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

The New Space Opera 2 – edited by Gardner Dozois and Jonathan Strahan

"The New Space Opera 2" edited by Gardner Dozois and Jonathan Strahan.

“The New Space Opera 2” edited by Gardner Dozois and Jonathan Strahan.


Title: The New Space Opera 2
Series: The New Space Opera
Number in Series: 2 (two)
Author(s): Neal Asher, John Barnes, Cory Doctorow, John Kessel, Jay Lake, John Meaney, Elizabeth Moon, Garth Nix, Mike Resnick, Justina Robson, Kristine Kathryn Rusch, John Scalzi, Bruce Sterling, Peter Watts, Sean Williams, Tad Williams, Bill Willingham, Robert Charles Wilson, John C. Wright
Editor(s): Gardner Dozois, Jonathan Strahan
Cover Artist: Stephan Martinière
Language: English
Publisher: Eos Books
Published: July 2009
ISBN-10: 0061562351
ISBN-13: 9780061562358
Contents:
   “Utriusque Cosmi” by Robert Charles Wilson
   “The Island” by Peter Watts
   “Events Preceding the Helvetican Renaissance” by John Kessel
   “To Go Boldly” by Cory Doctorow
   “The Lost Princess Man” by John Barnes
   “Defect” by Kristine Kathryn Rusch
   “To Raise a Mutiny Betwixt Yourselves” by Jay Lake
   “Shell Game” by Neal Asher
   “Punctuality” by Garth Nix
   “Inevitable” by Sean Williams
   “Join The Navy and See the Worlds” by Bruce Sterling
   “Fearless Space Pirates of the Outer Rings” by Bill Willingham
   “From the Heart” by John Meaney
   “Chameleons” by Elizabeth Moon
   “The Tenth Muse” by Tad Williams
   “Cracklegrackle” by Justina Robson
   “The Tale of the Wicked” by John Scalzi
   “Catastrophe Baker and a Canticle for Leibowitz” by Mike Resnick
   “The Far End of History” by John C. Wright

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

Title: The Best Science Fiction and Fantasy of the Year – Volume Two
Series: The Best Science Fiction and Fantasy of the Year
Number in Series: 2 (two)
Author(s): Daniel Abraham, Stephen Baxter, Peter S. Beagle, Elizabeth Bear, Holly Black, Ted Chiang, Tony Daniel, Greg Egan, Jeffrey Ford, Neil Gaiman, Theodora Goss, Daryl Gregory, Elizabeth Hand, Alexander C. Irvine, Kelly Link, Ted Kosmatka, Nancy Kress, Ken MacLeod, Susan Palwick, M. Rickert, Chris Roberson, Bruce Sterling, Charles Stross, Michael Swanwick
Editor(s): Jonathan Strahan
Cover Artist: John Berkey
Language: English
Publisher: Night Shade Books
Published: March 2008
ISBN-10: 1597801240
ISBN-13: 9781597801249
Contents:
   “The Merchant and the Alchemist’s Gate” by Ted Chiang
   “The Last and Only, or Mr. Moskowitz Becomes French” by Peter S. Beagle
   “Trunk and Disorderly” by Charles Stross
   “Glory” by Greg Egan
   “Dead Horse Point” by Daryl Gregory
   “The Dreaming Wind” by Jeffrey Ford
   “The Coat of Stars” by Holly Black
   “The Prophet of Flores” by Ted Kosmatka
   “Wizard’s Six” by Alex Irvine
   “The Cambist and Lord Iron: A Fairy Tale of Economics” by Daniel Abraham
   “By Fools Like Me” by Nancy Kress
   “Kiosk” by Bruce Sterling
   “Singing of Mount Abora” by Theodora Goss
   “The Witch’s Headstone” by Neil Gaiman
   “Last Contact” by Stephen Baxter
   “Jesus Christ, Reanimator” by Ken MacLeod
   “Sorrel’s Heart” by Susan Palwick
   “Urdumheim” by Michael Swanwick
   “Holiday” by M. Rickert
   “The Valley of the Gardens” by Tony Daniel
   “Winter’s Wife” by Elizabeth Hand
   “The Sky Is Large and the Earth Is Small” by Chris Roberson
   “Orm the Beautiful” by Elizabeth Bear
   “The Constable of Abal” by Kelly Link

