaps the only World Science Fiction trip report you'll ever find that is a lyrical and evocative piece bit of journalism in itself!

These are Dozois short stories selected and introduced by writers, many of them legends themselves, who are friends and colleagues of Dozois. A sparkling collection of short fiction that contains some of the two-time Nebula winner's best work, including many topflight Dozois collaborations!

From the introduction:
Imagine you're at a party in Gardner's apartment. It's not large, but he's invited swarms of people, so it's very crowded. Gardner keeps his awards on a little table not far from the door. People who have never been there before, young editors and the like, will eventually drift over to admire the thicket of Hugos for his work as an editor, and while there notice two Nebulas gleaming in their midst. Inevitably, someone will say, "I didn't know Gardner was a writer."

"Oh, yes," one of us Old Hands will reply (we linger near the trophy table for this very purpose), "Gardner's a much better writer than he is an editor!"

Selection and introduction of Dozois-written stories by: Stephen Baxter, Michael Bishop, Pat Cadigan, Susan Casper, Jack Dann, Andy Duncan, Eliot Fintushel, Joe Haldeman, James Patrick Kelly, John Kessel, Nancy Kress, George R.R. Martin, Paul McAuley, Ian McCloud, Mike Resnick, Kim Stanley Robinson, Kristine Kathryn Rusch, Robert Silverberg, Michael Swanwick, Walter Jon Williams, Connie Willis, and Jane Yolen.

Table of Contents:

• Introduction: The Strange and Fabulous Journey of Gardner Dozois - essay by Michael Swanwick
• Author's Preface to Introduction to Travel Diary - essay by Gardner Dozois
• Introduction to Travel Diary - essay by George R. R. Martin
• Another Introduction to Travel Diary - essay by Mike Resnick
• Travel Diary - essay by Gardner Dozois
• Introduction to The Gods of Mars - essay by James Patrick Kelly
• The Gods of Mars - (1985) - novelette by Gardner Dozois and Jack Dann and Michael Swanwick
• Introduction to Solace - essay by Nancy Kress
• Solace - (1989) - shortstory by Gardner Dozois
• Introduction to Golden Apples of the Sun - essay by Kristine Kathryn Rusch
• Golden Apples of the Sun - (1984) - novelette by Gardner Dozois and Jack Dann and Michael Swanwick
• Introduction to The Mayan Variation - essay by Kristine Kathryn Rusch
• The Mayan Variation - (1984) - shortstory by Gardner Dozois
• Introduction to The Clowns - essay by Andy Duncan
• The Clowns - (1985) - shortstory by Jack Dann and Gardner Dozois and Susan Casper
• Introduction to Touring - essay by Paul J. McAuley
• Touring - (1981) - novelette by Michael Swanwick and Gardner Dozois and Jack Dann
• Introduction to Dinner Party - essay by John Kessel
• Dinner Party - (1984) - shortstory by Gardner Dozois
• Introduction to Snow Job - essay by Michael Swanwick
• Snow Job - (1985) - shortstory by Gardner Dozois and Michael Swanwick
• Introduction to Flash Point - essay by Pat Cadigan
• Flash Point - (1974) - novelette by Gardner Dozois
• Introduction to Send No Money - essay by Susan Casper
• Send No Money - (1985) - shortstory by Gardner Dozois and Susan Casper
• Introduction to A Knight of Ghosts and Shadows - essay by Walter Jon Williams
• A Knight of Ghosts and Shadows - (1999) - novelette by Gardner Dozois
• Introduction to The Storm - essay by Kim Stanley Robinson
• The Storm - (1975) - novelette by Gardner Dozois
• Introduction to The Last Day of July - essay by Michael Bishop
• The Last Day of July - (1973) - novelette by Gardner Dozois
• Introduction to Afternoon at Schrafft's - essay by Eliot Fintushel
• Afternoon at Schrafft's - (1984) - shortstory by Gardner Dozois and Jack Dann and Michael Swanwick
• Introduction to Playing the Game - essay by Andy Duncan
• Another Introduction to Playing the Game - essay by Joe Haldeman
• Playing the Game - (1982) - shortstory by Gardner Dozois and Jack Dann
• Introduction to Down Among the Dead Men - essay by Ian R. MacLeod
• Down Among the Dead Men - (1982) - novelette by Gardner Dozois and Jack Dann
• Introduction to Passage - essay by Jane Yolen
• Passage - (1993) - shortstory by Gardner Dozois
• Introduction to Community - essay by Connie Willis
• Community - (1996) - shortstory by Gardner Dozois
• Introduction to The Visible Man - essay by Stephen Baxter
• The Visible Man - (1975) - novelette by Gardner Dozois
• Introduction to A Cat Horror Story - essay by Jack Dann
• A Cat Horror Story - (1994) - shortstory by Gardner Dozois
• Introduction to Executive Clemency - essay by Michael Swanwick
• Executive Clemency - (1981) - shortstory by Gardner Dozois and Jack C. Haldeman, II
• Introduction to Strangers - essay by Robert Silverberg
• Strangers - (1974) - novella by Gardner Dozois
• Editors' Afterword & Acknowledgements - essay by Ann Broomhead and Timothy P. Szczesuil

Hugo Award nominated novella. It originally appeared in the anthology New Dimensions IV (1974). It was later expanded to the full novel Strangers (1978). The story is included in the collection Strange Days: Fabulous Journeys with Gardner Dozois (2001).

Hundreds of years in the future, Earthmen have moved out into the galaxy of inhabited worlds, but only through the gift of advanced technology from alien interstellar traders. Earthmen do not dominate among inhabited worlds, as many races are older and wiser -- in fact, space travelers from Earth are second-class citizens or worse on most of the planets they visit.

Joseph Farber, an artist, is part of the uncomfortable and decadent Earth colony among the alien Cian on the planet Weinunnach. As with many earthling spacefarers, Farber suffers a decline in spirits when faced with the utter difference of alien cultures, yet he is deeply moved by the rituals of the Cian -- and by Liraun, a humanoid Cian, with whom he falls in love. And though love between races is forbidden, he allows himself to be genetically altered so that he and Liraun may marry and interbreed. But the couple soon discovers that the fundamental differences between their races and cultures prevent adequate communication between them. This lack of communication leads to a powerful climax of tragedy and revelation.

Mind-expanding explorations of the future of the human form

Our bodies and minds are malleable, and only the imagination is the limit to the possible improvements. From genetics to artificial enhancements, humanity will alter the course of its own evolution. Included here are more than twenty stories from the most imaginative writers in the field, including:

Poul Anderson * James Blish * Eric Brown * Ted Chiang * Tony Daniel * Samuel R. Delany * Greg Egan * Joe Haldeman * Geoffrey A. Landis * Paul McAuley * Ian MacLeod * David Marusek * Tom Purdom * Robert Reed * Joanna Russ * Robert Silverberg * Brian Stableford * Bruce Sterling * Charles Stross * Michael Swanwick * Liz Williams * Gene Wolfe * Roger Zelazny

Table of Contents:

• Preface - essay by uncredited
• The Chapter Ends - (1954) - novelette by Poul Anderson
• Watershed - (1955) - shortstory by James Blish
• Slow Tuesday Night - (1965) - shortstory by R. A. Lafferty
• Aye, and Gomorrah - (1967) - shortstory by Samuel R. Delany
• Nobody's Home - (1972) - shortstory by Joanna Russ
• The Hero as Werwolf - (1975) - shortstory by Gene Wolfe
• Halfjack - (1979) - shortstory by Roger Zelazny
• Dancer's in the Time-Flux - shortstory by Robert Silverberg
• Spook - (1983) - shortstory by Bruce Sterling
• Understand - (1991) - novelette by Ted Chiang
• None So Blind - (1994) - shortstory by Joe Haldeman
• Mortimer Gray's History of Death - (1995) - novella by Brian Stableford
• Brother Perfect - (1995) - novella by Robert Reed
• A Child of the Dead - (1997) - shortstory by Liz Williams
• Nevermore - (1997) - novelette by Ian R. MacLeod
• The Wisdom of Old Earth - (1997) - shortstory by Michael Swanwick
• TOAST: A Con Report - (1998) - shortstory by Charles Stross
• The Gardens of Saturn - (1998) - novelette by Paul J. McAuley
• Grist - (1998) - novella by Tony Daniel
• Fossil Games - (1999) - novelette by Tom Purdom
• The Wedding Album - (1999) - novella by David Marusek
• Steps Along the Way - (1999) - shortstory by Eric Brown
• Border Guards - (1999) - novelette by Greg Egan
• Epilogue - essay by uncredited
• Homo Sapiens Declared Extinct - (1999) - shortstory by Bruce Sterling
• A History of the Human and Post-Human Species - (2000) - shortstory by Geoffrey A. Landis
• The Great Goodbye - (2000) - shortstory by Robert Charles Wilson

Hot on the heels of Gardner Dozois's acclaimed anthology The Book of Swords comes this companion volume devoted to magic. How could it be otherwise? For every Frodo, there is a Gandalf... and a Saruman. For every Dorothy, a Glinda... and a Wicked Witch of the West. What would Harry Potter be without Albus Dumbledore... and Severus Snape? Figures of wisdom and power, possessing arcane, often forbidden knowledge, wizards and sorcerers are shaped--or misshaped--by the potent magic they seek to wield. Yet though their abilities may be godlike, these men and women remain human--some might say all too human. Such is their curse. And their glory.

In these pages, seventeen of today's top fantasy writers--including award-winners Elizabeth Bear, John Crowley, Kate Elliott, K. J. Parker, Tim Powers, and Liz Williams--cast wondrous spells that thrillingly evoke the mysterious, awesome, and at times downright terrifying worlds where magic reigns supreme: worlds as far away as forever, and as near as next door.

Table of Contents:

• "The Return of the Pig" [The Empire] by K. J. Parker
• "Community Service" by Megan Lindholm
• "Flint and Mirror" by John Crowley
• "The Friends of Masquelayne the Incomparable" by Matthew Hughes
• "The Biography of a Bouncing Boy Terror: Chapter Two: Jumping Jack in Love" by Ysabeau S. Wilce
• "Song of Fire" by Rachel Pollack
• "Loft the Sorcerer" by Eleanor Arnason
• "The Governoer" by Tim Powers
• "Sungrazer" by Liz Williams
• "The Staff in the Stone" by Garth Nix
• "No Work of Mine" by Elizabeth Bear
• "Widow Maker" by Lavie Tidhar
• "The Wolf and the Manticore" by Greg Van Eekhout
• "The Devil's Whatever" by Andy Duncan
• "Bloom" by Kate Elliott
• "The Fall and Rise of the House of the Wizard Malkuril" by Scott Lynch
  
• "A Night at the Tarn House" by George R.R. Martin

For nearly sixty years, Grandmaster Robert Silverberg has been a significant presence in the world of science fiction. As prolific as he is gifted, Silverberg has amassed a body of work unique both in its richness and its variety. That work has influenced generations of other writers and has enriched the lives of untold numbers of devoted readers.

In The Book of Silverberg, editors Gardner Dozois and William Schafer have assembled a tribute anthology fully worthy of the Master himself. The book begins with a pair of affectionate appreciations from Greg Bear and Barry Malzberg, and continues with a series of wonderfully original stories that inhabit and extend some of Silverberg's most memorable creations. In 'In Old Pidruid,' the late Kage Baker turns to the world of Majipoor in a humorous and moving tale of rivalry and reconciliation. Kristine Kathryn Rusch's 'Voyeuristic Tendencies' shows us the world of the 1972 novel Dying Inside from a wholly different perspective. Nancy Kress's 'Eaters' provides a bleak and harrowing conclusion to the classic short story 'Sundance.' In 'Silverberg, Satan, and Me or Where I Got the Idea for My Silverberg Story for This Anthology,' the incomparable Connie Willis offers what might be the only plausible explanation for the whole Silverberg phenomenon. And elsewhere in the anthology, some of today's most notable writers--Mike Resnick, Caitlin R. Kiernan, Elizabeth Bear, James Patrick Kelly, and Tobias S. Buckell--ring equally brilliant changes on a number of Silverberg's signature fictions.

Funny, tragic, provocative, intelligent and always richly imagined, the stories in The Book of Silverberg are all notable accomplishments in themselves. Together, they comprise an exhilarating--and altogether fitting--celebration of one of science fiction's indisputable masters.

Table of Contents:

• A Tribute - essay by Greg Bear
• An Appreciation - essay by Barry N. Malzberg
• In Old Pidruid - novelette by Kage Baker
• Voyeuristic Tendencies - novelette by Kristine Kathryn Rusch
• Bad News from the Vatican - novelette by Mike Resnick
• The Jetsam of Disremembered Mechanics - novelette by Caitlín R. Kiernan
• Silverberg, Satan, and Me or Where I Got the Idea for My Silverberg Story for This Anthology - essay by Connie Willis
• The Hand is Quicker - novelette by Elizabeth Bear
• Eaters - novelette by Nancy Kress
• The Chimp of the Popes - novelette by James Patrick Kelly
• Ambassador to the Dinosaurs - short story by Tobias S. Buckell

New epic fantasy in the grand tradition--including a never-before-published Song of Ice and Fire story by George R. R. Martin!

Fantasy fiction has produced some of the most unforgettable heroes ever conjured onto the page: Robert E. Howard's Conan the Barbarian, Michael Moorcock's Elric of Melniboné, Fritz Leiber's Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser. Classic characters like these made sword and sorcery a storytelling sensation, a cornerstone of fantasy fiction--and an inspiration for a new generation of writers, spinning their own outsize tales of magic and swashbuckling adventure.

Now, in The Book of Swords, acclaimed editor and bestselling author Gardner Dozois presents an all-new anthology of original epic tales by a stellar cast of award-winning modern masters--many of them set in their authors' best-loved worlds. Join today's finest tellers of fantastic tales, including George R. R. Martin, K. J. Parker, Robin Hobb, Scott Lynch, Ken Liu, C. J. Cherryh, Daniel Abraham, Lavie Tidhar, Ellen Kushner, and more on action-packed journeys into the outer realms of dark enchantment and intrepid derring-do, featuring a stunning assortment of fearless swordsmen and warrior women who face down danger and death at every turn with courage, cunning, and cold steel.

FEATURING SIXTEEN ALL-NEW STORIES:

• "The Best Man Wins" [The Empire] by K. J. Parker
• "Her Father's Sword" by Robin Hobb
• "The Hidden Girl" by Ken Liu
• "The Sword of Destiny" by Matthew Hughes
• "'I Am a Handsome Man,' Said Apollo Crow" by Kate Elliott
• "The Triumph of Virtue" by Walter Jon Williams
• "The Mocking Tower" by Daniel Abraham
• "Hrunting" by C. J. Cherryh
• "A Long, Cold Trail" by Garth Nix
• "When I Was a Highwayman" by Ellen Kushner
• "The Smoke of Gold Is Glory" by Scott Lynch
• "The Colgrid Conundrum" by Rich Larson
• "The King's Evil" by Elizabeth Bear
• "Waterfalling" by Lavie Tidhar
• "The Sword Tyraste" by Cecelia Holland
• "The Sons of the Dragon" by George R. R. Martin

Whether portrayed as fire-breathing reptilian beasts or as noble creatures of power and grace, dragons have been found in nearly every culture's mythology. Now, in The Dragon Book, today's greatest fantasists reignite the fire... Includes stories by New York Times bestselling authors Jonathan Stroud, Gregory Maguire, Garth Nix, Diana Gabaldon, Tamora Pierce, Harry Turtledove, Sean Williams, and Tad Williams, as well as tales by Peter Beagle, Jane Yolen, Adam Stemple, Cecelia Holland, Naomi Novik, Kage Baker, Samuel Sykes, Diana Wynne Jones, Mary Rosenblum, Tanith Lee, Andy Duncan, and Bruce Coville.

Table of Contents:

• Preface - essay by Gardner Dozois and Jack Dann
• Dragon's Deep - novelette by Cecelia Holland
• Vici - short story by Naomi Novik
• Bob Choi's Last Job - short story by Jonathan Stroud
• Are You Afflicted with Dragons? - short story by Kage Baker
• The Tsar's Dragons - novelette by Jane Yolen and Adam Stemple
• The Dragon of Direfell - novelette by Liz Williams
• Oakland Dragon Blues - short story by Peter S. Beagle
• Humane Killer - novella by Diana Gabaldon and Sam Sykes
• Stop! - short story by Garth Nix
• Ungentle Fire - novelette by Sean Williams
• A Stark and Wormy Knight - short story by Tad Williams
• None So Blind - short story by Harry Turtledove
• JoBoy - short story by Diana Wynne Jones
• Puz_le - short story by Gregory Maguire
• After the Third Kiss - novelette by Bruce Coville
• The War That Winter Is - novelette by Tanith Lee
• The Dragon's Tale - novelette by Tamora Pierce
• Dragon Storm - novelette by Mary Rosenblum
• The Dragaman's Bride - novelette by Andy Duncan

It is the essence of science fiction to chart the possibilities of the future, but it takes the hand of a master to capture the farthest reaches of time--futures almost unimaginably distant. The Furthest Horizon collects seventeen of the most inventive and audacious visions of the future by many acclaimed writers, including:

* Brian Aldiss * Paul Anderson * Avram Davidson * Joe Haldeman * Alexander Jablokov * Paul J. McAuley * Ian McDonald * Michael Moorcock * Frederik Pohl * Robert Reed * Keith Roberts * Robert Silverberg * Cordwainer Smith * James Tiptree, Jr. * Jack Vance * Walter Jon Williams * Gene Wolfe

Table of Contents:

• Preface - essay by Gardner Dozois
• Guyal of Sfere - (1950) - novella by Jack Vance
• Old Hundredth - (1960) - short story by Brian W. Aldiss
• Alpha Ralpha Boulevard - (1961) - novelette by Cordwainer Smith
• Day Million - (1966) - short story by Frederik Pohl
• Bumberboom - (1966) - novelette by Avram Davidson
• Coranda - (1967) - novelette by Keith Roberts
• Nightwings - (1968) - novella by Robert Silverberg
• Pale Roses - (1974) - novelette by Michael Moorcock
• Anniversary Project - (1975) - short story by Joe Haldeman
• Slow Music - (1980) - novella by James Tiptree, Jr.
• The Map - (1984) - short story by Gene Wolfe
• Dinosaurs - (1987) - novelette by Walter Jon Williams
• The Death Artist - (1990) - novelette by Alexander Jablokov
• Sister Alice - (1993) - novella by Robert Reed
• Recording Angel - (1995) - novelette by Paul J. McAuley
• Genesis - (1995) - novella by Poul Anderson
• The Days of Solomon Gursky - (1998) - novella by Ian McDonald

Nebula nominated short story. It originally appeared in Omni, March 1985. The story can also be found in the anthologies The 1986 Annual World's Best SF, edited by Donald A. Wollheim and Arthur W. Saha, and Omni Visions Two (1994), edited by Ellen Datlow. It was included in the Jack Dann collection The Fiction Factory (2005) and the Gardner Dozois collections Slow Dancing Through Time (1990) and Strange Days: Fabulous Journeys with Gardner Dozois (2001).

Nebula Award winning and Hugo Award nominated short story. It originally appeared in Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine, August 1983. The story can also be found in the anthologies The Nebula Awards #19 (1984), edited by Marta Randell, Cults of Horror (1990), edited by Charles G. Waugh, Martin H. Greenberg, and Armageddons (1999), edited by Jack Dann and Gardner Dozois. It is included in several collections: Geodesic Dreams: The Best Short Fiction of Gardner Dozois (1992), Morning Child and Other Stories (2004) and When the Great Days Come (2011).

A collection of original fiction by Hugo and Nebula award winning SF legend Gardner Dozois. The collection contains legendary science fiction tales "A Special Kind of Morning," "Chains of the Sea," the riveting title story, "The Visible Man," and twelve other Dozois-authored stories. With an introduction by Robert Silverberg.

