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The Mammoth Book of Best New SF 27 (aka The Year's Best Science Fiction: Thirty-First Annual Collection)
The Mammoth Book of Best New SF 27 - aka The Year's Best Science Fiction: Thirty-First Annual Collection Author:Gardner Dozois (Editor) 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 Mammoth Book of Best New SF 27, the very best SF authors explore ideas of a new world through their short stories. — This vener... more »able collection brings together award winning authors and masters of the field, 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.
Contents:
Summation: 2013 • essay by Gardner Dozois
The Discovered Country (2013) / novelette by Ian R. MacLeod
The Book Seller [Central Station] (2013) / novelette by Lavie Tidhar
Pathways (2013) / novelette by Nancy Kress
A Heap of Broken Images (2013) / short story by Sunny Moraine
Rock of Ages [Metatropolis] (2013) / novella by Jay Lake
Rosary and Goldenstar (2013) / short story by Geoff Ryman
Gray Wings (2013) / short story by Karl Bunker
The Best We Can (2013) / short story by Carrie Vaughn
Transitional Forms (2013) / short story by Paul J. McAuley
Precious Mental [The Great Ship Universe] (2013) / novella by Robert Reed
Martian Blood (2013) / novelette by Allen Steele [as by Allen M. Steele]
Zero for Conduct (2013) / novelette by Greg Egan
The Waiting Stars [Universe of Xuya] (2013) / novelette by Aliette de Bodard
A Map of Mercury (2013) / novelette by Alastair Reynolds
One (2013) / novella by Nancy Kress
Murder on the Aldrin Express [Captain Nick Aames • 1] (2013) / novella by Martin L. Shoemaker
Biographical Fragments of the Life of Julian Prince (2013) / short story by Jake Kerr
The Plague (2013) / short story by Ken Liu
Fleet (2013) / short story by Sandra McDonald
The She-Wolf's Hidden Grin [The Fifth Head of Cerberus] (2013) / short story by Michael Swanwick
Bad Day on Boscobel (2013) / novelette by Alexander Jablokov
The Irish Astronaut (2013) / novelette by Val Nolan
The Other Gun (2013) / novella by Neal Asher
Only Human [Central Station] (2013) / short story by Lavie Tidhar
Entangled (2013) / novelette by Ian R. MacLeod
Earth I [Landfall • 1] (2013) / novelette by Stephen Baxter
Technarion (2013) / novelette by Sean McMullen
Finders (2013) / novelette by Melissa Scott
The Queen of Night's Aria (2013) / novelette by Ian McDonald (variant of The Queen of the Night's Aria)
Hard Stars (2013) / short story by Brendan DuBois
The Promise of Space (2013) / short story by James Patrick Kelly
Quicken [Born with the Dead • 2] (2013) / novella by Damien Broderick
Honorable Mentions: 2013 • essay by Gardner Dozois
fyi: also published titled: The Year's Best Science Fiction: Thirty-First Annual Collection [also called "Year's Best Science Fiction" by publisher Macmillan]« less