The Hard SF Renaissance – edited by David G. Hartwell and Kathryn Cramer

Title: The Hard SF Renaissance
Author(s): Poul Anderson, Stephen Baxter, Gregory Benford, Ben Bova, David Brin, Ted Chiang, Arthur C. Clarke, Hal Clement, Greg Egan, Michael Flynn, Joe Haldeman, James P. Hogan, James Patrick Kelly, Nancy Kress, Geoffrey A. Landis, David Langford, Paul Levinson, Paul McAuley, G. David Nordley, Frederik Pohl, Robert Reed, Alastair Reynolds, Kim Stanley Robinson, Robert J. Sawyer, Karl Schroeder, Charles Sheffield, Joan Slonczewski, Brian Stableford, Allen Steele, Bruce Sterling, Michael Swanwick, Vernor Vinge, Peter Watts, Sarah Zettel
Editor(s): Kathryn Cramer, David G. Hartwell
Cover Artist: Gregory Manchess
Language: English
Original Publisher: Tor Books
Originally Published: November 2002
Publisher: Orb Books
Published: October 2003
ISBN-10: 031287636X
ISBN-13: 9780312876364
Contents:
   “Introduction: New People, New Places, New Politics” by David G. Hartwell and Kathryn Cramer
   “Gene Wars” by Paul McAuley
   “Wang’s Carpets” by Greg Egan
   “Genesis” by Poul Anderson
   “Arthur Sternbach Brings the Curveball to Mars” by Kim Stanley Robinson
   “On the Orion Line” by Stephen Baxter
   “Beggars in Spain” by Nancy Kress
   “Matter’s End” by Gregory Benford
   “The Hammer of God” by Arthur C. Clarke
   “Think Like a Dinosaur” by James Patrick Kelly
   “Mount Olympus” by Ben Bova
   “Marrow” by Robert Reed
   “Microbe” by Joan Slonczewski
   “The Lady Vanishes” by Charles Sheffield
   “Bicycle Repairman” by Bruce Sterling
   “An Ever-Reddening Glow” by David Brin
   “Sexual Dimorphism” by Kim Stanley Robinson
   “Into the Miranda Rift” by G. David Nordley
   “The Shoulders of Giants” by Robert J. Sawyer
   “A Walk in the Sun” by Geoffrey A. Landis
   “For White Hill” by Joe Haldeman
   “A Career in Sexual Chemistry” by Brian Stableford
   “Reef” by Paul McAuley
   “Exchange Rate” by Hal Clement
   “Reasons to Be Cheerful” by Greg Egan
   “Griffin’s Egg” by Michael Swanwick
   “Great Wall of Mars” by Alastair Reynolds
   “A Niche” by Peter Watts
   “Gossamer” by Stephen Baxter
   “Madam Butterfly” by James P. Hogan
   “Understand” by Ted Chiang
   “Halo” by Karl Schroeder
   “Different Kinds of Darkness” by David Langford
   “Fast Times at Fairmont High” by Vernor Vinge
   “Reality Check” by David Brin
   “The Mendelian Lamp Case” by Paul Levinson
   “Kinds of Strangers” by Sarah Zettel
   “The Good Rat” by Allen Steele
   “Built Upon the Sands of Time” by Michael Flynn
   “Taklamakan” by Bruce Sterling
   “Hatching the Phoenix” by Frederik Pohl
   “Immersion” by Gregory Benford

The Year’s Best Science Fiction – Fourteenth Annual Collection – edited by Gardner Dozois

Title: The Year’s Best Science Fiction – Fourteenth Annual Collection
Series: The Year’s Best Science Fiction
Number in Series: 14 (fourteen)
Author(s): William Barton, Stephen Baxter, Gregory Benford, James P. Blaylock, Damien Broderick, Michael Cassutt, Jim Cowan, Tony Daniel, Gregory Feeley, Gwyneth Jones, John Kessel, Nancy Kress, Jonathan Lethem, Ian McDonald, Maureen F. McHugh, Paul Park, Robert Reed, Mike Resnick, Charles Sheffield, Robert Silverberg, Bud Sparhawk, Bruce Sterling, Michael Swanwick, Steven Utley, Cherry Wilder, Walter Jon Williams, Gene Wolfe
Editor(s): Gardner Dozois
Cover Artist: Michael Carroll
Language:English
Original Publisher: St. Martin’s Press
Originally Published: June 1997
Publisher: Science Fiction Book Club
Published: August 1997
ISBN-10: 0312157029
ISBN-13: 9780312157029
Catalog Number: 17061 (SFBC)
Contents:
   “Immersion” by Gregory Benford
   “The Dead” by Michael Swanwick
   “The Flowers of Aulit Prison” by Nancy Kress
   “A Dry, Quiet War” by Tony Daniel
   “Thirteen Phantasms” by James P. Blaylock
   “Primrose and Thorn” by Bud Sparhawk
   “The Miracle of Ivar Avenue” by John Kessel
   “The Last Homosexual” by Paul Park
   “Recording Angel” by Ian McDonald
   “Death Do Us Part” by Robert Silverberg
   “The Spade of Reason” by Jim Cowan
   “The Cost to Be Wise” by Maureen F. McHugh
   “Bicycle Repairman” by Bruce Sterling
   “The Weighing of Ayre” by Gregory Feeley
   “The Longer Voyage” by Michael Cassutt
   “The Land of Nod” by Mike Resnick
   “Red Sonja and Lessingham in Dreamland” by Gwyneth Jones
   “The Lady Vanishes” by Charles Sheffield
   “Chrysalis” by Robert Reed
   “The Wind Over the World” by Steven Utley
   “Changes” by William Barton
   “Counting Cats in Zanzibar” by Gene Wolfe
   “How We Got In Town and Out Again” by Jonathan Lethem
   “Dr. Tilmann’s Consultant: A Scientific Romance” by Cherry Wilder
   “Schrödinger’s Dog” by Damien Broderick
   “Foreign Devils” by Walter Jon Williams
   “In the MSOB” by Stephen Baxter
   “The Robot’s Twilight Companion” by Tony Daniel