Table of Contennts:

• Introduction - essay by Robert Silverberg
• The Visible Man - (1975) - novelette
• Flash Point - (1974) - novelette
• Horse of Air - (1970) - shortstory
• The Last Day of July - (1973) - novelette
• Machines of Loving Grace - (1972) - shortstory
• A Dream at Noonday - (1970) - shortstory
• A Kingdom by the Sea - (1972) - novelette
• The Man Who Waved Hello - (1972) - shortstory
• The Storm - (1975) - novelette
• Where No Sun Shines - (1970) - shortstory
• A Special Kind of Morning - (1971) - novelette
• Chains of the Sea - (1973) - novella

This short story originally appeared in Penthouse, April 1981. It can also be found in the anthologies The Year's Best Horror Stories: Series X (1982), edited by Karl Edward Wagner, and After Midnight (1986), edited by Charles L. Grant. The story is included in the collections Slow Dancing Through Time (Dozois, 1990), Strange Days: Fabulous Journeys with Gardner Dozois (Dozois, 2001), and The Fiction Factory (Dann, 2005).

Read the full story for free at the Baen website.

This short story originally appeared in The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, December 2005. It can also be found in the anthology Year's Best SF 11 (2006), edited by David G. Hartwell and Kathryn Cramer. The story is included in the collection When the Great Days Come (2011).

Millions of tiny robots dismantle Atlantic City. A Luddite encounters time travelers near the moment of Singularity. A young boy may have just destroyed the entire Eastern Seaboard. By turns haunting and humorous, Gardner Dozois's acclaimed short fiction is finally collected in a definitive edition of his work. Including Nebula Award winners such as "Morning Child" and nominees "Disciples" and "A Dream at Noonday," When the Great Days Come is a must for any science fiction reader. When the Great Days Come proves that Dozois is not just one of science fiction's best editors of short fiction, but one of its best writers as well.

Contents:

• Introduction - (2011) - essay by Robert Silverberg
• Counterfactual - (2006) - novelette by Gardner Dozois
• The Hanging Curve - (2002) - shortstory by Gardner Dozois
• Recidivist - (2010) - shortstory by Gardner Dozois
• When the Great Days Came - (2005) - shortstory by Gardner Dozois
• The Peacemaker - (1983) - shortstory by Gardner Dozois
• Fairy Tale - (2003) - shortstory by Gardner Dozois
• Chains of the Sea - (1973) - novella by Gardner Dozois
• Solace - (1989) - shortstory by Gardner Dozois
• A Cat Horror Story - (1994) - shortstory by Gardner Dozois
• Disciples - (1981) - shortstory by Gardner Dozois
• Ancestral Voices - (1998) - novella by Gardner Dozois and Michael Swanwick
• Dinner Party - (1984) - shortstory by Gardner Dozois
• A Dream at Noonday - (1970) - shortstory by Gardner Dozois
• A Special Kind of Morning - (1971) - novelette by Gardner Dozois
• Morning Child - (1984) - shortstory by Gardner Dozois
• A Kingdom by the Sea - (1972) - novelette by Gardner Dozois
• Community - (1996) - shortstory by Gardner Dozois
• A Knight of Ghosts and Shadows - (1999) - novelette by Gardner Dozois

In Wizards, today's master fantasists turn their hands to tales of these magical beings, living in both ancient and modern times, as well as in fantasy realms that never were.

Featuring stories by New York Times bestselling authors Neil Gaiman, Eoin Colfer and Garth Nix as well as tales from Kage Baker, Peter S. Beagle, Terry Bisson, Orson Scott Card, Terry Dowling, Andy Duncan, Jeffrey Ford, Elizabeth Hand, Nancy Kress, Tanith Lee, Patricia A. McKillip, Mary Rosenblum, Tad Williams, Gene Wolfe, and Jane Yolen.

Table of Contents:

• Preface - essay by Jack Dann and Gardner Dozois
• The Witch's Headstone - (2007) - novelette by Neil Gaiman
• Holly and Iron - (2007) - novelette by Garth Nix
• Color Vision - (2007) - short story by Mary Rosenblum
• The Ruby Incomparable - (2007) - short story by Kage Baker
• A Fowl Tale - (2007) - short story by Eoin Colfer
• Slipping Sideways Through Eternity - (2007) - short story by Jane Yolen
• The Stranger's Hands - (2007) - short story by Tad Williams
• Naming Day - (2007) - short story by Patricia A. McKillip
• Winter's Wife - (2007) - novelette by Elizabeth Hand
• A Diorama of the Infernal Regions, or The Devil's Ninth Question - (2007) - novelette by Andy Duncan
• Barrens Dance - (2007) - short story by Peter S. Beagle
• Stone Man - (2007) - short story by Nancy Kress
• The Manticore Spell - (2007) - short story by Jeffrey Ford
• Zinder - (2007) - short story by Tanith Lee
• Billy and the Wizard - (2007) - short story by Terry Bisson
• The Magikkers - (2007) - short story by Terry Dowling
• The Magic Animal - (2007) - novelette by Gene Wolfe
• Stonefather - novella by Orson Scott Card

When mankind moves out to the stars, the colonists of the future will remake the worlds they inhabit in their image. Included here are twenty stories from the most imaginative writers in the field, including:

Poul Anderson * Stephen Baxter * Gregory Benford * Arthur C. Clarke * Greg Egan * Joe Haldeman * Philip Jennings * William H. Kieth * Geoffrey A. Landis * Ian McDonald * Richard McKenna * Laura Mixon * G. David Nordley * Robert Reed * Kim Stanley Robinson * Pamela Sargent * Cordwainer Smith * Bruce Sterling * John Varley * Roger Zelazny

These are the stories of the explorers and pioneers who transform their destinations in the image of their distant home--exciting tales of alien landscapes and the struggle to make them suit human desires.

Table of Contents:

• Preface - essay by Gardner Dozois
• The Big Rain - (1954) - novella by Poul Anderson
• When the People Fell - (1959) - shortstory by Cordwainer Smith
• Before Eden - (1961) - shortstory by Arthur C. Clarke
• Hunter, Come Home - (1963) - novelette by Richard McKenna
• The Keys to December - (1966) - novelette by Roger Zelazny
• Retrograde Summer - (1975) - novelette by John Varley
• Shall We Take a Little Walk? - (1981) - novelette by Gregory Benford
• The Catharine Wheel - (1984) - novelette by Ian McDonald
• Sunken Gardens - (1984) - shortstory by Bruce Sterling
• Out of Copyright - (1989) - shortstory by Charles Sheffield
• A Place with Shade - (1995) - novelette by Robert Reed
• Dawn Venus - (1995) - novelette by G. David Nordley
• For White Hill - (1995) - novella by Joe Haldeman
• The Road to Reality - (1996) - novelette by Phillip C. Jennings
• Ecopoiesis - (1997) - novella by Geoffrey A. Landis
• People Came from Earth - (1999) - shortstory by Stephen Baxter
• Fossils - (1999) - novelette by William H. Keith, Jr.
• A Martian Romance - (1999) - novelette by Kim Stanley Robinson
• Dream of Venus - (2000) - novelette by Pamela Sargent
• At Tide's Turning - (2001) - novelette by Laura J. Mixon

Table of Contents:

• Introduction - Summation: 1976 - (1977) - essay by Gardner Dozois
• The Diary of the Rose - (1976) - novelette by Ursula K. Le Guin
• Custer's Last Jump - (1976) - novelette by Steven Utley and Howard Waldrop
• Air Raid - (1977) - shortstory by John Varley
• Ladies and Gentlemen, This Is Your Crisis - (1976) - shortstory by Kate Wilhelm
• Back to the Stone Age - (1976) - shortstory by Jake Saunders
• Armaja Das - (1976) - shortstory by Joe Haldeman
• Mary Margaret Road-Grader - (1976) - shortstory by Howard Waldrop
• The Samurai and the Willows - (1976) - novella by Michael Bishop
• Honorable Mentions - 1976 - (1977) - essay by uncredited

Table of Contents:

• Introduction: Summation: 1977 - (1978) - essay by Gardner Dozois
• The Screwfly Solution - (1977) - novelette by Raccoona Sheldon
• In the Hall of the Martian Kings - (1976) - novella by John Varley
• Particle Theory - (1977) - shortstory by Edward Bryant
• Bitterblooms - (1977) - novelette by George R. R. Martin
• Black as the Pit, from Pole to Pole - (1977) - novelette by Howard Waldrop and Steven Utley
• The House of Compassionate Sharers - (1977) - novelette by Michael Bishop
• Stardance - (1977) - novella by Spider Robinson and Jeanne Robinson
• Honorable Mentions - 1977 - (1978) - essay by uncredited

Table of Contents:

• Introduction: Summation: 1978 - essay by Gardner Dozois
• The Persistence of Vision - (1978) - novella by John Varley
• Found! - (1978) - shortstory by Isaac Asimov
• Whores - (1978) - shortstory by Christopher Priest
• Cousins - (1978) - novelette by Bernard Deitchman
• View from a Height - (1978) - shortstory by Joan D. Vinge
• Mutability - (1978) - shortstory by Thomas M. Disch
• Lost and Found - (1978) - shortstory by Phyllis Eisenstein
• Old Folks at Home - (1978) - novella by Michael Bishop
• September Song - (1978) - shortstory by James P. Girard
• In Alien Flesh - (1978) - novelette by Gregory Benford
• Seven American Nights - (1978) - novella by Gene Wolfe
• Honorable Mentions - 1978 - essay by Gardner Dozois

Table of Contents:

• Introduction - Summation: 1979 - (1980) - essay by Gardner Dozois
• Sandkings - (1979) - novelette by George R. R. Martin
• Blood Sisters - (1979) - novelette by Joe Haldeman
• Camps - (1979) - novelette by Jack Dann
• giANTS - (1979) - shortstory by Edward Bryant
• Down & Out on Ellfive Prime - (1979) - novelette by Dean Ing
• Redeemer - (1979) - shortstory by Gregory Benford
• In Trophonius's Cave - (1979) - shortstory by James P. Girard
• The Ancient Mind at Work - (1979) - novelette by Suzy McKee Charnas
• Vernalfest Morning - (1978) - shortstory by Michael Bishop
• The Way of Cross and Dragon - (1979) - novelette by George R. R. Martin
• The Battle of the Abaco Reefs - (1979) - novella by Hilbert Schenck
• Honorable Mentions- 1979 - (1980) - essay by uncredited

Table of Contents:

• Introduction - Summation: 1980 - (1981) - essay by Gardner Dozois
• The Ugly Chickens - (1980) - novelette by Howard Waldrop
• The Green Marauder - (1980) - shortstory by Larry Niven
• The Feast of Saint Janis - (1980) - novelette by Michael Swanwick
• The Last Answer - (1980) - shortstory by Isaac Asimov
• Nightflyers - (1980) - novella by George R. R. Martin
• Strata - (1980) - novelette by Edward Bryant
• Slow Music - (1980) - novella by James Tiptree, Jr.
• The Finger - (1980) - shortstory by Naomi Mitchison
• The War Beneath the Tree - (1979) - shortstory by Gene Wolfe
• Unicorn Tapestry - (1980) - novella by Suzy McKee Charnas
• Honorable Mentions- 1980 - (1981) - essay by uncredited

A collection of science fiction tales set in a futuristic African continent features the writing of Vernor Vinge, Gregory Benford, Bruce Sterling, Kim Stanley Robinson, Howard Waldrop, and Mike Resnick. The stories, told from both European and "native" viewpoints take a look at the past and the future--invasion by alien flora, a space baby adopted by an African woman, the rise of Africa after a nuclear war, a space utopia modeled after ancient Kenya, and other stories of fantasy and speculation filled this book

Table of Contents:

• Introduction - (1993) - essay by Mike Resnick
• For I Have Touched the Sky - (1989) - novelette by Mike Resnick
• Apartness - (1965) - novelette by Vernor Vinge
• Termites - (1987) - shortstory by Dave Smeds
• The Finger - (1980) - shortstory by Naomi Mitchison
• The Lions Are Asleep This Night - (1986) - novelette by Howard Waldrop
• Etoundi's Monkey - (1989) - shortstory by Judith Dubois
• Dry Niger - (1990) - shortstory by M. Shayne Bell
• A Transect - (1986) - shortstory by Kim Stanley Robinson
• Of Space-Time and the River - (1985) - novelette by Gregory Benford
• Still Life with Scorpion - (1984) - shortstory by Scott Baker
• The Quiet - (1981) - shortstory by George Guthridge
• Dinner in Audoghast - (1985) - shortstory by Bruce Sterling
• A Passive Victim of a Random Genetic Accident - (1983) - shortstory by Janet Gluckman
• The Pale Thin God - (1993) - shortstory by Mike Resnick
• Toward Kilimanjaro - (1990) - novelette by Ian McDonald

Short stories by Lucius Shepard, Charles Sheffield, Poul Anderson, and other notable writers highlight a collection of science fiction tales about South America.

Table of Contents:

• Introduction - (1993) - essay by Mike Resnick
• The Women Men Don't See - (1973) - novelette by James Tiptree, Jr.
• Salvador - (1984) - shortstory by Lucius Shepard
• Doomsday Deferred - (1949) - shortstory by Will F. Jenkins
• On a Hot Summer Night in a Place Far Away - (1985) - shortstory by Pat Murphy
• Manatee Gal Ain't You Coming Out Tonight - (1977) - novelette by Avram Davidson
• Trapalanda - (1987) - novelette by Charles Sheffield
• America - (1987) - novelette by Orson Scott Card
• The World Must Never Know - (1963) - shortstory by G. C. Edmondson
• Invaders - (1990) - novelette by John Kessel
• Bats - (1992) - shortstory by Diane de Avalle-Arce
• Aconcagua - (1993) - novelette by Tony Daniel
• The Sky People - (1959) - novelette by Poul Anderson
• Further Reading About South America - essay by Mike Resnick

Nineteen-ninety-nine looms near and yet the stars are still far away... but this anthology brings them closer with more than a dozen of the best SF adventure stories ever written. Among the gems collected here are "The New Prime," by Jack Vance, " Fritz Leiber's "Moon Duel," and "The Sky People," by Poul Anderson, along with masterpieces by less-familiar names such as Murray Leinster and James H. Schmitz.

With more than a dozen stories (written between 1940 and 1970) from greats such as Brian W. Aldiss, Leigh Brackett, L. Sprague de Camp, and A. E. van Vogt, this anthology ranges throughout our galaxy and into the stars. Whether you're revisiting past adventures or discovering these stories for the first time, you're sure to thrill to these wonderful adventures across the vast expanse of space.

Table of Contents:

• Preface - essay by Gardner Dozois
• The Rull - (1948) - novelette by A. E. van Vogt
• The Second Night of Summer - (1950) - novelette by James H. Schmitz
• The Galton Whistle - (1951) - novelette by L. Sprague de Camp
• The New Prime - (1951) - novelette by Jack Vance
• That Share of Glory - (1952) - novelette by C. M. Kornbluth
• The Last Days of Shandakor - (1952) - novelette by Leigh Brackett
• Exploration Team - (1956) - novelette by Murray Leinster
• The Sky People - (1959) - novelette by Poul Anderson
• The Man in the Mailbag - (1959) - novelette by Gordon R. Dickson
• Mother Hitton's Littul Kittons - (1961) - novelette by Cordwainer Smith
• A Kind of Artistry - (1962) - novelette by Brian W. Aldiss
• Gunpowder God - (1964) - novella by H. Beam Piper
• Semley's Necklace - (1964) - short story by Ursula K. Le Guin
• Moon Duel - (1965) - short story by Fritz Leiber
• The Doors of His Face, the Lamps of His Mouth - (1965) - novelette by Roger Zelazny
• Mother in the Sky With Diamonds - (1971) - novelette by James Tiptree, Jr.

Once the mainstay of science fiction, adventure stories fell out of favor during the 1960s and early 1970s. But in recent years, science fiction writers have spun out galaxy-spanning adventures as imaginative and wonderful as any of yesteryear's tales. Renowned editor Gardner Dozois assembles seventeen such escapades here, with stories from today's and tomorrow's finest writers, including:

Stephen Baxter, Tony Daniel, R. Garcia y Robertson, Peter F. Hamilton, Janet Kagan, George R. R. Martin, Paul J. McAuley, Maureen F. McHugh. G. David Nordley, Robert Reed, Mary Rosenblum, Bruce Sterling, Michael Swanwick, George Turner, John Varley, Vernor Vinge, Walter Jon Williams

These stories brim with the exciting thrills our universe offers us-- alien landscapes, unimagined realms, life unlike any we have known before, and that mysterious realm known as the human soul. The Good New Stuff shows that they really do still write 'em like that!

Table of Contents:

• Preface - (1999) - essay by Gardner DozoisGood-Bye, Robinson Crusoe - (1977) - novelette by John Varley
• The Way of Cross and Dragon - (1979) - novelette by George R. R. Martin
• Swarm - (1982) - novelette by Bruce Sterling
• The Blind Minotaur - (1985) - short story by Michael Swanwick
• The Blabber - (1988) - novella by Vernor Vinge
• The Return of the Kangaroo Rex - (1989) - novelette by Janet Kagan
• Prayers on the Wind - (1991) - novella by Walter Jon Williams
• The Missionary's Child - (1992) - novelette by Maureen F. McHugh
• Poles Apart - (1992) - novella by G. David Nordley
• Guest of Honor - (1993) - novelette by Robert Reed
• Flowering Mandrake - (1994) - novelette by George Turner
• Cilia-of-Gold - (1994) - novelette by Stephen Baxter
• Gone to Glory - (1995) - novelette by R. Garcia y Robertson
• A Dry, Quiet War - (1996) - novelette by Tony Daniel
• All Tomorrow's Parties - (1997) - short story by Paul J. McAuley
• Escape Route - (1997) - novella by Peter F. Hamilton
• The Eye of God - (1998) - novelette by Mary Rosenblum

Each year, the members of the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America(r) bestow the Nebula Awards to authors whose exemplary fiction represents the most thought-provoking and entertaining work the genre has to offer. Nebula Awards Showcase collects the year's most preeminent science fiction and fantasy in one essential volume. This year's winners include Lois McMaster Bujold, Eileen Gunn, Ellen Klages, and Walter Jon Williams, as well as Grand Master Anne McCaffrey.

Table of Contens:

• Introduction - (2006) - essay by Gardner Dozois
• The Green Leopard Plague - (2003) - novella by Walter Jon Williams
• Basement Magic - (2003) - novelette by Ellen Klages
• Dry Bones - (2003) - novelette by William Sanders
• The Masters Speak: Introduction - (2006) - essay by Gardner Dozois
• Science Fiction Century - (2006) - essay by Jack Williamson
• The Way It Was - (2006) - essay by Robert Silverberg
• Teaching the Art - essay by Ursula K. Le Guin
• Change and Okay In All Around I See - (2006) - essay by Brian W. Aldiss
• Then and Now - (2006) - essay by Frederik Pohl
• The Voluntary State - (2004) - novelette by Christopher Rowe
• Grand Master Anne McCaffrey: An Appreciation - (2006) - essay by Jody Lynn Nye
• The Ship Who Sang - (1961) - novelette by Anne McCaffrey
• Coming to Terms - (2004) - shortstory by Eileen Gunn
• Embracing-the-New - (2004) - shortstory by Benjamin Rosenbaum
• Paladin of Souls (excerpt) - (2003) - shortfiction by Lois McMaster Bujold
• Zora and the Zombie - (2004) - novelette by Andy Duncan
• Film: The Year in Review - (2006) - essay by Kathy Maio
• Travels with My Cats - (2004) - shortstory by Mike Resnick
• Just Distance - (2003) - poem by Roger Dutcher
• Octavia is Lost in the Hall of Masks - (2003) - poem by Theodora Goss
• The Cookie Monster - (2003) - novella by Vernor Vinge

Fifteen all-new stories by science fiction's top talents, collected by bestselling author George R. R. Martin and multiple-award winning editor Gardner Dozois

Burroughs's A Princess of Mars. Bradbury's The Martian Chronicles. Heinlein's Red Planet. These and so many more inspired generations of readers with a sense that science fiction's greatest wonders did not necessarily lie far in the future or light-years across the galaxy but were to be found right now on a nearby world tantalizingly similar to our own--a red planet that burned like an ember in our night sky... and in our imaginations.

This new anthology of fifteen all-original science fiction stories, edited by George R. R. Martin and Gardner Dozois, celebrates the Golden Age of Science Fiction, an era filled with tales of interplanetary colonization and derring-do. Before the advent of powerful telescopes and space probes, our solar system could be imagined as teeming with strange life-forms and ancient civilizations--by no means always friendly to the dominant species of Earth. And of all the planets orbiting that G-class star we call the Sun, none was so steeped in an aura of romantic decadence, thrilling mystery, and gung-ho adventure as Mars.

