The Best Science Fiction and Fantasy of the Year – Volume Five – edited by Jonathan Strahan

"The Best Science Fiction and Fantasy of the Year Volume Five" - edited by Jonathan Strahan.

“The Best Science Fiction and Fantasy of the Year Volume Five” – edited by Jonathan Strahan.


Title: The Best Science Fiction and Fantasy of the Year – Volume Five
Series: The Best Science Fiction and Fantasy of the Year
Number in Series: 5 (five)
Author(s): Joe Abercrombie, Christopher Barzak, Holly Black, Sarah Rees Brennan, Damien Broderick, Pat Cadigan, Cory Doctorow, Neil Gaiman, Sara Genge, Theodora Goss, Elizabeth Hand, Kij Johnson, James Patrick Kelly, John Kessel, Ellen Kushner, Margo Lanagan, Geoffrey A. Landis, Sandra McDonald, Maureen F. McHugh, K.J. Parker, Diana Peterfreund, Hannu Rajaniemi, Robert Reed, Bruce Sterling, Rachel Swirsky, Lavie Tidhar, Ian Tregillis, Genevieve Valentine, Peter Watts
Editor(s): Jonathan Strahan
Cover Artist: Sparth
Language: English
Publisher: Night Shade Books
Published: March 2011
ISBN-10: 1597801720
ISBN-13: 9781597801720
Contents:
   “Elegy for a Young Elk” by Hannu Rajaniemi
   “The Truth Is a Cave in the Black Mountains” by Neil Gaiman
   “Seven Sexy Cowboy Robots” by Sandra McDonald
   “The Spy Who Never Grew Up” by Sarah Rees Brennan
   “The Aarne-Thompson Classification Revue” by Holly Black
   “Under the Moons of Venus” by Damien Broderick
   “The Fool Jobs” by Joe Abercrombie
   “Alone” by Robert Reed
   “Names for Water” by Kij Johnson
   “Fair Ladies” by Theodora Goss
   “Plus or Minus” by James Patrick Kelly
   “The Man with the Knives” by Ellen Kushner
   “The Jammie Dodgers and the Adventure of the Leicester Square Screening” by Cory Doctorow
   “The Maiden Flight of McCauley’s Bellerophon” by Elizabeth Hand
   “The Miracle Aquilina” by Margo Lanagan
   “The Taste of Night” by Pat Cadigan
   “The Exterminator’s Want-Ad” by Bruce Sterling
   “Map of Seventeen” by Christopher Barzak
   “The Naturalist” by Maureen McHugh
   “Sins of the Father” by Sara Genge
   “The Sultan of the Clouds” by Geoffrey A. Landis
   “Iteration” by John Kessel
   “The Care and Feeding of Your Baby Killer Unicorn” by Diana Peterfreund
   “The Night Train” by Lavie Tidhar
   “Still Life (A Sexagesimal Fairy Tale)” by Ian Tregillis
   “Amor Vincit Omnia” by K.J. Parker
   “The Things” by Peter Watts
   “The Zeppelin Conductors’ Society Annual Gentlemen’s Ball” by Genevieve Valentine
   “The Lady Who Plucked Red Flowers Beneath the Queen’s Window” by Rachel Swirsky

Speculative Japan 2 – The Man Who Watched the Sea and Other Tales of Japanese Science Fiction and Fantasy – edited by Yasumi Kobayashi and Issui Ogawa

Title: Speculative Japan 2 – The Man Who Watched the Sea and Other Tales of Japanese Science Fiction and Fantasy
Series: Speculative Japan
Number in Series: 2 (two)
Author(s): Naoko Awa, 安房直子, Toh Enjoe, 円城塔, Akira Hori, 堀晃, Shinji Kajio, 梶尾眞治, Kōji Kitakuni, 北國浩二, Yasumi Kobayashi, 小林泰三, Norio Nakai, 中井紀夫, Mariko Ōhara, 大原まり子, Issui Ogawa, 小川一水, Riku Onda, 恩田陸, Nobuko Takagi, 高樹のぶ子, Kōshū Tani, 谷甲州, Yūko Yamao, 山尾悠子
Editor(s): Yasumi Kobayashi, 小林泰三, Issui Ogawa, 小川一水
Cover Artist: Naoyuki Katō, 加藤直之
Language: English
Original Language: Japanese, English
Publisher: Kurodahan Press
Published: January 2011
ISBN-10: 4902075180
ISBN-13: 9784902075182
Contents:
   “Introduction” by Darrell Schweitzer
   “A Gift from the Sea” (海からの贈り物) by Naoko Awa (安房直子)
   “Freud” by Toh Enjoe (円城塔)
   “The Whale That Sang on the Milky Way Network” (銀河ネットワークで歌を歌ったクジラ) by Mariko Ōhara (大原まり子)
   “Old Vohl’s Planet” (老ヴォールの惑星) by Issui Ogawa (小川一水)
   “The Big Drawer” (大きな引き出し) by Riku Onda (恩田陸)
   “Emanon: A Reminiscence” (おもいでエマノン) by Shinji Kajio (梶尾眞治)
   “Midst the Mist” (靄の中) by Kōji Kitakuni (北國浩二)
   “The Man Who Watched the Sea” (海を見る人) by Yasumi Kobayashi (小林泰三)
   “Melk’s Golden Acres” (メルクの黄金畑) by Nobuko Takagi (高樹のぶ子)
   “Q-Cruiser Basilisk” (仮装巡洋艦バシリスク) by Kōshū Tani (谷甲州)
   “Mountaintop Symphony” (山の上の交響楽) by Norio Nakai (中井紀夫)
   “Open Up” (開封) by Akira Hori (堀晃)
   “Perspective” (遠近法) by Yūko Yamao (山尾悠子)

Halloween Jack and the Devil’s Gate by M. Todd Gallowglas

"Halloween Jack and the Devil's Gate" by M. Todd Gallowglas.