Across the Wounded Galaxies: Interviews with Contemporary American Science Fiction Writers – edited by Larry McCaffery

Title: Across the Wounded Galaxies: Interviews with Contemporary American Science Fiction Writer
Editor(s): Larry McCaffery
Language: English
Publisher: University of Illinois Press
Published: July 1990
ISBN-10: 0252016920
ISBN-13: 9780252016929
Contents:
   “An Interview with Gregory Benford”
   “An Interview with William S. Burroughs”
   “An Interview with Octavia E. Butler”
   “An Interview with Samuel R. Delany”
   “An Interview with Thomas M. Disch”
   “An Interview with William Gibson”
   “An Interview with Ursula K. Le Guin”
   “An Interview with Joanna Russ”
   “An Interview with Bruce Sterling”
   “An Interview with Gene Wolf”

The Year’s Best Science Fiction – Sixth Annual Collection – edited by Gardner Dozois

"The Year's Best Science Fiction: Sixth Annual Collection" edited by Gardner Dozois.

“The Year’s Best Science Fiction: Sixth Annual Collection” edited by Gardner Dozois.


Title: The Year’s Best Science Fiction – Sixth Annual Collection
Series: The Year’s Best Science Fiction
Number in Series: 6 (six)
Author(s): Pat Cadigan, Steven Gould, Eileen Gunn, James Patrick Kelly, John Kessel, Kathe Koja, Stephen Kraus, Nancy Kress, James Lawson, Bruce McAllister, Judith Moffett, Kim Newman, Mike Resnick, Kim Stanley Robinson, Kristine Kathryn Rusch, Lucius Shepard, Lewis Shiner, Robert Silverberg, D. Alexander Smith, Brian Stableford, Bruce Sterling, Michael Swanwick, Harry Turtledove, Walter Jon Williams, Connie Willis
Editor(s): Gardner Dozois
Cover Artist: Armand Cabrera
Language:English
Original Publisher: St. Martin’s Press
Originally Published: May 1989
Publisher: Science Fiction Book Club
Published: October 1989
ISBN-10: none
ISBN-13: none
Catalog Number: 15451 (SFBC)
Contents:
   “Surfacing” by Walter Jon Williams
   “Home Front” by James Patrick Kelly
   “The Man Who Loved the Vampire Lady” by Brian Stableford
   “Peaches for Mad Molly” by Steven Gould
   “The Last Article” by Harry Turtledove
   “Stable Strategies for Middle Management” by Eileen Gunn
   “In Memoriam” by Nancy Kress
   “Kirinyaga” by Mike Resnick
   “The Girl Who Loved Animals” by Bruce McAllister
   “The Last of the Winnebagos” by Connie Willis
   “Love in Vain” by
   “The Hob” by Judith Moffett
   “Our Neural Chernobyl” by Bruce Sterling
   “House of Bones” by Robert Silverberg
   “Schrödinger’s Kitten” by George Alec Effinger
   “Do Ya, Do Ya, Wanna Dance?” by Howard Waldrop
   “The Growth of the House of Usher” by
   “Glacier” by Kim Stanley Robinson
   “Sanctuary” by James Lawson
   “The Dragon Line” by Michael Swanwick
   “Mrs. Shummel Exits a Winner” by John Kessel
   “Emissary” by Stephen Kraus
   “It Was the Heat” by Pat Cadigan
   “Skin Deep” by Kristine Kathryn Rusch
   “Dying in Hull” by D. Alexander Smith
   “Distances” by Kathe Koja
   “Famous Monsters” by Kim Newman
   “The Scalehunter’s Beautiful Daughter” by Lucius Shepard