Join such seminal contributors as Michael Moorcock, Mike Resnick, Joe R. Lansdale, S. M. Stirling, Mary Rosenblum, Ian McDonald, Liz Williams, James S. A. Corey, and others in this brilliant retro anthology that turns its back on the cold, all-but-airless Mars of the Mariner probes and instead embraces an older, more welcoming, more exotic Mars: a planet of ancient canals cutting through red deserts studded with the ruined cities of dying races.

Table of Contents:

• Introduction: Red Planet Blues - (2013) - essay by George R. R. Martin
• Martian Blood - (2013) - novelette by Allen Steele
• The Ugly Duckling - (2013) - novelette by Matthew Hughes
• The Wreck of the Mars Adventure - (2013) - novelette by David D. Levine
• Swords of Zar-Tu-Kan - (2013) - novelette by S. M. Stirling
• Shoals - (2013) - novelette by Mary Rosenblum
• In the Tombs of the Martian Kings - (2013) - novelette by Mike Resnick
• Out of Scarlight - (2013) - short story by Liz Williams
• The Dead Sea-Bottom Scrolls - (2013) - short story by Howard Waldrop
• A Man Without Honor - (2013) - novelette by James S. A. Corey
• Written in Dust - (2013) - novelette by Melinda M. Snodgrass
• The Lost Canal - (2013) - novelette by Michael Moorcock
• The Sunstone - (2013) - novelette by Phyllis Eisenstein
• King of the Cheap Romance - (2013) - novelette by Joe R. Lansdale
• Mariner - (2013) - novelette by Chris Roberson
• The Queen of the Night's Aria - (2013) - novelette by Ian McDonald

Sixteen all-new stories by science fiction's top talents, collected by bestselling author George R. R. Martin and multiple-award-winning editor Gardner Dozois

From pulp adventures such as Edgar Rice Burroughs's Carson of Venus to classic short stories such as Ray Bradbury's "The Long Rain" to visionary novels such as C. S. Lewis's Perelandra, the planet Venus has loomed almost as large in the imaginations of science fiction writers as Earth's next-nearest neighbor, Mars. But while the Red Planet conjured up in Golden Age science fiction stories was a place of vast deserts and ruined cities, bright blue Venus was its polar opposite: a steamy, swampy jungle world with strange creatures lurking amidst the dripping vegetation. Alas, just as the last century's space probes exploded our dreams of Mars, so, too, did they shatter our romantic visions of Venus, revealing, instead of a lush paradise, a hellish world inimical to all life.

But don't despair! This new anthology of sixteen original stories by some of science fiction's best writers--edited by #1 New York Times bestselling author George R. R. Martin and award-winning editor Gardner Dozois--turns back the clock to that more innocent time, before the hard-won knowledge of science vanquished the infinite possibilities of the imagination.

Join our cast of award-winning contributors--including Elizabeth Bear, David Brin, Joe Haldeman, Gwyneth Jones, Mike Resnick, Eleanor Arnason, Allen M. Steele, and more--as we travel back in time to a planet that never was but should have been: a young, rain-drenched world of fabulous monsters and seductive mysteries.

Table of Contents:

• "Frogheads" by Allen M. Steele
• "The Drowned Celestrial" by Lavie Tidhar
• "Planet Of Fear" by Paul Mcauley
• "Greeves And The Evening Star" by Matthew Hughes
• "A Planet Called Desire" by Gwyneth Jones
• "Living Hell" by Joe Haldeman
• "Bones Of Air, Bones Of Stone" by Stephen Leigh
• "Ruins" by Eleanor Arnason
• "The Tumbledowns Of Cleopatra Abyss" by David Brin
• "By Frogsled And Lizardback To Outcast Venusian Lepers" by Garth Nix
• "The Sunset Of Time" by Michael Cassutt
• "Pale Blue Memories" by Tobias S. Buckell
• "The Heart's Filthy Lesson" by Elizabeth Bear
• "The Wizard Of The Trees" by Joe R. Lansdale
• "The Godstone Of Venus" by Mike Resnick
• "Botanica Veneris: Thirteen Papercuts By Ida Countess Rathangan" by Ian Mcdonald

Table of Contents:

• Foreword - (1980) - essay by Gardner Dozois and Jack Dann
• Assimilating Our Culture, That's What They're Doing - (1978) - short story by Larry Niven
• Grammar Lesson - (1977) - short story by Larry Niven
• The Subject Is Closed - (1977) - short story by Larry Niven
• Cruel and Unusual - (1977) - short story by Larry Niven
• We Purchased People - (1974) - short story by Frederik Pohl
• Guesting Time - (1965) - short story by R. A. Lafferty
• And I Awoke and Found Me Here on the Cold Hill's Side - (1972) - short story by James Tiptree, Jr.
• Angel's Egg - (1951) - novelette by Edgar Pangborn
• Oh, to Be a Blobel! - (1964) - novelette by Philip K. Dick
• Be Merry - (1966) - novelette by Algis Budrys
• Pattern - (1954) - short story by Fredric Brown
• An Honorable Death - (1961) - novelette by Gordon R. Dickson
• The Reality Trip - (1970) - short story by Robert Silverberg
• Rule Golden - (1954) - novella by Damon Knight
• Alien-Human Relations - A Guide to Further Reading - (1980) - essay by uncredited

Contents:

• Introduction to Avram Davidson's "The Spoor of the Unicorn" - (1982) - essay by Jack Dann and Gardner Dozois
• The Spoor of the Unicorn - (1982) - essay by Avram Davidson
• The Silken-Swift - (1953) - short story by Theodore Sturgeon
• Eudoric's Unicorn - (1977) - short story by L. Sprague de Camp
• The Flight of the Horse - (1969) - short story by Larry Niven
• On the Downhill Side - (1972) - short story by Harlan Ellison
• The Night of the Unicorn - (1975) - short story by Thomas Burnett Swann
• Mythological Beast - (1979) - short story by Stephen R. Donaldson
• The Final Quarry - (1970) - novelette by Eric Norden
• Elfleda - (1981) - short story by Vonda N. McIntyre
• The White Donkey - (1980) - short story by Ursula K. Le Guin
• Unicorn Variation - (1981) - novelette by Roger Zelazny
• The Sacrifice - (1982) - short story by Gardner Dozois
• The Unicorn - (1952) - short story by Frank Owen
• The Woman the Unicorn Loved - (1981) - novelette by Gene Wolfe
• The Forsaken - (1982) - short story by Beverly Evans
• The Unicorn - (1939) - short fiction by T. H. White
• Selected Bibliography - (1982) - uncredited

Table of Contents:

• Preface - essay by Gardner Dozois and Jack Dann
• Space-Time for Springers - (1958) - short story by Fritz Leiber
• The Game of Rat and Dragon - (1955) - short story by Cordwainer Smith
• The Cat from Hell - (1977) - short story by Stephen King
• Out of Place - (1981) - short story by Pamela Sargent
• Schrödinger's Cat - (1974) - short story by Ursula K. Le Guin
• Groucho - (1981) - short story by Ron Goulart
• My Father, the Cat - (1957) - short story by Henry Slesar
• The Cat Man - (1960) - short story by Byron Liggett
• Some Are Born Cats - (1973) - short story by Terry Carr and Carol Carr
• The Cat Lover - (1961) - short story by Knox Burger
• Jade Blue - (1971) - short story by Edward Bryant
• Tom Cat - (1970) - short story by Gary Jennings
• Sonya, Crane Wessleman, and Kittee - (1970) - short story by Gene Wolfe
• The Witch's Cat - (1939) - short story by Manly Wade Wellman
• Antiquities - (1977) - short story by John Crowley
• A Little Intelligence - (1982) - novelette by Robert Silverberg and Randall Garrett
• The Cat - (1983) - short story by Gene Wolfe
• Afternoon at Schrafft's - (1984) - short story by Gardner Dozois and Jack Dann and Michael Swanwick

Stories about legendary creatures of myth and magic!

An anthology of extraordinary stories about legendary creatures of myth and magic features works by Tanith Lee, T.H. White, Jane Yolen, and Gene Wolfe.

Table of Contents:

• Preface - essay by Jack Dann and Gardner Dozois
• The Dragon - essay by Jack Dann and Gardner Dozois
• The Man Who Painted the Dragon Griaule - (1984) - novelette by Lucius Shepard
• Draco, Draco - (1984) - novelette by Tanith Lee
• The Rule of Names - (1964) - short story by Ursula K. Le Guin
• The Unicorn - essay by Jack Dann and Gardner Dozois
• The Black Horn - (1984) - novelette by Jack Dann
• The Giant - essay by Jack Dann and Gardner Dozois
• Walk Like a Mountain - (1955) - short story by Manly Wade Wellman
• The Centaur - essay by Jack Dann and Gardner Dozois
• Treaty in Tartessos - (1963) - short story by Karen Anderson
• The Woman Who Loved the Centaur Pholus - (1979) - short story by Gene Wolfe
• The Dryad - essay by Jack Dann and Gardner Dozois
• The Sleep of Trees - (1980) - short story by Jane Yolen
• The Hardwood Pile - (1940) - novelette by L. Sprague de Camp
• The Minotaur - essay by Jack Dann and Gardner Dozois
• The Blind Minotaur - (1985) - short story by Michael Swanwick
• The Sphinx - essay by Jack Dann and Gardner Dozois
• Landscape With Sphinxes - (1962) - short story by Karen Anderson
• Simpson's Lesser Sphynx - (1984) - short story by Esther M. Friesner
• The Sea Serpent - essay by Jack Dann and Gardner Dozois
• God's Hooks! - (1982) - short story by Howard Waldrop
• The Phoenix - essay by Jack Dann and Gardner Dozois
• A Leg Full of Rubies - (1959) - short story by Joan Aiken
• The Troll - essay by Jack Dann and Gardner Dozois
• The Valor of Cappen Varra - (1957) - short story by Poul Anderson
• The Troll - (1935) - short story by T. H. White
• The Griffin - essay by Jack Dann and Gardner Dozois
• Return of the Griffins - (1948) - short story by A. E. Sandeling
• The Pegasus - essay by Jack Dann and Gardner Dozois
• The Last of His Breed - (1984) - short story by Rob Chilson
• About the Editors - essay by Jack Dann and Gardner Dozois

Table of Contents:

• The Prevalence of Mermaids - - (1986) - essay by Avram Davidson
• Nothing in the Rules - (1939) - novelette by L. Sprague de Camp
• She Sells Sea Shells - (1983) - short story by Paul Darcy Boles
• The Soul Cages - (1825) - short story by Thomas Crofton Croker
• Sweetly the Waves Call to Me - (1981) - short story by Pat Murphy
• Driftglass - (1967) - short story by Samuel R. Delany
• Mrs. Pigafetta Swims Well - (1959) - short story by Reginald Bretnor
• The Nebraskan and the Nereid - (1985) - short story by Gene Wolfe
• The Lady and the Merman - (1976) - short story by Jane Yolen
• The White Seal Maid - (1977) - short story by Jane Yolen
• The Fisherman's Wife - (1982) - short story by Jane Yolen
• Till Human Voices Wake Us - (1984) - short story by Lewis Shiner
• A Touch of Strange - (1958) - short story by Theodore Sturgeon
• Something Rich and Strange - (1961) - short story by Randall Garrett and Avram Davidson
• The Crest of Thirty-six - (1980) - short story by Davis Grubb
• The Shannon Merrow - (1982) - short story by Cooper McLaughlin
• Fish Story - (1953) - short story by Leslie Charteris
• In the Islands - (1983) - short story by Pat Murphy
• Recommended Reading List - (1986) - essay by Jack Dann and Gardner Dozois

Table of Contents:

• Preface - (1986) - essay by Jack Dann and Gardner Dozois
• The Bleak Shore - (1940) - short story by Fritz Leiber
• O Ugly Bird! - (1951) - short story by Manly Wade Wellman
• The Power of the Press - (1983) - novelette by Richard Kearns
• The Finger - (1980) - short story by Naomi Mitchison
• The Word of Unbinding - (1964) - short story by Ursula K. Le Guin
• His Coat So Gay - (1965) - novelette by Sterling E. Lanier
• Narrow Valley - (1966) - short story by R. A. Lafferty
• Sleep Well of Nights - (1978) - novella by Avram Davidson
• Armaja Das - (1976) - short story by Joe Haldeman
• My Boat - (1976) - short story by Joanna Russ
• The Hag Séleen - (1942) - novelette by Theodore Sturgeon and James H. Beard
• The Last Wizard - (1972) - short story by Avram Davidson
• The Overworld - (1965) - novelette by Jack Vance
• Recommended Reading - (1986) - essay by Jack Dann and Gardner Dozois

Table of Contents:

• Grail - (1981) - novelette by Harlan Ellison
• The Willow Platform - (1973) - short story by Joseph Payne Brennan
• The Night of White Bhairab - (1984) - novelette by Lucius Shepard
• The Mangler - (1972) - novelette by Stephen King
• The Last Demon - (1964) - short story by Isaac Bashevis Singer
• The Golden Rope - (1983) - novelette by Tanith Lee
• Basileus - (1983) - short story by Robert Silverberg
• Twilla - (1974) - novelette by Tom Reamy
• The Purple Pterodactyls - (1976) - short story by L. Sprague de Camp
• Goslin Day - (1970) - short story by Avram Davidson
• Nellthu - (1955) - short story by Anthony Boucher
• Snulbug - (1941) - short story by Anthony Boucher
• One Other - (1953) - short story by Manly Wade Wellman
• An Ornament to His Profession - (1966) - novelette by Charles L. Harness
• Further Reading - essay by Gardner Dozois and Jack Dann
• About the Editors - essay by Gardner Dozois and Jack Dann

Table of Contents:

• Auto-da-Fe - (1961) - short story by Damon Knight
• Roog - (1953) - short story by Philip K. Dick
• The Hounds - (1974) - novelette by Kate Wilhelm
• The Howling Tower - (1941) - short story by Fritz Leiber
• Demon Lover - (1984) - novelette by M. Sargent Mackay
• A Few Kindred Spirits - (1965) - short story by John Christopher
• Dogs' Lives - (1984) - novelette by Michael Bishop
• Here, Putzi! - (1953) - short story by L. Sprague de Camp and Fletcher Pratt
• Desertion - [City] - (1944) - short story by Clifford D. Simak
• I Lost My Love to the Space Shuttle Columbia - (1983) - short story by Damien Broderick
• The Master of the Hounds - (1966) - novelette by Algis Budrys
• One-Trick Dog - (1987) - short story by Bruce Boston
• Friend's Best Man - (1987) - short story by Jonathan Carroll
• Wish Hound - (1980) - short story by Pat Murphy
• A Boy and His Dog - (1969) - novella by Harlan Ellison
• Further Reading - (1988) - essay by Jack Dann and Gardner Dozois

Table of Contents

• Preface - (1989) - essay by Jack Dann and Gardner Dozois
• Algy - (1976) - short story by L. Sprague de Camp
• Out of Darkness - (1987) - short story by Lillian Stewart Carl
• Leviathan! - (1970) - short story by Larry Niven
• The Horses of Lir - (1981) - short story by Roger Zelazny
• The Mortal and the Monster - (1976) - novella by Gordon R. Dickson
• Man Overboard - (1960) - novelette by John Collier
• The Dakwa - (1977) - short story by Manly Wade Wellman
• The Kings of the Sea - (1968) - novelette by Sterling E. Lanier
• Grumblefritz - (1981) - short story by Marvin Kaye
• The Devil of Malkirk - (1982) - novella by Charles Sheffield
• Further Reading - (1989) - essay by Jack Dann and Gardner Dozois

Table of Contents:

• Preface - (1990) - essay by Jack Dann and Gardner Dozois
• A Gun for Dinosaur - (1956) - novelette by L. Sprague de Camp
• Poor Little Warrior! - (1958) - short story by Brian W. Aldiss
• Green Brother - (1982) - short story by Howard Waldrop
• Hatching Season - (1985) - short story by Harry Turtledove
• Getting Away - (1976) - short story by Steven Utley
• The Runners - (1978) - short story by Bob Buckley
• The Last Thunder Horse West of the Mississippi - (1988) - novelette by Sharon N. Farber
• Strata - (1980) - novelette by Edward Bryant
• Time's Arrow - (1950) - short story by Arthur C. Clarke
• A Change in the Weather - (1981) - short story by Gardner Dozois and Jack Dann
• The Night-blooming Saurian - (1970) - short story by James Tiptree, Jr.
• Dinosaur - (1987) - short story by Steve Rasnic Tem
• Dinosaurs - (1985) - short story by Geoffrey A. Landis
• Dinosaur on a Bicycle - (1987) - novelette by Tim Sullivan

Table of Contents:

• Kreativity for Kats - (1961) - short story by Fritz Leiber
• Life Regarded as a Jigsaw Puzzle of Highly Lustrous Cats - (1991) - short story by Michael Bishop
• Bright Burning Tiger - (1984) - short story by Tanith Lee
• I Love Little Pussy - (1988) - short story by Isaac Asimov
• The Boy Who Spoke Cat - (1973) - short story by Ward Moore
• The Jaguar Hunter - (1985) - novelette by Lucius Shepard
• The Sin of Madame Phloi - (1962) - short story by Lilian Jackson Braun
• The Mountain Cage - (1983) - novelette by Pamela Sargent
• May's Lion - (1983) - short story by Ursula K. Le Guin
• The Color of Grass, the Color of Blood - (1989) - short story by R. V. Barnham
• A Word to the Wise - (1940) - short story by John Collier
• Duke Pasquale's Ring - (1985) - novella by Avram Davidson

Table of Contents:

• Working With the Little People - (1977) - short story by Harlan Ellison
• United Imp - (1977) - short story by L. Sprague de Camp
• A Cabin on the Coast - (1984) - short story by Gene Wolfe
• Cargo - (1940) - novelette by Theodore Sturgeon
• Housing Problem - (1944) - short story by Henry Kuttner and C. L. Moore
• The Goobers - (1965) - short story by Avram Davidson
• Fairy Tale - (1981) - novelette by Jack Dann
• A Gift of the People - (1988) - short story by Robert Sampson
• Trouble with Water - (1939) - short story by H. L. Gold
• Send No Money - (1985) - short story by Gardner Dozois and Susan Casper
• The Hob - (1988) - novelette by Judith Moffett
• Further Reading - (1991) - essay by Jack Dann and Gardner Dozois

Contents:

• Preface - (1992) - essay by Gardner Dozois and Jack Dann
• The Calling of Paisley Coldpony - (1988) - novelette by Michael Bishop
• Unicornucopia - (1992) - short story by Lawrence Watt-Evans
• he Black Horn - (1984) - novelette by Jack Dann
• The Hole in Edgar's Hillside - (1991) - short story by Gregory Frost
• The Hunting of Death: The Unicorn - (1984) - novella by Tanith Lee
• Stalking the Unicorn with Gun and Camera - (1986) - short story by Mike Resnick
• The Boy Who Drew Unicorns - (1988) - short story by Jane Yolen
• Ghost Town - (1992) - short story by Jack C. Haldeman, II
• The Stray - (1987) - short story by Gardner Dozois and Susan Casper
• The Shade of Lo Man Gong - (1988) - short story by William F. Wu
• The Princess, the Cat, and the Unicorn - (1988) - short story by Patricia C. Wrede
• Naked Wish-Fulfillment - (1989) - novelette by Janet Kagan
• Selected Bibliography - (1992) - uncredited

Table of Contents:

• Bloodchild - (1984) - novelette by Octavia E. Butler
• Idiot Stick - (1958) - short story by Damon Knight
• Guesting Time - (1965) - short story by R. A. Lafferty
• Trading Post - (1986) - novelette by Neal Barrett, Jr.
• And I Awoke and Found Me Here on the Cold Hill's Side - (1972) - short story by James Tiptree, Jr.
• Night of the Cooters - (1987) - short story by Howard Waldrop
• Roadside Rescue - (1985) - short story by Pat Cadigan
• The Liberation of Earth - (1953) - short story by William Tenn
• Roog - (1953) - short story by Philip K. Dick
• Speed Trap - (1967) - short story by Frederik Pohl
• The Perfect Host - (1992) - novelette by Robert Silverberg
• Heresies of the Huge God - (1966) - short story by Brian W. Aldiss
• Sepoy - (1992) - novelette by Tom Purdom
• Dress Rehearsal - (1974) - short story by Harvey Jacobs
• The Screwfly Solution - (1977) - novelette by Raccoona Sheldon
• Further Reading - (1993) - essay by uncredited

