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The Year's Best Science Fiction: Twenty-Fifth Annual Collection (aka The Mammoth Book of Best New SF 21)
The Year's Best Science Fiction TwentyFifth Annual Collection - aka The Mammoth Book of Best New SF 21
Author: Gardner Dozois (Editor)
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 Colle...  more » the very best SF authors explore ideas of a new world.

Contents, 32 stories:

Summation: 2007 • essay by Gardner Dozois;

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


Honorable Mentions: 2007 • (2008) • essay by Gardner Dozois

Cover art by Donato Giancola.

Also published as: The Mammoth Book Of Best New SF 21 (2008) UK
ISBN-13: 9780312378592
ISBN-10: 0312378599
Publication Date: 7/8/2008
Pages: 652
Rating:
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Publisher: St. Martin's Press
Book Type: Hardcover
Other Versions: Paperback
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Another absolutely fantastic edition of the series. I think this year's selected stories tend to have a darker edge than in previous years. The Benford thriller 'Dark Heaven' that ends the book is probably the best Benford story I've read in a long time.
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