“Halloween Jack and the Devil’s Gate” by M. Todd Gallowglas.


Title: Halloween Jack and the Devil’s Gate
Series: Halloween Jack
Number in Series: 1 (one)
Author(s): M. Todd Gallowglas
Cover Artist: Alyxx Duggins
Language: English
Original Publisher: Bard’s Cloak of Tales
Originally Published: 2011
Publisher: Bard’s Cloak of Tales
Published: March 2012
ISBN-10: 0615616429
ISBN-13: 9780615616421

Strobe Edge 10 by Io Sakisaka

"Strobe Edge 10" by Io Sakisaka.

“Strobe Edge 10” by Io Sakisaka.


Title: Strobe Edge 10
Series: Strobe Edge
Number in Series: 10 (ten)
Author(s): Io Sakisaka, 咲坂伊緒
Cover Artist: Io Sakisaka, 咲坂伊緒
Interior Artist(s): Io Sakisaka, 咲坂伊緒
Language: English
Original Language: Japanese
Original Title: ストロボ・エッジ7 (Sutorobo Ejji 10)
Original Publisher: Shueisha, 集英社
Originally Published: December 2010
Publisher: Viz Media
Published: May 2014
ISBN-10: 1421564483
ISBN-13: 9781421564487
Notes: Final volume in the series.

Blood Lite II: Overbite – edited by Kevin J. Anderson

"Blood Lite II - Overbite" edited by Kevin J. Anderson.

“Blood Lite II – Overbite” edited by Kevin J. Anderson.


Title: Blood Lite II: Overbite
Series: Blood Lite
Number in Series: 2 (two)
Editor(s): Kevin J. Anderson
Cover Artist: Lisa Litwack
Language: English
Publisher: Gallery Books
Published: October 2010
ISBN-10: 1439187657
ISBN-13: 9781439187654
Contents:
   “Dark Carbuncle” by Kevin J. Anderson and Janis Ian
   “Death and Taxes” by Heather Graham
   “Table for Two” by Jeff Ryan
   “Treatment” by J.A. Konrath
   “Dead Clown Séance” by Christopher Welch
   “The Day the Devil Swallowed a Heapin’ Helpin’ of Pride at the Beaulahville Gospel Jubilee” by Scott Nicholson
   “Piecemaker” by Don D’Ammassa
   “Good Breeding” by Lucien Soulban
   “Tails” by John R. Little
   “Dog Tired (of the Drama!)” by L.A. Banks
   “A Sweet Girl for Todd” by Mark Onspaugh
   “Tastes Like Chicken” by Jordan Summers
   “Presumptuous Beast Throws Sumptuous Feast” by Mike Baron
   “Bad German” by Edward Bryant
   “The Halloween War” by Brian J. Hatcher
   “Oh, the Ho-Ho Horror” by Joel A. Sutherland
   “The Unfortunate Persistence of Harold Francis Beamish” by Aaron Polson
   “Dick and Larry” by D.L. Snell
   “Son of…a Bitch!” by Sam W. Anderson
   “Her Lucky Day” by Allison Brennan
   “A Wing and a Prayer” by Sharyn McCrumb
   “Barewolf” by Daniel Pyle
   “American Banshee” by Eric James Stone
   “The Epicurean” by Amy Sterling Casil
   “The Ghoul Next Door” by Nancy Kilpatrick
   “Daycare of the Damned” by Nina Kiriki Hoffman
   “Season Tickets” by Derek Clendening
   “The Close Shave” by Mike Resnick and Lezli Robyn
   “Shaggy Dog Story” by Steve Rasnic Tem
   “Eight-Legged Vengeance” by Jeff Strand
   “Lucifer’s Daughter” by Kelley Armstrong

xkcd volume 0 by Randall Munroe

"xkcd volume 0" by Randall Munroe.

“xkcd volume 0” by Randall Munroe.


Title: xkcd volume 0
Series: xkcd
Number in Series: 1 (one)
Author(s): Randall Munroe
Cover Artist: Randall Munroe
Interior Artist(s): Randall Munroe
Language: English
Publisher: Breadpig
Published: August 2010
ISBN-10: 0615314465
ISBN-13: 9780615314464

Servant by John Brown

"Servant" by John Brown. (The Dark God, Book One), ISBN-13 97819404270304.

“Servant” by John Brown. (The Dark God, Book One), ISBN-13 97819404270304.


Title: Servant
Series: The Dark God
Number in Series: 1 (one)
Author: John Brown
Cover Artist: Victor Minguez
Interior Artist(s): Isaac Stewart
Original Title: Servant of a Dark God
Original Publisher: Tor Books
Originally Published: October 2009
Publisher: Black Sword Books
Published: November 2013
ISBN-10: 1940427037
ISBN-13: 9781940427034