Table of Contents:

• Preface - essay by Gardner Dozois and Jack Dann
• Draco, Draco - (1984) - novelette by Tanith Lee
• Two Yards of Dragon - (1976) - novelette by L. Sprague de Camp
• Mrs. Byres and the Dragon - (1990) - novelette by Keith Roberts
• A Handful of Hatchlings - (1993) - short story by Mark Sumner
• Covenant With a Dragon - (1987) - short story by Susan Casper
• Paper Dragons - (1985) - novelette by James P. Blaylock
• Up the Wall - (1990) - novelette by Esther M. Friesner
• Lan Lung - (1980) - novelette by M. Lucie Chin
• Climacteric - (1960) - short story by Avram Davidson
• The Man Who Painted the Dragon Griaule - (1984) - novelette by Lucius Shepard
• Further Reading - essay by uncredited

Table of Contents:

• Classical Horses - (1991) - novelette by Judith Tarr
• The Wonder Horse - (1957) - short story by George Byram
• On the Gem Planet - (1963) - novelette by Cordwainer Smith
• The Thunder of the Captains - (1985) - short story by Garry Kilworth
• Brothers of the Wind - (1981) - short story by Jane Yolen
• Aunt Millicent at the Races - (1965) - short story by Len Guttridge
• The Circus Horse - (1988) - short story by Amy Bechtel
• Riding the Nightmare - (1986) - short story by Lisa Tuttle
• Wild, Wild Horses - (1988) - short story by Howard Waldrop
• The Boy Who Plaited Manes - (1986) - short story by Nancy Springer
• Horse Camp - (1986) - short story by Ursula K. Le Guin
• His Coat So Gay - (1965) - novelette by Sterling E. Lanier
• Further Reading - essay by uncredited

Table of Contents:

• Preface - (1995) - essay by Jack Dann and Gardner Dozois
• The Big Splash - (1992) - novelette by L. Sprague de Camp
• Just Like Old Times - (1993) - short story by Robert J. Sawyer
• The Virgin and the Dinosaur - (1992) - novella by R. Garcia y Robertson
• The Odd Old Bird - (1988) - short story by Avram Davidson
• Bernie - (1994) - novelette by Ian McDowell
• Small Deer - (1965) - short story by Clifford D. Simak
• Dinosaur Pliés - (1989) - short story by R. V. Branham
• Day of the Hunters - (1950) - short story by Isaac Asimov
• Herding with the Hadrosaurs - (1992) - short story by Michael Bishop
• Ontogeny Recapitulates Phylogeny - (1990) - short story by R. Garcia y Robertson
• Trembling Earth - (1990) - novella by Allen Steele

Table of Contents:

• Basileus - (1983) - short story by Robert Silverberg
• Angelica - (1979) - short story by Jane Yolen
• Angels - (1990) - short story by Bruce McAllister
• If Angels Ate Apples - (1993) - poem by Geoffrey A. Landis
• Alfred - (1992) - short story by Lisa Goldstein
• A Plethora of Angels - (1989) - short story by Robert Sampson
• The Man Who Loved the Faioli - (1967) - short story by Roger Zelazny
• Upon the Dull Earth - (1954) - novelette by Philip K. Dick
• Angel - (1987) - short story by Pat Cadigan
• Curse of the Angel's Wife - (1993) - poem by Bruce Boston
• Sleepers Awake - (1993) - short story by Jamil Nasir
• And the Angels Sing - (1990) - short story by Kate Wilhelm
• Grave Angels - (1986) - novelette by Richard Kearns
• All Vows - (1992) - short story by Esther M. Friesner

Twelve Dimension-shattering tales of travel across time...

Twelve dimension-shattering tales of time travel, featuring John Varley, Ursula K. LeGuin, Joe Haldeman, Avram Davidson, Damon Knight, Nancy Kress, R.A. Lafferty, Jack McDevitt, Bridget McKenna, Richard McKenna, Charles Sheffield, and James Tiptree, Jr. These stories take readers from everyday reality into the infinite vistas of time and space -- as far as the man can reach.

Table if Contents:

• "The Man Who Walked Home" by James Tiptree, Jr.
• "Air Raid" by John Varley
• "The Hole on the Corner" by R. A. Lafferty
• "Trapalanda" by Charles Sheffield
• "Arachon" by Damon Knight
• "Hole-in-the-Wall" by Bridget McKenna
• "Time's Arrow" by Jack McDevitt
• "Anniversary Project" by Joe Haldeman
• "The Secret Place" by Richard McKenna
• "The Price of Oranges" by Nancy Kress
• "Full Chicken Richness" by Avram Davidson
• "Another Story" by Ursula K. Le Guin

Ten mind-blowing tales from the cutting edge of technology...

Imagine a technology that can change the structure and function of your own body...or that can devour an entire country. This is nanotechnology--the creation of self-replicating machines with the capability to build or alter almost any structure, including the human form, by manipulating atoms or molecules--and it has captured the imaginations of science fiction writers and readers everywhere. Now these ten short tales will capture you...

Table of Contents:

• Preface - (1998) - essay by Gardner Dozois and Jack Dann
• Blood Music - (1983) - novelette by Greg Bear
• Margin of Error - (1994) - short story by Nancy Kress
• Axiomatic - (1990) - short story by Greg Egan
• Remember'd Kisses - (1988) - novelette by Michael F. Flynn
• Recording Angel - (1996) - short story by Ian McDonald
• Sunflowers - (1995) - novelette by Kathleen Ann Goonan
• The Logic Pool - (1994) - short story by Stephen Baxter
• Any Major Dude - (1991) - novelette by Paul Di Filippo
• We Were Out of Our Minds with Joy - (1995) - novella by David Marusek
• Willy in the Nano-Lab - (1998) - poem by Geoffrey A. Landis
• Further Reading - (1998) - essay by Jack Dann and Gardner Dozois

New tales of genetic engineering and its impact on tomorrow...

Long before there was Dolly the sheep, there were brilliant science fiction authors speculating on the power and potential, the temptations and the terrors, of cloning. Join them as they explore the ideas, the implications, and the thrilling dramatic possibilities in this collection of nine stories by Ursula K. LeGuin, Joe Haldeman, John Varley, Greg Egan, Damon Knight, Ian R. MacLeod, Kate Wilhelm, Pamela Sargent, and Charles Sheffield.

Table of Contents:

• "The Extra" by Greg Egan
• "The Phantom of Kansas" by John Varley
• "Nine Lives" by Ursula K. Le Guin
• "Past Magic" by Ian R. MacLeod
• "Where Late the Sweet Birds Sang" by Kate Wilhelm
• "Out of Copyright" by Charles Sheffield
• "Mary" by Damon Knight
• "Clone Sister" by Pamela Sargent
• "Blood Sisters" by Joe Haldeman

Some see it as the ultimate blessing, others as an intolerable curse. Tempting or terrifying, the idea of immortality has inspired creative souls for thousands of years. In this brilliant collection, some of today's most ingeniously imaginative writers deal with the entrancing theme of eternal possibilities.

Features Thomas M. Disch, Greg Egan, Jack Vance, and other acclaimed masters of fantasy and science fiction.

Table of Contents:

• Preface - (1998) - essay by Jack Dann and Gardner Dozois
• The Dying Man - (1957) - novelette by Damon Knight
• Death Do Us Part - (1996) - short story by Robert Silverberg
• The Worm That Flies - (1968) - short story by Brian W. Aldiss
• Child of All Ages - (1975) - short story by P. J. Plauger
• The Grotto of the Dancing Deer - (1980) - short story by Clifford D. Simak
• Learning to Be Me - (1990) - short story by Greg Egan
• The Secret - (1966) - short story by Jack Vance
• Mortimer Gray's History of Death - (1995) - novella by Brian Stableford

What sets space opera apart from other fiction is its sheer scale: it is an exuberant celebration of the very large and the very small, of the very old and the very new, of the vast, panoramic instant we live in; the instant in which everything that went before melds with everything yet to be. It is Star Wars and Battlestar Galactica.

The only book of its kind, The New Space Opera brings together for the first time the generation of writers who spawned and embody the “new space opera, ” as well as other talents destined to join their ranks. Going beyond everything that has come before, this fresh, visionary anthology is essential reading for every science fiction fan.

Table of Contents:

• Introduction - (2007) - essay by Gardner Dozois and Jonathan Strahan
• Saving Tiamaat - shortstory by Gwyneth Jones
• Verthandi's Ring - (2007) - shortstory by Ian McDonald
• Hatch - (2007) - shortstory by Robert Reed
• Winning Peace - (2007) - novelette by Paul J. McAuley
• Glory - novelette by Greg Egan
• Maelstrom - (2007) - novelette by Kage Baker
• Blessed by an Angel - (2007) - shortstory by Peter F. Hamilton
• Who's Afraid of Wolf 359? - shortstory by Ken MacLeod
• The Valley of the Gardens - (2007) - novelette by Tony Daniel
• Dividing the Sustain - (2007) - novelette by James Patrick Kelly
• Minla's Flowers - (2007) - novella by Alastair Reynolds
• Splinters of Glass - (2007) - novelette by Mary Rosenblum
• Remembrance - (2007) - shortstory by Stephen Baxter
• The Emperor and the Maula - (2007) - novelette by Robert Silverberg
• The Worm Turns - (2007) - shortstory by Gregory Benford
• Send Them Flowers - (2007) - novelette by Walter Jon Williams
• Art of War - shortstory by Nancy Kress
• Muse of Fire - (2007) - novella by Dan Simmons

Following the success of their Locus Award-winning anthology The New Space Opera, editors Gardner Dozois and Jonathan Strahan now up the ante with The New Space Opera 2, new stories from some of the biggest names in science fiction’s biggest genre.

Table of Contents:

• Utriusque Cosmi - (2009) - novelette by Robert Charles Wilson
• The Island - (2009) - novelette by Peter Watts
• Events Preceding the Helvetican Renaissance - (2009) - novelette by John Kessel
• To Go Boldly - shortstory by Cory Doctorow
• The Lost Princess Man - (2009) - novelette by John Barnes
• Defect - (2009) - novelette by Kristine Kathryn Rusch
• To Raise a Mutiny Betwixt Yourselves - (2009) - novelette by Jay Lake
• Shell Game - (2009) - novelette by Neal Asher
• Punctuality - (2009) - shortstory by Garth Nix
• Inevitable - (2009) - novelette by Sean Williams
• Join The Navy and See the Worlds - (2009) - shortstory by Bruce Sterling
• Fearless Space Pirates of the Outer Rings - (2009) - novelette by Bill Willingham
• From the Heart - (2009) - novelette by John Meaney
• Chameleons - (2009) - novella by Elizabeth Moon
• The Tenth Muse - (2009) - novelette by Tad Williams
• Cracklegrackle - novelette by Justina Robson
• The Tale of the Wicked - (2009) - novelette by John Scalzi
• Catastrophe Baker and a Canticle for Leibowitz - (2009) - shortstory by Mike Resnick
• The Far End of History - (2009) - novelette by John C. Wright

For more than twenty years The Year's Best Science Fiction has been recognized as the best collection of short science fiction writing in the universe and an essential resource for every science fiction fan. In 2005 the original Best of the Best collected the finest short stories from that series and became a benchmark in the SF field. Now, for the first time ever, Hugo Award-winning editor Gardner Dozios sifts through hundreds of stories and dozens of authors who have gone on to become some of the most esteemed practitioners of the form, to bring readers the ultimate anthology of short science fiction novels from his legendary series.

Included are such notable short novels as:

• Sailing to Byzantium by Robert Silverberg
  In the fiftieth century, people of Earth are able to create entire cities on a whim, including those of mythology and legend. When twentieth-century traveler Charles Philip accidentally lands in this aberrant time period, he is simultaneously obsessed with discovering more about this alluring world and getting back home. But in a world made entirely of man's creation, things are not always as they seem on the surface.
• Forgiveness Day by Ursula K. Le Guin
  Le Guin returns to her Hainish-settled interstellar community, the Ekumen, to tell the tale of two star-crossed lovers who are literally worlds apart in this story of politics, violence, religion, and cultural disparity.
• Turquoise Days by Alastair Reynolds
  On a sea-wold planet covered with idyllic tropical oceans, peace seems pervasive. Beneath the placid water lurks an ominous force that has the potential to destroy all tranquility.

Contributors include: Greg Egan; Joe Haldeman; James Patrick Kelly; Nancy Kress; Ursula K. Le Guin; Ian R. MacLeod; Ian McDonald; Maureen F. McHugh; Frederick Pohl; Alastair Reynolds; Robert Silverberg; Michael Swanwick; Walter Jon Williams.

With work spanning two decades, The Best of the Best, Volume 2 stands as the ultimate anthology of short science fiction novels ever published in the world.

Table of Contents:

• Robert Silverberg: "Sailing To Byzantium"
• Walter Jon Williams: "Surfacing"
• Joe Haldeman: "The Hemingway Hoax"
• James Patrick Kelly: "Mr. Boy"
• Nancy Kress: "Beggars In Spain"
• Michael Swanwick: "Griffin's Egg"
• Frederick Pohl: "Outnumbering The Dead"
• Ursula K. LeGuin: "Forgiveness Day"
• Maureen F. McHugh: "The Cost To Be Wise"
• Greg Egan: "Oceanic"
• Ian McDonald: "Tendeléo's Story"
• Ian R. MacLeod: "New Light On The Drake Equation"
• Alastair Reynolds: "Turquoise Days"

Contains Nebula-winning Novella "Story of Your Life" by Ted Chiang and Nebula-nominated Novella "Trinity" by Nancy Kress

For years, The Year's Best Science Fiction has been the most widely read short science fiction anthology of its kind. Now, after twenty-one annual collections, comes the ultimate in science fiction anthologies, The Best of the Best: 20 Years of the Year's Best Science Fiction, in which legendary editor Gardner Dozois selects the very best short stories for this landmark collection.

With work spanning two decades, The Best of the Best stands as one of the ultimate science fiction anthologies ever published.

Table of Contents:

• Greg Bear: "Blood Music"
• Gene Wolfe: "A Cabin on the Coast"
• Lucius Shepard: "Salvador"
• Nancy Kress: "Trinity"
• Howard Waldrop: "Flying Saucer Rock and Roll"
• Bruce Sterling: "Dinner in Audoghast"
• Pat Cadigan: "Roadside Rescue"
• John Crowley: "Snow"
• William Gibson: "The Winter Market"
• John Kessel: "The Pure Product"
• Eileen Gunn: "Stable Strategies for Middle Management"
• Mike Resnick: "Kirinyaga"
• Robert Silverberg: "Tales from the Venia Woods"
• Terry Bisson: "Bears Discover Fire"
• Connie Willis: "Even the Queen"
• Robert Reed: "Guest of Honor"
• Joe Haldeman: "None So Blind"
• Brian Stableford: "Mortimer Gray's History of Death"
• Maureen F. McHugh: "The Lincoln Train"
• Greg Egan: "Wang's Carpets"
• Ursula K. LeGuin: "Coming of Age in Karhide"
• Michael Swanwick: "The Dead"
• Ian McDonald: "Recording Angel"
• Tony Daniel: "A Dry, Quiet War"
• William Sanders: "The Undiscovered"
• Paul J. McAuley: "Second Skin"
• Ted Chiang: "Story of Your Life"
• Stephen Baxter: "People Came From Earth"
• David Marusek: "The Wedding Album"
• James Patrick Kelly: "1016 To 1"
• Walter Jon Williams: "Daddy's World"
• Steven Utley: "The Real World"
• Geoff Ryman: "Have Not Have"
• Charles Stross: "Lobsters"
• Ian R. MacLeod: "Breathmoss"
• Molly Gloss: "Lambing Season"

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 any many more.

Table of Contents

• The Potter of Bones [Hwarhath] (2002) - novella by Eleanor Arnason
• The Little Goddess [India 2047] (2005) - novella by Ian McDonald
• Tin Marsh (2006) - novelette by Michael Swanwick
• Rogue Farm (2003) - short story by Charles Stross
• Good Mountain (2005) - novella by Robert Reed
• Glory (2007) - novelette by Greg Egan
• Finisterra (2007) - novelette by David Moles
• Where the Golden Apples Grow [Mars] (2006) - novella by Kage Baker
• The Sledge-Maker's Daughter (2007) - short story by Alastair Reynolds
• The Illustrated Biography of Lord Grimm (2008) - novelette by Daryl Gregory
• Events Preceding the Helvetican Renaissance (2009) - novelette by John Kessel
• Utriusque Cosmi (2009) - novelette by Robert Charles Wilson
• The Things (2010) - novelette by Peter Watts
• The Emperor of Mars [Near Space] (2010) - novelette by Allen M. Steele
• Mongoose [Boojum] (2009) - novelette by Elizabeth Bear and Sarah Monette
• Hair (2009) - novelette by Adam Roberts
• Flower, Mercy, Needle, Chain (2010) - short story by Yoon Ha Lee
• The Invasion of Venus (2010) - short story by Stephen Baxter
• Martian Heart (2011) - short story by John Barnes
• Useless Things (2009) - short story by Maureen McHugh
• Weep for Day (2012) - novelette by Indrapramit Das
• The Girl-Thing Who Went Out for Sushi (2012) - novelette by Pat Cadigan
• The Memcordist [Solar System] (2012) - short story by Lavie Tidhar
• The Discovered Country (2013) - novelette by Ian R. MacLeod
• The Best We Can (2013) - short story by Carrie Vaughn
• Dead Men Walking [The Quiet War] (2006) - novelette by Paul McAuley
• Pathways (2013) - novelette by Nancy Kress
• Someday (2014) - short story by James Patrick Kelly
• The Hand Is Quicker (2014) - novelette by Elizabeth Bear
• Three Cups of Grief, by Starlight [Universe of Xuya] (2015) - short story by Aliette de Bodard
• Calved (2015) - short story by Sam J. Miller
• Rates of Change (2015) - short story by James S. A. Corey
• Emergence (2015) - novelette by Gwyneth Jones
• The Long Haul, from The Annals of Transportation, The Pacific Monthly, May 2009 (2014) - short story by Ken Liu
• KIT: Some Assembly Required (2016) - short story by Kathe Koja and Carter Scholz
• Winter Timeshare (2017) - short story by Ray Nayler
• Jonas and the Fox (2016) - novelette by Rich Larson
• My English Name (2017) - novelette by R. S. Benedict

Table of Contents:

• Introduction: Summation: 1983 - essay by Gardner Dozois
• Cicada Queen - (1983) - novelette by Bruce Sterling
• Beyond the Dead Reef - (1983) - shortstory by James Tiptree, Jr.
• Slow Birds - (1983) - novelette by Ian Watson
• Vulcan's Forge - (1983) - shortstory by Poul Anderson
• Man-Mountain Gentian - (1983) - shortstory by Howard Waldrop
• Hardfought - (1983) - novella by Greg Bear
• Manifest Destiny - (1983) - shortstory by Joe Haldeman
• Full Chicken Richness - (1983) - shortstory by Avram Davidson
• Multiples - (1983) - shortstory by Robert Silverberg
• Cryptic - (1983) - shortstory by Jack McDevitt
• The Sidon in the Mirror - (1983) - novelette by Connie Willis
• Golden Gate - (1982) - shortstory by R. A. Lafferty
• Blind Shemmy - (1983) - novelette by Jack Dann
• In the Islands - (1983) - shortstory by Pat Murphy
• Nunc Dimittis - (1983) - novelette by Tanith Lee
• Blood Music - (1983) - novelette by Greg Bear
• Her Furry Face - (1983) - shortstory by Leigh Kennedy
• Knight of Shallows - (1983) - novelette by Rand B. Lee
• The Cat - (1983) - shortstory by Gene Wolfe
• The Monkey Treatment - (1983) - novelette by George R. R. Martin
• Nearly Departed - (1983) - shortstory by Pat Cadigan
• Hearts Do Not in Eyes Shine - (1983) - novelette by John Kessel
• Carrion Comfort - (1983) - novelette by Dan Simmons
• Gemstone - (1983) - novelette by Vernor Vinge
• Black Air - (1983) - novelette by Kim Stanley Robinson
• Honorable Mentions: 1983 - essay by Gardner Dozois

A consistently award-winning collection once again provides the best science fiction stories of the year, featuring work by veterans and newcomers including Michael Bishop, Nancy Kress, Ursula Le Guin, Mike Resnick, Geoff Ryman, Brian Stableford, and many others.

Table of Contents:

• Introduction: Summation: 1984 - essay by Gardner Dozois
• Salvador - (1984) - shortstory by Lucius Shepard
• Promises to Keep - (1984) - novelette by Jack McDevitt
• Bloodchild - (1984) - novelette by Octavia E. Butler
• Blued Moon - (1984) - novelette by Connie Willis
• A Message to the King of Brobdingnag - (1984) - novelette by Richard Cowper
• The Affair - (1984) - shortstory by Robert Silverberg
• Press Enter [] - (1984) - novella by John Varley
• New Rose Hotel - (1984) - shortstory by William Gibson
• The Map - (1984) - shortstory by Gene Wolfe
• Interlocking Pieces - (1984) - shortstory by Molly Gloss
• Trojan Horse - (1984) - novelette by Michael Swanwick
• Bad Medicine - (1984) - novelette by Jack Dann
• At the Embassy Club - (1984) - shortstory by Elizabeth A. Lynn
• Pursuit of Excellence - (1984) - novelette by Rena Yount
• The Kindly Isle - (1984) - shortstory by Frederik Pohl
• Rock On - (1984) - shortstory by Pat Cadigan
• Sunken Gardens - (1984) - shortstory by Bruce Sterling
• Trinity - (1984) - novella by Nancy Kress
• The Trouble With the Cotton People - (1984) - shortstory by Ursula K. Le Guin
• Twilight Time - (1984) - novelette by Lewis Shiner
• Black Coral - (1984) - novelette by Lucius Shepard
• Friend - (1984) - novelette by James Patrick Kelly and John Kessel
• Foreign Skins - (1984) - novelette by Tanith Lee
• Company in the Wings - (1983) - shortstory by R. A. Lafferty
• A Cabin on the Coast - (1984) - shortstory by Gene Wolfe
• The Lucky Strike - (1984) - novelette by Kim Stanley Robinson
• Honorable Mentions: 1984 - essay by Gardner Dozois

A consistently award-winning collection once again provides the best science fiction stories of the year, featuring work by veterans and newcomers including Michael Bishop, Nancy Kress, Ursula Le Guin, Mike Resnick, Geoff Ryman, Brian Stableford, and many others.

Table of Contents:

• Introduction: Summation: 1985 - essay by Gardner Dozois
• The Jaguar Hunter - (1985) - novelette by Lucius Shepard
• Dogfight - (1985) - novelette by Michael Swanwick and William Gibson
• Fermi and Frost - (1985) - shortstory by Frederik Pohl
• Green Days in Brunei - (1985) - novella by Bruce Sterling
• Snow - (1985) - shortstory by John Crowley
• The Fringe - (1985) - novelette by Orson Scott Card
• The Lake Was Full of Artificial Things - (1985) - shortstory by Karen Joy Fowler
• Sailing to Byzantium - (1985) - novella by Robert Silverberg
• Solstice - (1985) - novelette by James Patrick Kelly
• Duke Pasquale's Ring - (1985) - novella by Avram Davidson
• More Than the Sum of His Parts - (1985) - shortstory by Joe Haldeman
• Out of All Them Bright Stars - (1985) - shortstory by Nancy Kress
• Side Effects - (1985) - novelette by Walter Jon Williams
• The Only Neat Thing to Do - (1985) - novella by James Tiptree, Jr.
• Dinner in Audoghast - (1985) - shortstory by Bruce Sterling
• Under Siege - (1985) - novelette by George R. R. Martin
• Flying Saucer Rock & Roll - (1985) - novelette by Howard Waldrop
• A Spanish Lesson - (1985) - novelette by Lucius Shepard
• Roadside Rescue - (1985) - shortstory by Pat Cadigan
• Paper Dragons - (1985) - novelette by James P. Blaylock
• Magazine Section - (1985) - shortstory by R. A. Lafferty
• The War at Home - (1985) - shortstory by Lewis Shiner
• Rockabye Baby - (1985) - novelette by S. C. Sykes
• Green Mars - (1985) - novella by Kim Stanley Robinson
• Honorable Mentions: 1985 - essay by Gardner Dozois

Table of Contents:

• Introduction: Summation: 1986 - essay by Gardner Dozois
• R & R - (1986) - novella by Lucius Shepard
• Hatrack River - (1986) - novelette by Orson Scott Card
• Strangers on Paradise - (1986) - shortstory by Damon Knight
• Pretty Boy Crossover - (1986) - shortstory by Pat Cadigan
• Against Babylon - (1986) - novelette by Robert Silverberg
• Fiddling for Waterbuffaloes - (1986) - novelette by S. P. Somtow
• Into Gold - (1986) - novelette by Tanith Lee
• Sea Change - (1986) - shortstory by Scott Baker
• Covenant of Souls - (1986) - novelette by Michael Swanwick
• The Pure Product - (1986) - novelette by John Kessel
• Grave Angels - (1986) - novelette by Richard Kearns
• Tangents - (1986) - shortstory by Greg Bear
• The Beautiful and the Sublime - (1986) - novelette by Bruce Sterling
• Tattoos - (1986) - novelette by Jack Dann
• Night Moves - (1986) - novelette by Tim Powers
• The Prisoner of Chillon - (1986) - novelette by James Patrick Kelly
• Chance - (1986) - novelette by Connie Willis
• And so to Bed - (1986) - shortstory by Harry Turtledove
• Fair Game - (1986) - novelette by Howard Waldrop
• Video Star - (1986) - novelette by Walter Jon Williams
• Sallie C. - (1986) - shortstory by Neal Barrett, Jr.
• Jeff Beck - (1986) - shortstory by Lewis Shiner
• Surviving - (1986) - novelette by Judith Moffett
• Down and Out in the Year 2000 - (1986) - shortstory by Kim Stanley Robinson
• Snake-Eyes - (1986) - shortstory by Tom Maddox
• The Gate of Ghosts - (1986) - novelette by Karen Joy Fowler
• The Winter Market - (1985) - novelette by William Gibson
• Honorable Mentions: 1986 - essay by Gardner Dozois

Table of Contents:

• Introduction: Summation: 1987 - essay by Gardner Dozois
• Rachel in Love - (1987) - novelette by Pat Murphy
• Dream Baby - (1987) - novelette by Bruce McAllister
• Flowers of Edo - (1987) - novelette by Bruce Sterling
• Forever Yours, Anna - (1987) - shortstory by Kate Wilhelm
• At the Cross-Time Jaunters' Ball - (1987) - novelette by Alexander Jablokov
• Dinosaurs - (1987) - novelette by Walter Jon Williams
• The Temporary King - (1987) - novelette by Paul J. McAuley
• Perpetuity Blues - (1987) - novelette by Neal Barrett, Jr.
• Buffalo Gals, Won't You Come Out Tonight - (1987) - novelette by Ursula K. Le Guin
• The Pardoner's Tale - (1987) - shortstory by Robert Silverberg
• Glass Cloud - (1987) - novelette by James Patrick Kelly
• The Evening and the Morning and the Night - (1987) - novelette by Octavia E. Butler
• Night of the Cooters - (1987) - shortstory by Howard Waldrop
• Angel - (1987) - shortstory by Pat Cadigan
• Shades - (1987) - novelette by Lucius Shepard
• The Faithful Companion at Forty - (1987) - shortstory by Karen Joy Fowler
• Candle in a Cosmic Wind - (1987) - novelette by Joseph Manzione
• The Emir's Clock - (1987) - shortstory by Ian Watson
• Ever After - (1987) - novelette by Susan Palwick
• The Forest of Time - (1987) - novella by Michael F. Flynn
• The Million-Dollar Wound - (1987) - shortstory by Dean Whitlock
• The Moon of Popping Trees - (1987) - novelette by R. Garcia y Robertson
• Diner - (1987) - shortstory by Neal Barrett, Jr.
• All the Hues of Hell - (1987) - shortstory by Gene Wolfe
• Halley's Passing - (1987) - shortstory by Michael McDowell
• America - (1987) - novelette by Orson Scott Card
• For Thus Do I Remember Carthage - (1987) - shortstory by Michael Bishop
• Mother Goddess of the World - (1987) - novella by Kim Stanley Robinson
• Honorable Mentions: 1987 - essay by Gardner Dozois

Table of Contents:

• Introduction: Summation: 1988 - essay by Gardner Dozois
• Surfacing - (1988) - novella by Walter Jon Williams
• Home Front - (1988) - shortstory by James Patrick Kelly
• The Man Who Loved the Vampire Lady - (1988) - novelette by Brian Stableford
• Peaches for Mad Molly - (1988) - novelette by Steven Gould
• The Last Article - (1988) - novelette by Harry Turtledove
• Stable Strategies for Middle Management - (1988) - shortstory by Eileen Gunn
• In Memoriam - (1988) - shortstory by Nancy Kress
• Kirinyaga - (1988) - novelette by Mike Resnick
• The Girl Who Loved Animals - (1988) - shortstory by Bruce McAllister
• The Last of the Winnebagos - (1988) - novella by Connie Willis
• Love in Vain - (1988) - novelette by Lewis Shiner
• The Hob - (1988) - novelette by Judith Moffett
• Our Neural Chernobyl - (1988) - shortstory by Bruce Sterling
• House of Bones - (1988) - shortstory by Robert Silverberg
• Schrödinger's Kitten - (1988) - novelette by George Alec Effinger
• Do Ya, Do Ya, Wanna Dance? - (1988) - novelette by Howard Waldrop
• The Growth of the House of Usher - (1988) - novelette by Brian Stableford
• Glacier - (1988) - novelette by Kim Stanley Robinson
• Sanctuary - (1988) - novelette by Alan Dean Foster
• The Dragon Line - (1988) - shortstory by Michael Swanwick
• Mrs. Shummel Exits a Winner - (1988) - shortstory by John Kessel
• Emissary - (1988) - novelette by Stephen Kraus
• It Was the Heat - (1988) - shortstory by Pat Cadigan
• Skin Deep - (1988) - shortstory by Kristine Kathryn Rusch
• Dying in Hull - (1988) - shortstory by David Alexander Smith
• Distances - (1988) - novelette by Kathe Koja
• Famous Monsters - (1988) - shortstory by Kim Newman
• The Scalehunter's Beautiful Daughter - (1988) - novella by Lucius Shepard
• Honorable Mentions: 1988 - essay by Gardner Dozois

Table of Contents:

• Summation: 1989 - essay by Gardner Dozois
• Tiny Tango - (1989) - novella by Judith Moffett
• Out of Copyright - (1989) - shortstory by Charles Sheffield
• For I Have Touched the Sky - (1989) - novelette by Mike Resnick
• Alphas - (1989) - novelette by Gregory Benford
• At the Rialto - (1989) - novelette by Connie Willis
• Skin Deep - (1989) - shortstory by Kathe Koja
• The Egg - (1989) - novella by Steven Popkes
• Tales from the Venia Woods - (1989) - shortstory by Robert Silverberg
• Visiting the Dead - (1989) - shortstory by William King
• Dori Bangs - (1989) - shortstory by Bruce Sterling
• The Ends of the Earth - (1989) - novella by Lucius Shepard
• The Price of Oranges - (1989) - novelette by Nancy Kress
• Lottery Night - (1989) - novelette by S. P. Somtow
• A Deeper Sea - (1989) - novella by Alexander Jablokov
• The Edge of the World - (1989) - shortstory by Michael Swanwick
• Silver Lady and the Fortyish Man - (1989) - novelette by Megan Lindholm
• The Third Sex - (1989) - shortstory by Alan Brennert
• Winter on the Belle Fourche - (1989) - shortstory by Neal Barrett, Jr.
• Enter a Soldier. Later: Enter Another - (1989) - novelette by Robert Silverberg
• Relationships - (1989) - shortstory by Robert Sampson
• Just Another Perfect Day - (1989) - shortstory by John Varley
• The Loch Moose Monster - (1989) - novelette by Janet Kagan
• The Magic Bullet - (1989) - novelette by Brian Stableford
• The Odd Old Bird - (1988) - shortstory by Avram Davidson
• Great Work of Time - (1989) - novella by John Crowley
• Honorable Mentions: 1989 - essay by Gardner Dozois

Annually assembling the best science fiction of the year, this series continues to live up to its name with the most original, innovative, and wonderful short fiction published in 1990. A thorough summary of the year in science fiction and a long list of recommended reading round out this volume, rendering it the one book for every reader.

Table of Contents:

• Summation: 1990 - essay by Gardner Dozois
• Mr. Boy - (1990) - novella by James Patrick Kelly
• The Shobies' Story - (1990) - novelette by Ursula K. Le Guin
• The Caress - (1990) - novelette by Greg Egan
• A Braver Thing - (1990) - novelette by Charles Sheffield
• We See Things Differently - (1989) - novelette by Bruce Sterling
• And the Angels Sing - (1990) - shortstory by Kate Wilhelm
• Past Magic - (1990) - shortstory by Ian R. MacLeod
• Bears Discover Fire - (1990) - shortstory by Terry Bisson
• The All-Consuming - (1990) - novelette by Lucius Shepard and Robert Frazier
• Personal Silence - (1990) - novelette by Molly Gloss
• Invaders - (1990) - novelette by John Kessel
• The Cairene Purse - (1990) - novella by Michael Moorcock
• The Coon Rolled Down and Ruptured His Larinks, A Squeezed Novel by Mr. Skunk - (1990) - novelette by Dafydd ab Hugh
• Tower of Babylon - (1990) - novelette by Ted Chiang
• The Death Artist - (1990) - novelette by Alexander Jablokov
• The First Since Ancient Persia - (1990) - novelette by John Brunner
• Inertia - (1990) - novelette by Nancy Kress
• Learning to Be Me - (1990) - shortstory by Greg Egan
• Cibola - (1990) - shortstory by Connie Willis
• Walking the Moons - (1990) - shortfiction by Jonathan Lethem
• Rainmaker Cometh - (1989) - shortstory by Ian McDonald
• Hot Sky - (1990) - shortstory by Robert Silverberg
• White City - (1990) - shortstory by Lewis Shiner
• Love and Sex Among the Invertebrates - (1990) - shortstory by Pat Murphy
• The Hemingway Hoax - (1990) - novella by Joe Haldeman
• Honorable Mentions: 1990 - essay by Gardner Dozois

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.

Table of Contents:

• Summation: 1991 - essay by Gardner Dozois
• Beggars in Spain - (1991) - novella by Nancy Kress
• Living Will - (1991) - novelette by Alexander Jablokov
• A Just and Lasting Peace - (1991) - shortstory by Lois Tilton
• Skinner's Room - (1991) - shortstory by William Gibson
• Prayers on the Wind - (1991) - novella by Walter Jon Williams
• Blood Sisters - (1991) - shortstory by Greg Egan
• The Dark - (1991) - shortstory by Karen Joy Fowler
• Marnie - (1991) - novelette by Ian R. MacLeod
• A Tip on a Turtle - (1991) - novelette by Robert Silverberg
• Übermensch! - (1991) - shortstory by Kim Newman
• Dispatches from the Revolution - (1991) - novelette by Pat Cadigan
• Pipes - (1991) - shortstory by Robert Reed
• Matter's End - (1989) - novella by Gregory Benford
• A History of the Twentieth Century, with Illustrations - (1991) - novelette by Kim Stanley Robinson
• Gene Wars - (1991) - shortstory by Paul J. McAuley
• The Gallery of His Dreams - (1991) - novella by Kristine Kathryn Rusch
• A Walk in the Sun - (1991) - shortstory by Geoffrey A. Landis
• Fragments of an Analysis of a Case of Hysteria - (1991) - novelette by Ian McDonald
• Angels in Love - (1991) - shortstory by Kathe Koja
• Eyewall - (1991) - novelette by Rick Shelley
• Pogrom - (1991) - shortstory by James Patrick Kelly
• The Moat - (1991) - shortstory by Greg Egan
• Voices - (1991) - shortstory by Jack Dann
• FOAM - (1991) - novelette by Brian W. Aldiss
• Jack - (1991) - novella by Connie Willis
• La Macchina - (1991) - shortstory by Chris Beckett
• One Perfect Morning, with Jackals - (1991) - shortstory by Mike Resnick
• Desert Rain - (1991) - novella by Mark L. Van Name and Pat Murphy
• Honorable Mentions: 1991 - essay by Gardner Dozois

Collecting twenty-eight of the best short stories and novellas from science fiction veterans and new talents, including Frederick Pohl and Robert Silverberg, this anthology also includes a summary of the year in SF and a recommended reading list.

Table of Contents:

• Summation: 1992 - (1993) - essay by Gardner Dozois
• Griffin's Egg - (1991) - novella by Michael Swanwick
• Even the Queen - (1992) - shortstory by Connie Willis
• The Round-Eyed Barbarians - (1992) - shortstory by L. Sprague de Camp
• Dust - (1992) - novelette by Greg Egan
• Two Guys from the Future - (1992) - shortstory by Terry Bisson
• The Mountain to Mohammed - (1992) - shortstory by Nancy Kress
• The Coming of Vertumnus - (1992) - novelette by Ian Watson
• A Long Night's Vigil at the Temple - (1992) - novelette by Robert Silverberg
• The Hammer of God - (1992) - shortstory by Arthur C. Clarke
• Grownups - (1992) - novella by Ian R. MacLeod
• Graves - (1992) - shortstory by Joe Haldeman
• The Glowing Cloud - (1992) - novella by Steven Utley
• Gravity's Angel - (1992) - shortstory by Tom Maddox
• Protection - (1992) - novella by Maureen F. McHugh
• The Last Cardinal Bird in Tennessee - (1992) - shortstory by Neal Barrett, Jr.
• Birth Day - (1992) - shortstory by Robert Reed
• Naming Names - (1992) - novelette by Pat Cadigan
• The Elvis National Theater of Okinawa - (1992) - shortstory by Jonathan Lethem and Lukas Jaeger
• The Territory - (1992) - novella by Bradley Denton
• The Best and the Rest of James Joyce - (1992) - shortfiction by Ian McDonald
• Naming the Flowers - (1992) - novella by Kate Wilhelm
• Snodgrass - (1992) - novelette by Ian R. MacLeod
• By the Mirror of My Youth - (1992) - shortstory by Kathe Koja
• Outnumbering the Dead - (1990) - novella by Frederik Pohl
• Honorable Mentions: 1992 - (1993) - essay by Gardner Dozois

The eleventh annual collection of the most distinguished science fiction writing of the past year includes stories by leading writers, such as Robert Silverberg, Nancy Kress, and Terry Bisson, and features a summary of the year in science fiction.

Table of Contents:

• Summation: 1993 - essay by Gardner Dozois
• Papa - (1993) - novelette by Ian R. MacLeod
• Sacred Cow - (1993) - shortstory by Bruce Sterling
• Dancing on Air - (1993) - novella by Nancy Kress
• A Visit to the Farside - (1993) - shortstory by Don Webb
• Alien Bootlegger - (1993) - novella by Rebecca Ore
• Death on the Nile - (1993) - novelette by Connie Willis
• Friendship Bridge - (1993) - novelette by Brian W. Aldiss
• Into the Miranda Rift - (1993) - novella by G. David Nordley
• Mwalimu in the Squared Circle - (1993) - shortstory by Mike Resnick
• Guest of Honor - (1993) - novelette by Robert Reed
• Love Toys of the Gods - (1993) - shortstory by Pat Cadigan
• Chaff - (1993) - novelette by Greg Egan
• Georgia on My Mind - (1993) - novelette by Charles Sheffield
• Cush - (1993) - novelette by Neal Barrett, Jr.
• On the Collection of Humans - (1994) - shortfiction by Mark Rich
• There and Then - (1993) - novelette by Steven Utley
• The Night We Buried Road Dog - (1993) - novella by Jack Cady
• Feedback - (1993) - novelette by Joe Haldeman
• Lieserl - (1993) - shortstory by Stephen Baxter
• Flashback - (1993) - novelette by Dan Simmons
• A Child's Christmas in Florida - (1993) - shortstory by William Browning Spencer
• Whispers - (1993) - novelette by Maureen F. McHugh and David B. Kisor
• Wall, Stone, Craft - (1993) - novella by Walter Jon Williams
• Honorable Mentions: 1993 - essay by Gardner Dozois

A consistently award-winning collection once again provides the best science fiction stories of the year, featuring work by veterans and newcomers including Michael Bishop, Nancy Kress, Ursula Le Guin, Mike Resnick, Geoff Ryman, Brian Stableford, and many others.

Table of Contents:

• Summation: 1994 - (1995) - essay by Gardner Dozois
• Forgiveness Day - (1994) - novella by Ursula K. Le Guin
• The Remoras - (1994) - novelette by Robert Reed
• Nekropolis - (1994) - novelette by Maureen F. McHugh
• Margin of Error - (1994) - shortstory by Nancy Kress
• Cilia-of-Gold - (1994) - novelette by Stephen Baxter
• Going After Old Man Alabama - (1994) - shortstory by William Sanders
• Melodies of the Heart - (1994) - novella by Michael F. Flynn
• The Hole in the Hole - (1994) - novelette by Terry Bisson
• Paris in June - (1994) - shortstory by Pat Cadigan
• Flowering Mandrake - (1994) - novelette by George Turner
• None So Blind - (1994) - shortstory by Joe Haldeman
• Cocoon - (1994) - novelette by Greg Egan
• Seven Views of Olduvai Gorge - (1994) - novella by Mike Resnick
• Dead Space for the Unexpected - (1994) - shortstory by Geoff Ryman
• Cri de Coeur - (1994) - novella by Michael Bishop
• The Sawing Boys - (1994) - novelette by Howard Waldrop
• The Matter of Seggri - (1994) - novelette by Ursula K. Le Guin
• Ylem - (1994) - novelette by Eliot Fintushel
• Asylum - (1994) - novella by Katharine Kerr
• Red Elvis - (1994) - novelette by Walter Jon Williams
• California Dreamer - (1994) - shortstory by Mary Rosenblum
• Split Light - (1994) - shortstory by Lisa Goldstein
• Les Fleurs Du Mal - (1994) - novella by Brian Stableford
• Honorable Mentions: 1994 - (1995) - essay by Gardner Dozois

The thirteenth volume of this popular annual collection offers tales by such famed writers as Pat Cadigan, Greg Egan, Ursula K. Le Guin, Brian Stableford, Ian MacLeod, and Nancy Kress.

Table of Contents:

• Summation: 1995 - essay by Gardner Dozois
• A Woman's Liberation - (1995) - novella by Ursula K. Le Guin
• Starship Day - (1995) - novelette by Ian R. MacLeod
• A Place with Shade - (1995) - novelette by Robert Reed
• Luminous - (1995) - novelette by Greg Egan
• The Promise of God - (1995) - shortstory by Michael F. Flynn
• Death in the Promised Land - (1995) - novelette by Pat Cadigan
• For White Hill - (1995) - novella by Joe Haldeman
• Some Like It Cold - (1995) - shortstory by John Kessel
• The Death of Captain Future - (1995) - novella by Allen Steele
• The Lincoln Train - (1995) - shortstory by Maureen F. McHugh
• We Were Out of Our Minds with Joy - (1995) - novella by David Marusek
• Radio Waves - (1995) - novelette by Michael Swanwick
• Wang's Carpets - (1995) - novelette by Greg Egan
• Casting at Pegasus - (1995) - novelette by Mary Rosenblum
• Looking for Kelly Dahl - (1995) - novella by Dan Simmons
• Think Like a Dinosaur - (1995) - novelette by James Patrick Kelly
• Coming of Age in Karhide - (1995) - novelette by Ursula K. Le Guin
• Genesis - (1995) - novella by Poul Anderson
• Feigenbaum Number - (1995) - shortstory by Nancy Kress
• Home - (1995) - shortstory by Geoff Ryman
• There Are No Dead - (1995) - shortstory by Terry Bisson
• Recording Angel - (1995) - novelette by Paul J. McAuley
• Elvis Bearpaw's Luck - (1995) - novelette by William Sanders
• Mortimer Gray's "History of Death" - (1995) - novella by Brian Stableford
• Honorable Mentions: 1995 - essay by Gardner Dozois

Join twenty-eight of today's finest writers for a host of imaginative tours through worlds as fabulous as the farthest galaxy and as strange as life on earth can be.

Gardener Dozois's summary of the year in science fiction and a long list of honorable mentions round out this volume, making it the one book for anyone who's interested in SF today.

Table of Contents:

• Summation: 1996 - essay by Gardner Dozois
• Immersion - (1996) - novella by Gregory Benford
• The Dead - (1996) - shortstory by Michael Swanwick
• The Flowers of Aulit Prison - (1996) - novelette by Nancy Kress
• A Dry, Quiet War - (1996) - novelette by Tony Daniel
• Thirteen Phantasms - (1996) - shortstory by James P. Blaylock
• Primrose and Thorn - (1996) - novelette by Bud Sparhawk
• The Miracle of Ivar Avenue - (1996) - novelette by John Kessel
• The Last Homosexual - (1996) - shortstory by Paul Park
• Recording Angel - (1996) - shortstory by Ian McDonald
• Death Do Us Part - (1996) - shortstory by Robert Silverberg
• The Spade of Reason - (1996) - shortstory by Jim Cowan
• The Cost to Be Wise - (1996) - novelette by Maureen F. McHugh
• Bicycle Repairman - (1996) - novelette by Bruce Sterling
• The Weighing of Ayre - (1996) - novelette by Gregory Feeley
• The Longer Voyage - (1996) - novelette by Michael Cassutt
• The Land of Nod - (1996) - novelette by Mike Resnick
• Red Sonja and Lessingham in Dreamland - (1996) - shortstory by Gwyneth Jones
• The Lady Vanishes - (1996) - shortstory by Charles Sheffield
• Chrysalis - (1996) - novelette by Robert Reed
• The Wind Over the World - (1996) - novelette by Steven Utley
• Changes - (1996) - shortstory by William Barton
• Counting Cats in Zanzibar - (1996) - shortstory by Gene Wolfe
• How We Got In Town and Out Again - (1996) - novelette by Jonathan Lethem
• Dr. Tilmann's Consultant: A Scientific Romance - (1996) - novelette by Cherry Wilder
• Schrödinger's Dog - (1996) - novelette by Damien Broderick
• Foreign Devils - (1996) - novelette by Walter Jon Williams
• In the MSOB - (1996) - shortstory by Stephen Baxter
• The Robot's Twilight Companion - (1996) - novella by Tony Daniel
• Honorable Mentions: 1996 - essay by Gardner Dozois

Gardner Dozois, science fiction's foremost editor, consistently selects the field's best work each year with this showcase anthology. This year's collection presents sterling work from veterans and newcomers alike, including Stephen Baxter, Alan Brennert, Carolyn Ives Gilman, James Patrick Kelly, Geoffrey A. Landis, Paul J. McAuley, Robert Reed, William Sanders, Howard Waldrop, and many others.

Rounded out with Dozois's insightful Summation of the Year in SF and a long list of Honorable Mentions, this anthology is the book for every science fiction fan.

Table of Contents:

• Summation: 1997 - essay by Gardner Dozois
• Beauty in the Night - (1997) - novelette by Robert Silverberg
• Second Skin - (1997) - shortstory by Paul J. McAuley
• Steamship Soldier on the Information Front - (1997) - novelette by Nancy Kress
• Reasons to Be Cheerful - (1997) - novelette by Greg Egan
• Moon Six - (1997) - novelette by Stephen Baxter
• We Will Drink a Fish Together ... - (1997) - novelette by Bill Johnson
• Escape Route - (1997) - novella by Peter F. Hamilton
• Itsy Bitsy Spider - (1997) - shortstory by James Patrick Kelly
• A Spy in Europa - (1997) - shortstory by Alastair Reynolds
• The Undiscovered - (1997) - novelette by William Sanders
• Echoes - (1997) - novelette by Alan Brennert
• Getting to Know You - (1997) - novelette by David Marusek
• Balinese Dancer - (1997) - shortstory by Gwyneth Jones
• Marrow - (1997) - novella by Robert Reed
• Heart of Whitenesse - (1997) - shortstory by Howard Waldrop
• The Wisdom of Old Earth - (1997) - shortstory by Michael Swanwick
• The Pipes of Pan - (1997) - novelette by Brian Stableford
• Crossing Chao Meng Fu - (1997) - novelette by G. David Nordley
• Yeyuka - (1997) - shortstory by Greg Egan
• Frost Painting - (1997) - shortstory by Carolyn Ives Gilman
• Lethe - (1997) - novelette by Walter Jon Williams
• Winter Fire - (1997) - shortstory by Geoffrey A. Landis
• Nevermore - (1997) - novelette by Ian R. MacLeod
• Open Veins - (1997) - shortstory by Simon Ings
• After Kerry - (1997) - novelette by Ian McDonald
• The Masque of Agamemnon - (1997) - novelette by Sean Williams and Simon Brown
• Gulliver at Home - (1997) - novelette by John Kessel
• A Cold Dry Cradle - (1997) - novella by Elisabeth Malartre and Gregory Benford
• Honorable Mentions: 1997 - essay by Gardner Dozois

Long regarded as the premier annual collection of science fiction stories, Gardner Dozois's latest volume of The Year's Best Science Fiction continues this tradition of excellence with twenty-five representing the finest offerings in the field.

Among the gems included here are:

• "Story of Your Life" by Ted Chiang, in which the story of alien contact and a very human drama merge beautifully
• "The Island of the Immortals" by Ursula K. Le Guin, in which a brave traveler investigates the reasons why people shun the exotic island
• "Approaching Perimelasma" by Geoffrey A. Landis, which boldly takes us into a black hole and through the stunning changes that ensue
• "Taklamakan" by Bruce Sterling, a wildly inventive tale of future spies in a Lost World
• "The Summer Isles" by Ian R. MacLeod, a moving novella reflecting an alternate history in which the Great War turned out a bit differently

Completing the collection are Dozois's insightful survey of the year in science fiction and a long list of Honorable Mentions.

With its explorations of outer space and inner space, with its examinations of what it means to be human today and tomorrow, and with its love of a good yarn, this volume remains the single best source for science fiction stories.

Table of Contents:

• Summation: 1998 - essay by Gardner Dozois
• Oceanic - (1998) - novella by Greg Egan
• Approaching Perimelasma - (1998) - novelette by Geoffrey A. Landis
• Craphound - (1998) - shortstory by Cory Doctorow
• Jedella Ghost - (1998) - shortstory by Tanith Lee
• Taklamakan - (1998) - novelette by Bruce Sterling
• The Island of the Immortals - (1998) - shortstory by Ursula K. Le Guin
• Sea Change, with Monsters - (1998) - novella by Paul J. McAuley
• Divided by Infinity - (1998) - novelette by Robert Charles Wilson
• US - (1998) - shortstory by Howard Waldrop
• The Days of Solomon Gursky - (1998) - novella by Ian McDonald
• The Cuckoo's Boys - (1998) - novella by Robert Reed
• The Halfway House at the Heart of Darkness - (1998) - shortstory by William Browning Spencer
• The Very Pulse of the Machine - (1998) - novelette by Michael Swanwick
• Story of Your Life - (1998) - novella by Ted Chiang
• Voivodoi - (1998) - shortstory by Liz Williams
• Saddlepoint: Roughneck - (1998) - novella by Stephen Baxter
• This Side of Independence - (1998) - shortstory by Rob Chilson
• Unborn Again - (1998) - shortstory by Chris Lawson
• Grist - (1998) - novella by Tony Daniel
• La Cenerentola - (1998) - shortstory by Gwyneth Jones
• Down in the Dark - (1998) - novelette by William Barton
• Free in Asveroth - (1998) - shortstory by Jim Grimsley
• The Dancing Floor - (1998) - novelette by Cherry Wilder
• The Summer Isles - (1998) - novella by Ian R. MacLeod
• Honorable Mentions: 1998 - essay by Gardner Dozois

In science fiction's early days, stories often looked past 1984 to the year 2000 as the far unknowable future. Here now, on the brink of the twenty-first century, the future remains as distant and as unknowable as ever... and science fiction stories continue to explore it with delightful results.

Supplementing the stories are the editor's insightful summation of the year's events and a lengthy list of honorable mentions, making this book a valuable resource in addition to serving as the single best place in the universe to find stories that stir the imagination and the heart.

Table of Contents:

• David Marusek: "The Wedding Album"
• James Patrick Kelly: "10¹⁶ to 1"
• Robert Reed: "Winemaster"
• Alastair Reynolds: "Galactic North"
• Eleanor Arnason: "Dapple: A Hwarhath Historical Romance"
• Stephen Baxter: "People Came from Earth"
• Richard Wadholm: "Green Tea"
• Karl Schroeder: "The Dragon of Pripyat"
• Chris Lawson: "Written in Blood"
• Frederik Pohl: "Hatching the Phoenix"
• M. John Harrison: "Suicide Coast"
• Sage Walker: "Hunting Mother"
• Ben Bova: "Mount Olympus"
• Greg Egan: "Border Guards"
• Michael Swanwick: "Scherzo with Tyrannosaur"
• Robert Silverberg: "A Hero of the Empire"
• Paul J. McAuley: "How We Lost the Moon, A True Story by Frank W. Allen"
• Charles Sheffield: "Phallicide"
• Walter Jon Williams: "Daddy's World"
• Kim Stanley Robinson: "A Martian Romance"
• Tanith Lee: "The Sky-Green Blues"
• Hal Clement: "Exchange Rate"
• Geoff Ryman: "Everywhere"
• Mike Resnick: "Hothouse Flowers"
• Sean Williams: "Evermore"
• Robert Grossbach: "Of Scorned Women and Causal Loops"
• Kage Baker: "Son Observe the Time"

The twenty-three stories in this collection imaginatively take us far across the universe, into the very core of our being, to the realm of the gods, and the moment just after now.

Supplementing the stories is the editor's insightful summation of the year's events and lengthy list of honorable mentions, making this book a valuable resource in addition to serving as the single best place in the universe to find stories that stir the imagination and the heart.

Table of Contents:

• John Kessel: "The Juniper Tree"
• Charles Stross: "Antibodies"
• Ursula K. LeGuin: "The Birthday Of the World"
• Nancy Kress: "Savior"
• Paul J. McAuley: "Reef"
• Susan Palwick: "Going After Bobo"
• Albert E. Cowdrey: "Crux"
• Severna Park: "The Cure For Everything"
• Peter F. Hamilton: "The Suspect Genome"
• Michael Swanwick: "The Raggle Taggle Gypsy-o"
• Lucius Shepard: "The Radiant Green Star"
• Alastair Reynolds: "Great Wall of Mars"
• Eliot Fintushel: "Milo and Sylvie"
• Brian Stableford: "Snowball In Hell"
• Stephen Baxter: "On the Orion Line"
• Greg Egan: "Oracle"
• Rick Coon and Ernest Hogan: "Obsidian Harvest"
• Tananarive Due: "Patient Zero"
• Charles Stross: "A Colder War"
• Steven Utley: "The Real World"
• M. Shayne Bell: "The Thing About Benny"
• Robert Charles Wilson: "The Great Goodbye"
• Ian McDonald: "Tendeléo's Story"

The twenty-first century has so far proven to be exciting and wondrous and filled with challenges we had never dreamed. New possibilities previously unimagined appear almost daily . . . and science fiction stories continue to explore those possibilities with delightful results.

Collected in this anthology are such compelling stories as:

• "On K2 with Kanakaredes" by Dan Simmons. A relentlessly paced and absorbing tale set in the near future about three mountain climbers who must scale the face of K2 with some very odd company.
• "The Human Front" by Ken MacLeod. In this compassionate coming-of-age tale the details of life are just a bit off from things as we know them-and nothing is as it appears to be.
• "Glacial" by Alastair Reynolds. A fascinating discovery on a distant planet leads to mass death and a wrenching mystery as spellbinding as anything in recent short fiction.

The twenty-six stories in this collection imaginatively takes 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

Supplementing the stories are the editor's insightful summation of the year's events and a lengthy list of honorable mentions, making this book a valuable resource in addition to serving as the single best place in the universe to find stories that stir the imagination and the heart.

Table of Contents:

• Ian R. MacLeod: "New Light On the Drake Equation"
• Michael Cassutt: "More Adventures On Other Planets"
• Dan Simmons: "On K2 With Kanakaredes"
• William Sanders: "When This World Is All On Fire"
• Nancy Kress: "Computer Virus"
• Geoff Ryman: "Have Not Have"
• Charles Stross: "Lobsters"
• Michael Swanwick: "The Dog Said Bow-Wow"
• Andy Duncan: "The Chief Designer"
• Paul Di Filippo: "Neutrino Drag"
• Alastair Reynolds: "Glacial"
• Allen M. Steele: "The Days Between"
• Howard Waldrop and Leigh Kennedy: "One-Horse Town"
• Eleanor Arnason: "Moby Quilt"
• Robert Reed: "Raven Dream"
• James Patrick Kelly: "Undone"
• Carolyn Ives Gilman: "The Real Thing"
• Maureen F. McHugh: "Interview: On Any Given Day"
• Ian R. MacLeod: "Isabel Of the Fall"
• Jim Grimsley: "Into Greenwood"
• Michael Blumlein: "Know How, Can Do"
• Simon Ings: "Russian Vine"
• Paul McAuley: "The Two Dicks"
• Brenda W. Clough: "May Be Some Time"
• Chris Beckett: "Marcher"
• Ken MacLeod: "The Human Front"

Widely regarded as the one essential book for every science fiction fan, The Year's Best Science Fiction (Winner of the 2002 Locus Award for Best Anthology) continues to uphold its standard of excellence with more than two dozen stories representing the previous year's best SF writing.

This year's volume includes many talented authors of SF as well as thorough summations of the year and a recommended reading list.

Table of Contents:

• Summation: 2002 - essay by Gardner Dozois
• Breathmoss - (2002) - novella by Ian R. MacLeod
• The Most Famous Little Girl in the World - (2002) - novelette by Nancy Kress
• The Passenger - (2002) - novelette by Paul J. McAuley
• The Political Officer - (2002) - novella by Charles Coleman Finlay
• Lambing Season - (2002) - shortstory by Molly Gloss
• Coelacanths - (2002) - novelette by Robert Reed
• Presence - (2002) - novelette by Maureen F. McHugh
• Halo - (2002) - novelette by Charles Stross
• In Paradise - (2002) - shortstory by Bruce Sterling
• The Old Cosmonaut and the Construction Worker Dream of Mars - (2002) - novelette by Ian McDonald
• Stories for Men - (2002) - novella by John Kessel
• To Become a Warrior - (2002) - shortstory by Chris Beckett
• The Clear Blue Seas of Luna - (2002) - novelette by Gregory Benford
• V.A.O. - (2002) - novella by Geoff Ryman
• Winters Are Hard - (2002) - novelette by Steven Popkes
• At the Money - (2002) - novelette by Richard Wadholm
• Agent Provocateur - (2002) - shortstory by Alexander C. Irvine
• Singleton - (2002) - novella by Greg Egan
• Slow Life - (2002) - novelette by Michael Swanwick
• A Flock of Birds - (2002) - shortstory by James Van Pelt
• The Potter of Bones - (2002) - novella by Eleanor Arnason
• The Whisper of Disks - (2002) - novelette by John Meaney
• The Hotel at Harlan's Landing - (2002) - shortstory by Kage Baker
• The Millennium Party - (2002) - shortfiction by Walter Jon Williams
• Turquoise Days - (2002) - novella by Alastair Reynolds
• Honorable Mentions: 2002 - essay by Gardner Dozois

The stories in this collection imaginatively take readers far across the universe, into the very core of their beings, to the realm of the Gods, and to the moment just after now. Included are the works of masters of the form and the bright new talents of tomorrow.

This book is a valuable resource in addition to serving as the single best place in the universe to find stories that stir the imagination and the heart.

Table of Contents:

• William Barton: "Off On A Starship"
• John Kessel: "It's All True"
• Charles Stross: "Rogue Farm"
• Steven Popkes: "The Ice"
• Nancy Kress: "Ej-Es"
• John Varley: "The Bellman"
• Judith Moffett: "The Bear's Baby"
• Howard Waldrop: "Calling Your Name"
• Kristine Kathryn Rusch: "June Sixteenth at Anna's"
• Walter Jon Williams: "The Green Leopard Plague"
• Paolo Bacigalupi: "The Fluted Girl"
• Jack Skillingstead: "Dead Worlds"
• Michael Swanwick: "King Dragon"
• Paul Melko: "Singletons In Love"
• M. Shayne Bell: "Anomalous Structures Of My Dreams"
• Vernor Vinge: "The Cookie Monster"
• Harry Turtledove: "Joe Steele"
• Geoff Ryman: "Birth Days"
• John C. Wright: "Awake In the Night"
• James Van Pelt: "The Long Way Home"
• Geoffrey A. Landis: "The Eyes Of America"
• Kage Baker: "Welcome To Olympus, Mr. Hearst"
• Robert Reed: "Night Of Time"
• William Shunn: "Strong Medicine"
• Dominic Green: "Send Me a Mentagram"
• Paul Di Filippo: "And the Dish Ran Away With the Spoon"
• Terry Dowling: "Flashmen"
• Nick DiChario: "Dragonhead"
• Terry Bisson: "Dear Abbey"

Long considered a necessary read for fans of science fiction, the 2004 Locus Award-winning anthology The Year's Best Science Fiction is the best collection of short SF stories this side of the universe. The twenty-second edition of this venerable collection continues to uphold its traditional standard of excellence.

Table of Contents:

• Pat Murphy: "Inappropriate Behavior"
• Benjamin Rosenbaum: "Start the Clock"
• David Moles: "The Third Party"
• Christopher Rowe: "The Voluntary State"
• Nancy Kress: "Shiva in Shadow"
• Paolo Bacigalupi: "The People of Sand and Slag"
• Michael F. Flynn: "The Clapping Hands of God"
• M. John Harrison: "Tourism"
• Terry Bisson: "Scout's Honor"
• James Patrick Kelly: "Men Are Trouble"
• Kage Baker: "Mother Aegypt"
• Vernor Vinge: "Synthetic Serendipity"
• Mary Rosenblum: "Skin Deep"
• Vandana Singh: "Delhi"
• Albert E. Cowdrey: "The Tribes of Bela"
• William Sanders: "Sitka"
• Daniel Abraham: "Leviathan Wept"
• Colin P. Davies: "The Defenders"
• Stephen Baxter: "Mayflower II"
• Caitlin R. Kiernan: "Riding the White Bull"
• Brendan DuBois: "Falling Star"
• Robert Reed: "The Dragons of Summer Gulch"
• James Cambias: "The Ocean of the Blind"
• Eleanor Arnason: "The Garden: A Hwarhath Science Fictional Romance"
• Peter F. Hamilton: "Footvote"
• Paul Di Filippo: "Sisyphus and the Stranger"
• Paul Melko: "Ten Sigmas"
• Walter Jon Williams: "Investments"

In the heart of the new millennium, worlds beyond our imagination have opened up, blurring the line between life and art. Embracing the challenges and possibilities of cyberspace, genetics, the universe, and beyond, the world of science fiction has become a porthole into the realities of tomorrow.

In The Year's Best Science Fiction Twenty-third Annual Collection, our very best SF authors explore ideas of a new world with such compelling stories as:

• "Beyond the Aquila Rift": Critically acclaimed author Alastair Reynolds takes readers to the edge of the universe, where no voyager has dared to travel before---or so we think.
• "Comber": Our world is an ever-changing one, and award-winning author Gene Wolfe explores the darker side of our planet's fluidity in his own beautiful and inimitable style.
• "Audubon in Atlantis": In a world not quite like our own, bestselling author Harry Turtledove shows us that there are reasons some species have become extinct.

The twenty-nine 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.

Supplementing the stories are the editor's insightful summation of the year's 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.

Table of Contents:

• Ian McDonald: "The Little Goddess"
• Paolo Bacigalupi: "The Calorie Man"
• Alastair Reynolds: "Beyond the Aquila Rift"
• Daryl Gregory: "Second Person, Present Tense"
• Jay Lake and Ruth Nestvold: "The Canadian Who Came Almost All the Way Back From the Stars"
• Michael Swanwick: "Triceratops Summer"
• Robert Reed: "Camouflage"
• Ken MacLeod: "A Case of Consilience"
• Bruce Sterling: "The Blemmye's Strategem"
• William Sanders: "Amba"
• Mary Rosenblum: "Search Engine"
• Chris Beckett: "Picadilly Circus"
• David Gerrold: "In the Quake Zone"
• Liz Williams: "La Malcontenta"
• Stephen Baxter: "The Children of Time"
• Vonda N. McIntyre: "Little Faces"
• Gene Wolfe: "Comber"
• Harry Turtledove: "Audubon in Atlantis"
• Hannu Rajaniemi: "Deus Ex Homine"
• Steven Popkes: "The Great Caruso"
• Neal Asher: "Softly Spoke the Gabbleduck"
• Alastair Reynolds: "Zima Blue"
• David Moles: "Planet of the Amazon Women"
• Dominic Green: "The Clockwork Atom Bomb"
• Chris Roberson: "Gold Mountain"
• Gwyneth Jones: "The Fulcrum"
• Peter Watts and Derryl Murphy: "Mayfly"
• Elizabeth Bear: "Two Dreams on Trains"
• Joe Haldeman: "Angel of Light"
• James Patrick Kelly: "Burn"

The twenty-eight 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.

Supplementing the stories are the editor's insightful summation of the year's events and a list of honorable mentions, making this book a valuable resource in addition to serving as 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 Asimov's Science Fiction, during which time he received the Hugo Award for Best Editor fifteen times.

The twenty-eight stories in this collection imaginatively take readers far across the universe, 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.

Supplementing the stories are the editor's insightful summation of the year's events and a list of honorable mentions, making this book a valuable resource in addition to serving as the single best place in the universe to find stories that stir the imagination and the heart.

Table of Contents:

• Cory Doctorow: "I, Row-boat"
• Robert Charles Wilson: "Julian: A Christmas Story"
• Michael Swanwick: Tin Marsh"
• Ian McDonald: "The Djinn's Wife"
• Benjamin Rosenbaum: "The House Beyond Your Sky"
• Kage Baker: "Where the Golden Apples Grow"
• Bruce McAllister: "Kin"
• Alastair Reynolds: "Signal To Noise"
• Jay Lake and Ruth Nestvold: "The Big Ice"
• Gregory Benford: "Bow Shock"
• Justin Stanchfield: "In the River"
• Walter Jon Williams: "Incarnation Day"
• Greg van Eekhout: "Far As You Can Go"
• Robert Reed: "Good Mountain"
• David D. Levine: "I Hold My Father's Paws"
• Paul J. McAuley: "Dead Men Walking"
• Mary Rosenblum: "Home Movies"
• Daryl Gregory: "Damascus"
• Jack Skillingstead: "Life On the Reservation"
• Paolo Bacigalupi: "Yellow Card Man"
• Greg Egan: "Riding the Crocodile"
• Elizabeth Bear and Sarah Monette: "The Ile of Dogges"
• Ken MacLeod: "The Highway Men"
• Stephen Baxter: "The Pacific Mystery"
• Carolyn Ives Gilman: "Okanoggan Falls"
• John Barnes: "Every Hole Is Outlined"
• A. M. Dellamonica: "The Town On Blighted Sea"
• Alastair Reynolds: "Nightingale"

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 Twenty-Fifth Annual Collection the very best SF authors explore ideas of a new world.

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.

Table of Contents:

• David Moles: "Finisterra"
• Ken MacLeod: "Lighting Out"
• John Barnes: "The Ocean is a Snowflake, Four Billion Miles Away"
• Gwyneth Jones: "Saving Tiamaat"
• James Van Pelt: "Of Late I Dreamt of Venus"
• Ian McDonald: "Verthandi's Ring"
• Una McCormack: "Sea Change"
• Chris Roberson: "The Sky is Large and the Earth is Small"
• Greg Egan: "Glory"
• Robert Silverberg: "Against the Current"
• Neal Asher: "Alien Archeology"
• Ted Chiang: "The Merchant and the Alchemist's Gate" which went on to win the 2008 Hugo award for best novelette
• Justin Stanchfield: "Beyond the Wall"
• Bruce Sterling: "Kiosk"
• Stephen Baxter: "Last Contact"
• Alastair Reynolds: "The Sledge-Maker's Daughter"
• Ian McDonald: "Sanjeev and Robotwallah"
• Michael Swanwick: "The Skysailor's Tale"
• Vandana Singh: "Of Love and Other Monsters"
• Greg Egan: "Steve Fever"
• Kage Baker: "Hellfire at Twilight"
• Brian Stableford: "The Immortals of Atlantis"
• Pat Cadigan: "Nothing Personal"
• Elizabeth Bear: "Tideline" which went on to win the 2008 Hugo award for best short story
• Keith Brooke: "The Accord"
• Nancy Kress: "Laws of Survival"
• Tom Purdom: "The Mists of Time"
• Kristine Kathryn Rusch: "Craters"
• Ted Kosmatka: "The Prophet of Flores"
• Benjamin Rosenbaum & David Ackert: "Stray"
• Robert Reed: "Roxie"
• Gregory Benford: "Dark Heaven"

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.

Supplementing the stories are the editor's insightful summation of the year's 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.

Table of Contents:

• Summation: 2008 - (2009) - essay by Gardner Dozois
• Turing's Apples - (2008) - shortstory by Stephen Baxter
• From Babel's Fall'n Glory We Fled - (2008) - shortstory by Michael Swanwick
• The Gambler - (2008) - novelette by Paolo Bacigalupi
• Boojum - (2008) - shortstory by Elizabeth Bear and Sarah Monette
• The Six Directions of Space - (2008) - novella by Alastair Reynolds
• N-Words - (2008) - shortstory by Ted Kosmatka
• An Eligible Boy - (2008) - novelette by Ian McDonald
• Shining Armour - (2008) - shortstory by Dominic Green
• The Hero - (2008) - novelette by Karl Schroeder
• Evil Robot Monkey - (2008) - shortstory by Mary Robinette Kowal
• Five Thrillers - (2008) - novelette by Robert Reed
• The Sky That Wraps the World Round, Past the Blue and Into the Black - (2008) - shortstory by Jay Lake
• Incomers - (2008) - shortfiction by Paul J. McAuley
• Crystal Nights - (2008) - novelette by Greg Egan
• The Egg Man - (2008) - novelette by Mary Rosenblum
• His Master's Voice - (2008) - shortstory by Hannu Rajaniemi
• The Political Prisoner - (2008) - novella by Charles Coleman Finlay
• Balancing Accounts - (2008) - shortstory by James L. Cambias
• Special Economics - (2008) - novelette by Maureen F. McHugh
• Days of Wonder - (2008) - novelette by Geoff Ryman
• City of the Dead - (2008) - novelette by Paul J. McAuley
• The Voyage Out - (2007) - shortstory by Gwyneth Jones
• The Illustrated Biography of Lord Grimm - (2008) - novelette by Daryl Gregory
• G-Men - (2008) - novelette by Kristine Kathryn Rusch
• The Erdmann Nexus - (2008) - novella by Nancy Kress
• Old Friends - (2008) - shortstory by Garth Nix
• The Ray-Gun: A Love Story - (2008) - novelette by James Alan Gardner
• Lester Young and the Jupiter's Moons' Blues - (2008) - novelette by Gord Sellar
• Butterfly, Falling At Dawn - (2008) - novelette by Aliette de Bodard
• The Tear - (2008) - novella by Ian McDonald
• Honorable Mentions: 2008 - (2009) - essay by Gardner Dozois

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: Twenty-Seventh Annual Collection the very best SF authors explore ideas of a new world.

This venerable collection brings together award winning authors and masters of the field and includes 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.

Table of Contents:

• Summation: 2009 - essay by Gardner Dozois
• Utriusque Cosmi - (2009) - novelette by Robert Charles Wilson
• A Story, with Beans - (2009) - shortstory by Steven Gould
• Under the Shouting Sky - (2009) - shortstory by Karl Bunker
• Events Preceding the Helvetican Renaissance - (2009) - novelette by John Kessel
• Useless Things - (2009) - shortstory by Maureen F. McHugh
• Black Swan - (2009) - novelette by Bruce Sterling
• Crimes and Glory - (2009) - novella by Paul J. McAuley
• Seventh Fall - (2009) - novelette by Alexander C. Irvine
• Butterfly Bomb - (2009) - shortstory by Dominic Green
• Infinities - (2008) - novelette by Vandana Singh
• Things Undone - (2009) - novelette by John Barnes
• On the Human Plan - (2009) - shortstory by Jay Lake
• The Island - (2009) - novelette by Peter Watts
• The Integrity of the Chain - (2009) - shortstory by Lavie Tidhar
• Lion Walk - (2009) - novelette by Mary Rosenblum
• Escape to Other Worlds with Science Fiction - (2009) - shortstory by Jo Walton
• Three Leaves of Aloe - (2009) - novelette by Rand B. Lee
• Mongoose - (2009) - novelette by Elizabeth Bear and Sarah Monette
• Paradiso Lost - (2009) - novella by Albert E. Cowdrey
• It Takes Two - (2009) - novelette by Nicola Griffith
• Blocked - (2009) - shortstory by Geoff Ryman
• Solace - (2009) - shortstory by James Van Pelt
• Act One - (2009) - novella by Nancy Kress
• Twilight of the Gods - (2009) - novelette by John C. Wright
• Blood Dauber - (2009) - novelette by Michael Poore and Ted Kosmatka
• This Wind Blowing, and This Tide - (2009) - novelette by Damien Broderick
• Hair - (2009) - novelette by Adam Roberts
• Before My Last Breath - (2009) - shortstory by Robert Reed
• One of Our Bastards Is Missing - (2009) - novelette by Paul Cornell
• Edison's Frankenstein - (2009) - novelette by Chris Roberson
• Erosion - (2009) - shortstory by Ian Creasey
• Vishnu at the Cat Circus - (2009) - novella by Ian McDonald
• Honorable Mentions: 2009 - essay by Gardner Dozois

Forthcoming...

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: Twenty-Eighth Annual Collection the very best SF authors explore ideas of a new world.

This venerable collection brings together award winning authors and masters of the field such as Robert Reed, Alastair Reynolds, Damien Broderick, Carrie Vaughn, Ian R. MacLeod and Cory Doctorow. 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.

Table of Contents:

• Summation: 2010 - (2011) - essay by Gardner Dozois
• A History of Terraforming - (2010) - novella by Robert Reed
• The Spontaneous Knotting of an Agitated String - (2010) - shortstory by Lavie Tidhar
• The Emperor of Mars - (2010) - novelette by Allen Steele
• The Things - (2010) - shortstory by Peter Watts
• The Sultan of the Clouds - (2010) - novella by Geoffrey A. Landis
• The Books - (2010) - shortstory by Kage Baker
• Re-Crossing the Styx - (2010) - shortstory by Ian R. MacLeod
• And Ministers of Grace - (2010) - novelette by Tad Williams
• Mammoths of the Great Plains - (2010) - novella by Eleanor Arnason
• Sleeping Dogs - (2010) - shortstory by Joe Haldeman
• Jackie's Boy - (2010) - novella by Steven Popkes
• Flying in the Face of God - (2010) - shortstory by Nina Allan
• Chicken Little - (2009) - novella by Cory Doctorow
• Flower, Mercy, Needle, Chain - (2010) - shortstory by Yoon Ha Lee
• Return to Titan - (2010) - novella by Stephen Baxter
• Under the Moons of Venus - (2010) - shortstory by Damien Broderick
• Seven Years from Home - (2010) - novelette by Naomi Novik
• The Peacock Cloak - (2010) - shortstory by Chris Beckett
• Amaryllis - (2010) - shortstory by Carrie Vaughn
• Seven Cities of Gold - (2010) - novella by David Moles
• Again and Again and Again - (2010) - shortstory by Rachel Swirsky
• Elegy for a Young Elk - (2010) - shortstory by Hannu Rajaniemi
• Libertarian Russia - (2010) - shortstory by Michael Swanwick
• The Night Train - (2010) - shortstory by Lavie Tidhar
• My Father's Singularity - (2010) - shortstory by Brenda Cooper
• The Starship Mechanic - (2010) - shortstory by Jay Lake and Ken Scholes
• Sleepover - (2010) - novelette by Alastair Reynolds
• The Taste of Night - (2010) - shortstory by Pat Cadigan
• Blind Cat Dance - (2010) - novelette by Alexander Jablokov
• The Shipmaker - (2010) - shortstory by Aliette de Bodard
• In-Fall - (2010) - shortstory by Ted Kosmatka
• Chimbwi - (2010) - shortstory by Jim Hawkins
• Dead Man's Run - (2010) - novella by Robert Reed
• Honorable Mentions: 2010 - (2011) - essay by Gardner Dozois

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: Twenty-Ninth Annual Collection the very best SF authors explore ideas of a new world. 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.

Table of Contents:

• Summation: 2011 - essay by Gardner Dozois
• The Choice - (2011) - novella by Paul J. McAuley
• A Soldier of the City - (2010) - novelette by David Moles
• The Beancounter's Cat - (2011) - novelette by Damien Broderick
• Dolly - (2011) - shortstory by Elizabeth Bear
• Martian Heart - (2011) - shortstory by John Barnes
• Earth Hour - (2011) - shortstory by Ken MacLeod
• Laika's Ghost - (2010) - novelette by Karl Schroeder
• The Dala Horse - (2011) - shortstory by Michael Swanwick
• The Way It Works Out and All - (2011) - shortstory by Peter S. Beagle
• The Ice Owl - (2011) - novella by Carolyn Ives Gilman
• The Copenhagen Interpretation - (2011) - novelette by Paul Cornell
• The Invasion of Venus - (2010) - shortstory by Stephen Baxter
• Digging - (2011) - novelette by Ian McDonald
• Ascension Day - (2011) - shortfiction by Alastair Reynolds
• After the Apocalypse - (2011) - shortstory by Maureen F. McHugh
• Silently and Very Fast - (2011) - novella by Catherynne M. Valente
• A Long Way Home - (2011) - shortstory by Jay Lake
• The Incredible Exploding Man - (2011) - shortfiction by Dave Hutchinson
• What We Found - (2011) - novelette by Geoff Ryman
• A Response from EST17 - (2011) - novelette by Tom Purdom
• The Cold Step Beyond - (2011) - novelette by Ian R. MacLeod
• A Militant Peace - (2011) - novelette by Tobias S. Buckell and David Klecha
• The Ants of Flanders - (2011) - novella by Robert Reed
• The Vicar of Mars - (2011) - novelette by Gwyneth Jones
• The Smell of Orange Groves - (2011) - shortstory by Lavie Tidhar
• The Iron Shirts - (2011) - novelette by Michael F. Flynn
• Cody - (2011) - shortstory by Pat Cadigan
• For I Have Lain Me Down on the Stone of Loneliness and I'll Not Be Back Again - (2011) - shortstory by Michael Swanwick
• Ghostweight - (2011) - novelette by Yoon Ha Lee
• Digital Rites - (2011) - shortfiction by Jim Hawkins
• The Boneless One - (2011) - novelette by Alec Nevala-Lee
• Dying Young - (2011) - novelette by Peter M. Ball
• Canterbury Hollow - (2011) - shortstory by Chris Lawson
• The Vorkuta Event - (2011) - novelette by Ken MacLeod
• The Man Who Bridged the Mist - (2011) - novella by Kij Johnson
• Honorable Mentions: 2011 - essay by Gardner Dozois

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: Thirtieth Annual Collection the very best SF authors explore ideas of a new world through their 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.

The multiple Locus Award-winning annual compilation of the year's best science fiction stories.

Table of Contents:

• Summation: 2012 - essay by Gardner Dozois
• Weep for Day - (2012) - novelette by Indrapramit Das
• The Man - (2012) - shortfiction by Paul J. McAuley
• The Stars Do Not Lie - (2012) - novella by Jay Lake
• The Memcordist - (2012) - shortstory by Lavie Tidhar
• The Girl-Thing Who Went Out For Sushi - (2012) - novelette by Pat Cadigan
• Holmes Sherlock - (2012) - shortstory by Eleanor Arnason
• Nightfall on the Peak of Eternal Light - (2012) - novella by Richard A. Lovett and William Gleason
• Close Encounters - (2012) - novelette by Andy Duncan
• The Finite Canvas - (2012) - novelette by Brit Mandelo
• Steamgothic - (2012) - novelette by Sean McMullen
• In the House of Aryaman, a Lonely Signal Burns - (2012) - novella by Elizabeth Bear
• Macy Minnot's Last Christmas on Dione, Ring Racing, Fiddler's Green, the Potter's Garden - (2012) - shortstory by Paul J. McAuley
• Twenty Lights to "The Land of Snow" - (2012) - novella by Michael Bishop
• Astrophilia - (2012) - novelette by Carrie Vaughn
• What Did Tessimond Tell You? - (2012) - shortstory by Adam Roberts
• Old Paint - (2012) - novelette by Megan Lindholm
• Chitai Heiki Koronbin - (2012) - shortstory by David Moles
• Katabasis - (2012) - novella by Robert Reed
• The Water Thief - (2012) - shortstory by Alastair Reynolds
• Nightside on Callisto - (2012) - shortstory by Linda Nagata
• Under the Eaves - (2012) - shortstory by Lavie Tidhar
• Sudden, Broken, and Unexpected - (2012) - novella by Steven Popkes
• Fireborn - (2012) - shortstory by Robert Charles Wilson
• Ruminations in an Alien Tongue - (2012) - shortstory by Vandana Singh
• Tyche and the Ants - (2012) - shortstory by Hannu Rajaniemi
• The Wreck of the "Charles Dexter Ward" - novelette by Elizabeth Bear and Sarah Monette
• Invisible Men - (2012) - shortstory by Christopher Barzak
• Ship's Brother - (2012) - shortstory by Aliette de Bodard
• Eater-of-Bone - (2012) - novella by Robert Reed
• Honorable Mentions: 2012 - essay by Gardner Dozois

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 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.

Table of Contents:

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

Table of Contents:

• The Fifth Dragon, Ian McDonald - (Reach for Infinity)
• The Rider, Jérôme Cigut - (F&SF)
• The Days of the War, as Red as Blood, as Dark as Bile, Aliette de Bodard - (Subterranean Online)
• The Burial of Sir John Mawe at Cassini, Chaz Brenchley - (Subterranean Online)
• The Regular, Ken Liu - (Upgraded)
• The Woman from the Ocean, Karl Bunker - (Asimov's)
• Shooting the Apocalypse, Paolo Bachigalupi - (The End Is Nigh)
• Weather, Susan Palwick - (Clarkesworld)
• The Hand Is Quicker, Elizabeth Bear - (The Book of Robert Silverberg)
• The Man Who Sold the Moon, Cory Doctorow - (Hieroglyph)
• Vladimir Chong Chooses To Die, Lavie Tidhar - (Analog)
• Beside the Damned River, D.J. Cockburn - (Interzone)
• The Colonel, Peter Watts - (Tor.com)
• Entanglement, Vandana Singh - (Hieroglyph)
• White Curtain, Pavel Amnuel - (F&SF)
• Slipping, Lauren Beukes - (Twelve Tomorrows)
• Passage of Earth, Michael Swanwick - (Clarkesworld)
• Amicae Aeternum, Ellen Klages - (Reach for Infinity)
• In Babelsberg, Alastair Reynolds - (Reach for Infinity)
• Sadness, Timons Esaias - (Analog)
• West to East, Jay Lake - (Subterranean Online)
• Grand Jeté - (The Great Leap), Rachel Swirsky - (Subterranean Online)
• Covenant, Elizabeth Bear - (Hieroglyph)
• Jubilee, Karl Schroeder - (Tor.com)
• Los Pirates del Mar de Plastico - (Pirates of the Plastic Ocean), Paul Graham Raven - (Twelve Tomorrows)
• Red Lights, and Rain, Gareth L. Powell - (Solaris Rising 3)
• Coma Kings, Jessica Barber - (Lightspeed)
• The Prodigal Son, Allen M. Steele - (Asimov's)
• God Decay, Rich Larson - (Upgraded)
• Blood Wedding, Robert Reed - (Asimov's)
• The Long Haul, from the Annals of Transportation, The Pacific Monthly, May 2009, Ken Liu - (Clarkesworld)
• Shadow Flock, Greg Egan - (Coming Soon Enough)
• Thing and Sick, Adam Roberts - (Solaris Rising 3)
• Communion, Mary Anne Mohanraj - (Clarkesworld)
• Someday, James Patrick Kelly - (Asimov's)
• Yesterday's Kin, Nancy Kress - (Tachyon)

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-Third Annual Collection, the very best SF authors explore ideas of a new world. This venerable collection brings together award-winning authors and masters of the field. With an extensive recommended reading guide and a summation of the year in science fiction, this annual compilation of short stories has become the definitive must-read anthology for all science fiction fans and readers interested in breaking into the genre.

Table of Contents:

• "The Falls: A Luna Story," by Ian McDonald
• "Three Cups of Grief, By Starlight," by Aliette de Bodard
• "Ruins," by Eleanor Arnason
• "Gypsy," by Carter Scholz
• "Emergence," by Gwyneth Jones
• "Calved," by Sam J. Miller
• "Meshed," by Rich Larson
• "Bannerless," by Carrie Vaughn
• "The Astrakhan, the Homberg, and the Red Red Coat," by Chaz Brenchley
• "Another Word for World," by Ann Leckie
• "City of Ash," by Paolo Bacigalupi
• "The Muses of Shuyedan-18," by Indrapramit Das
• "The Audience," by Sean McMullen
• "Consolation," by John Kessel
• "Botanica Veneris: Thirteen Papercuts by Ida Countess Rathangan," by Ian McDonald
• "Rates of Change," by James S.A. Corey
• "The Children of Gal," by Allen M. Steele
• "Today I Am Paul," by Martin L. Shoemaker
• "Trapping the Pleistecene," by James Sarafin
• "Machine Learning," by Nancy Kress
• "Silence Like Diamonds," by John Barnes
• "Inhuman Garbage," by Kristine Kathryn Rusch
• "Planet of Fear," by Paul McAuley
• "It Takes More Than Muscles to Frown," by Ned Beauman
• "The Daughters of John Demetrius," by Joe Pitkin
• "Hello, Hello," by Seanan McGuire
• "Capitalism in the 22nd Century," by Geoff Ryman
• "Ice," by Rich Larson
• "The Three Resurrections of Jessica Churchill," by Kelly Robson
• "In Panic Town, on the Backward Moon," by Michael F. Flynn
• "The First Gate of Logic," by Benjamin Rosenbaum
• "Billy Tumult," by Nick Harkaway
• "No Placeholder for You, My Love," by Nick Wolven
• "The Game of Smash and Recovery," by Kelly Link
• "A Stopped Clock," by Madeline Ashby
• "Citadel of Weeping Pearls," by Aliette de Bodard

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-Fourth Annual Collection, the very best SF authors explore ideas of a new world. This venerable collection of 2016 works brings together award-winning authors and masters of the field. 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.

Table of Contents:

• "Terminal" by Lavie Tidhar (Tor.Com, April)
• "Touring With The Alien" by Carolyn Ives Gilman (Clarkesworld, April)
• "Patience Lake" by Matthew Claxton (Asimov's, August)
• "Jonas And The Fox" by Rich Larson (Clarkesworld, May)
• "Prodigal" by Gord Sellar (Analog, December)
• "Kit: Some Assembly Required" by Kathe Koja & Carter Scholz (Asimov's, August)
• "Vortex" by Gregory Benford (Fantasy & Science Fiction, January-February)
• "Elves Of Antarctica" by Paul McAuley (Drowned Worlds)
• "The Baby Eaters" by Ian Mchugh (Asimov's, January)
• "A Salvaging Of Ghosts" by Aliette De Bodard (Beneath Ceaseless Skies, March)
• "Those Shadows Laugh" by Geoff Ryman (Fantasy & Science Fiction, September-October)
• "Redking" by Craig DeLancey (Lightspeed, March)
• "Things With Beards" by Sam J. Miller (Clarkesworld, June)
• "Fieldwork" by Shariann Lewit (To Shape The Dark)
• "The Further Adventures Of Mr. Costello" by David Gerrold (Fantasy & Science Fiction, September-October)
• "Innumerable Glimmering Lights" by Rich Larson (Clockwork Phoenix 5)
• "Fifty Shades Of Grays" by Steven Barnes (Lightspeed POC Destroy SF, June)
• "Sixteen Questions For Kamala Chatterjee" by Alastair Reynolds (Bridging Infinity)
• "Cold Comfort" by Pat Murphy & Paul Doherty (Bridging Infinity)
• "The Art Of Space Travel" by Nina Allan (Tor.Com, July)
• "Flight From The Ages" by Derek Künsken (Asimov's, April-May)
• "My Generations Will Praise" by Samantha Henderson (Interzone, November)
• "Mars Abides" by Stephen Baxter (Obelisk)
• "The Visitor From Taured" by Ian R. Macleod (Asimov's, September)
• "When The Stone Eagle Flies" by Bill Johnson (Analog, June)
• "The Vanishing Kind" by Lavie Tidhar (Fantasy & Science Fiction, July-August)
• "One Sister, Two Sisters, Three" by James Patrick Kelly (Clarkesworld, October)
• "Dispatches From The Cradle: The Hermit -- Forty-Eight Hours In The Sea Of Massachusetts" by Ken Liu (Drowned Worlds)
• "Checkerboard Planet" by Eleanor Arnason (Clarkesworld, December)
• "They Have All One Breath" by Karl Bunker (Asimov's, December)
• "Mika Model" by Paolo Bacigalupi (Slate, April)
• "That Game We Played During The War" by Carrie Vaughn (Tor.Com, March)
• "Because Change Was The Ocean And We Lived By Her Mercy" by Charlie Jane Anders (Drowned Worlds)
• "The One Who Isn't" by Ted Kosmatka (Lightspeed, July)
• "Those Brighter Stars" by Mercurio D. Rivera (Lightspeed, August)
• "A Tower For The Coming World" by Maggie Clark (Clarkesworld, December)
• "Firstborn, Lastborn" by Melissa Scott (To Shape The Dark)
• "Women's Christmas" by Ian Mcdonald (Now We Are Ten)
• "The Iron Tactician" by Alastair Reynolds (Newcon Press)

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-Fifth Annual Collection, the very best SF authors explore ideas of a new world. This venerable collection brings together award-winning authors and masters of the field. 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.

Table of Contents:

• Summation: 2017 - essay by Gardner Dozois
• The Moon Is Not a Battlefield - (2017) - novelette by Indrapramit Das
• My English Name - (2017) - novelette by R. S. Benedict
• An Evening with Severyn Grimes - (2017) - short story by Rich Larson
• Vanguard 2.0 - (2017) - short story by Carter Scholz
• Starlight Express - (2017) - short story by Michael Swanwick
• The Martian Obelisk - (2017) - short story by Linda Nagata
• We Who Live in the Heart - (2017) - novelette by Kelly Robson
• Winter Timeshare - (2017) - short story by Ray Nayler
• Dear Sarah - (2017) - short story by Nancy Kress
• Night Passage - (2017) - novelette by Alastair Reynolds
• The Dragon That Flew Out of the Sun - (2017) - short story by Aliette de Bodard
• Waiting Out the End of the World in Patty's Place Cafe - (2017) - short story by Naomi Kritzer
• The Hunger After You're Fed - (2017) - short story by James S. A. Corey
• Assassins - (2017) - short story by Jack Skillingstead and Burt Courtier
• The Martian Job - (2017) - novella by Jaine Fenn
• The Road to the Sea - (2017) - short story by Lavie Tidhar
• Uncanny Valley - (2017) - novelette by Greg Egan
• The Worldless - (2017) - short story by Indrapramit Das
• Pan-Humanism: Hope and Pragmatics - (2017) - novelette by Jess Barber and Sara Saab
• Zigeuner - (2017) - short story by Harry Turtledove
• The Proving Ground - (2017) - novella by Alec Nevala-Lee
• Zen and the Art of Starship Maintenance - (2017) - short story by Tobias S. Buckell
• The Influence Machine - (2017) - novelette by Sean McMullen
• Canoe - (2017) - short story by Nancy Kress
• The History of the Invasion Told in Five Dogs - (2017) - short story by Kelly Jennings
• Prime Meridian - (2017) - novella by Silvia Moreno-Garcia
• Triceratops - (2017) - short story by Ian McHugh
• Mines - (2017) - short story by Eleanor Arnason
• There Used to Be Olive Trees - (2017) - novelette by Rich Larson
• Whending My Way Back Home - (2017) - novelette by Bill Johnson
• Death on Mars - (2017) - novelette by Madeline Ashby
• Elephant on Table - (2017) - short story by Bruce Sterling
• Number Thirty-Nine Skink - (2017) - short story by Suzanne Palmer
• A Series of Steaks - (2017) - novelette by Vina Jie-Min Prasad
• The Last Boat-Builder in Ballyvoloon - (2017) - short story by Finbarr O'Reilly
• The Residue of Fire - (2017) - short story by Robert Reed
• Sidewalks - (2017) - short story by Maureen F. McHugh
• Nexus - (2017) - novella by Michael F. Flynn
• Honorable Mentions: 2017 - essay by Gardner Dozois

From George R. R. Martin's Introduction to Warriors:

"People have been telling stories about warriors for as long as they have been telling stories. Since Homer first sang the wrath of Achilles and the ancient Sumerians set down their tales of Gilgamesh, warriors, soldiers, and fighters have fascinated us; they are a part of every culture, every literary tradition, every genre. All Quiet on the Western Front, From Here to Eternity, and The Red Badge of Courage have become part of our literary canon, taught in classrooms all around the country and the world. Our contributors make up an all-star lineup of award-winning and bestselling writers, representing a dozen different publishers and as many genres. We asked each of them for the same thing?a story about a warrior. Some chose to write in the genre they're best known for. Some decided to try something different. You will find warriors of every shape, size, and color in these pages, warriors from every epoch of human history, from yesterday and today and tomorrow, and from worlds that never were. Some of the stories will make you sad, some will make you laugh, and many will keep you on the edge of your seat."

Included are a long novella from the world of Song of Ice and Fire by George R. R. Martin, a new tale of Lord John by Diana Gabaldon, and an epic of humanity at bay by David Weber. Also present are original tales by David Ball, Peter S. Beagle, Lawrence Block, Gardner Dozois, Joe Haldeman, Robin Hobb, Cecelia Holland, Joe R. Lansdale, David Morrell, Naomi Novik, James Rollins, Steven Saylor, Robert Silverberg, S.M. Stirling, Carrie Vaughn, Howard Waldrop, and Tad Williams.

Many of these writers are bestsellers. All of them are storytellers of the highest quality. Together they make a volume of unforgettable reading.

Table of Contents:

• Introduction: Stories from the Spinner Rack - essay by George R. R. Martin
• The King of Norway - novelette by Cecelia Holland
• Forever Bound - novelette by Joe Haldeman
• The Triumph - novelette by Robin Hobb
• Clean Slate - novelette by Lawrence Block
• And Ministers of Grace - novelette by Tad Williams
• Soldierin' - novelette by Joe R. Lansdale
• Dirae - novelette by Peter S. Beagle
• The Custom of the Army - novella by Diana Gabaldon
• Seven Years from Home - novelette by Naomi Novik
• The Eagle and the Rabbit - novelette by Steven Saylor
• The Pit - novelette by James Rollins
• Out of the Dark - novella by David Weber
• The Girls from Avenger - non-genre - novelette by Carrie Vaughn
• Ancient Ways - novelette by S. M. Stirling
• Ninieslando - novelette by Howard Waldrop
• Recidivist - shortstory by Gardner Dozois
• My Name is Legion - novelette by David Morrell
• Defenders of the Frontier - novelette by Robert Silverberg
• The Scroll - novelette by David Ball
• The Mystery Knight: A Tale of the Seven Kingdoms - novella by George R. R. Martin

From George R. R. Martin's Introduction to Warriors:

"People have been telling stories about warriors for as long as they have been telling stories. Since Homer first sang the wrath of Achilles and the ancient Sumerians set down their tales of Gilgamesh, warriors, soldiers, and fighters have fascinated us; they are a part of every culture, every literary tradition, every genre. All Quiet on the Western Front, From Here to Eternity, and The Red Badge of Courage have become part of our literary canon, taught in classrooms all around the country and the world. Our contributors make up an all-star lineup of award-winning and bestselling writers, representing a dozen different publishers and as many genres. We asked each of them for the same thing-a story about a warrior. Some chose to write in the genre they're best known for. Some decided to try something different. You will find warriors of every shape, size, and color in these pages, warriors from every epoch of human history, from yesterday and today and tomorrow, and from worlds that never were. Some of the stories will make you sad, some will make you laugh, and many will keep you on the edge of your seat."

The stories in the first mass market volume of this book are:

• Introduction: Stories of the Spinner Rack, by George R. R. Martin
• Forever Bound, by Joe Haldeman
• The Eagle and the Rabbit, by Steven Saylor
• And Ministers of Grace, by Tad Williams
• The King of Norway, by Cecelia Holland
• Defenders of the Frontier, by Robert Silverberg
• The Mystery Knight, by George R. R. Martin

Many of these writers are bestsellers. All of them are storytellers of the highest quality. Together they make a volume of unforgettable reading.

From George R. R. Martin's Introduction to Warriors:

"People have been telling stories about warriors for as long as they have been telling stories. Since Homer first sang the wrath of Achilles and the ancient Sumerians set down their tales of Gilgamesh, warriors, soldiers, and fighters have fascinated us; they are a part of every culture, every literary tradition, every genre. All Quiet on the Western Front, From Here to Eternity, and The Red Badge of Courage have become part of our literary canon, taught in classrooms all around the country and the world. Our contributors make up an all-star lineup of award-winning and bestselling writers, representing a dozen different publishers and as many genres. We asked each of them for the same thing-a story about a warrior. Some chose to write in the genre they're best known for. Some decided to try something different. You will find warriors of every shape, size, and color in these pages, warriors from every epoch of human history, from yesterday and today and tomorrow, and from worlds that never were. Some of the stories will make you sad, some will make you laugh, and many will keep you on the edge of your seat."

The stories in the second mass market volume of this book are:

• Introduction: Stories of the Spinner Rack, by George R. R. Martin
• Seven Years from Home, by Naomi Novik
• Dirae, by Peter S. Beagle
• Ancient Ways, by S. M. Stirling
• The Scroll, by David Ball
• Recidivist, by Gardner Dozois
• Ninieslando, by Howard Waldrop
• Out of the Dark, by David Weber

Many of these writers are bestsellers. All of them are storytellers of the highest quality. Together they make a volume of unforgettable reading.

From George R. R. Martin's Introduction to Warriors:

"People have been telling stories about warriors for as long as they have been telling stories. Since Homer first sang the wrath of Achilles and the ancient Sumerians set down their tales of Gilgamesh, warriors, soldiers, and fighters have fascinated us; they are a part of every culture, every literary tradition, every genre. All Quiet on the Western Front, From Here to Eternity, and The Red Badge of Courage have become part of our literary canon, taught in classrooms all around the country and the world. Our contributors make up an all-star lineup of award-winning and bestselling writers, representing a dozen different publishers and as many genres. We asked each of them for the same thing-a story about a warrior. Some chose to write in the genre they're best known for. Some decided to try something different. You will find warriors of every shape, size, and color in these pages, warriors from every epoch of human history, from yesterday and today and tomorrow, and from worlds that never were. Some of the stories will make you sad, some will make you laugh, and many will keep you on the edge of your seat."

The stories in the third mass market volume of this book are:

• Introduction: Stories of the Spinner Rack, by George R. R. Martin
• The Triumph, by Robin Hobb
• Soldierin', by Joe R. Lansdale
• Clean Slate, by Lawrence Block
• The Girls from Avenger, by Carrie Vaughn
• The Pit, by James Rollins
• My Name is Legion, by David Morrell
• The Custom of the Army, by Diana Gabaldon

Many of these writers are bestsellers. All of them are storytellers of the highest quality. Together they make a volume of unforgettable reading.