The Year's Best Science Fiction: Twenty-Seventh Annual Collection

by Gardner Dozois (Editor)

Overview

The thirty-two 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, including:

John Barnes, Elizabeth Bear, Damien Broderick, Karl Bunker, Paul Cornell, Albert E. Cowdrey, Ian Creasey, Steven Gould, Dominic Green, Nicola Griffith, Alexander Irvine, John Kessel, Ted Kosmatka, Nancy Kress, Jay Lake, Rand B. Lee, Paul McAuley, Ian McDonald, Maureen F. McHugh, Sarah Monette, Michael Poore, Robert Reed, Adam Roberts, Chris Roberson, Mary Rosenblum, Geoff Ryman, Vandana Singh, Bruce Sterling, Lavie Tidhar, James Van Pelt, Jo Walton, Peter Watts, Robert Charles Wilson, and John C. Wright.

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.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780312608989
Publisher:	St. Martin's Publishing Group
Publication date:	07/06/2010
Series:	Year's Best Science Fiction Series , #27
Pages:	688
Product dimensions:	6.10(w) x 9.20(h) x 1.90(d)
Age Range:	14 - 18 Years

About the Author

Gardner Dozois (1947-2018), one of the most acclaimed editors in science-fiction, has won the Hugo Award for Best Editor 15 times. He was the editor of Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine for 20 years. He is the editor of The Year’s Best Science Fiction anthologies and co-editor of the Warrior anthologies, Songs of the Dying Earth, and many others. As a writer, Dozois twice won the Nebula Award for best short story. He lived in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

Table of Contents

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

Editorial Reviews

Continuing the annual tradition, award-winning editor Dozois selects 32 of 2009's strongest short fiction pieces from print and online venues. The authors of these stories are almost all experienced and prolific, with many award winners and few surprise newcomers to be found. The offerings run the gamut of science fiction: for example, Nicola Griffith's "It Takes Two" explores love through chemical attraction, John Barnes's "Things Undone" is a time-blurring exploration of alternate history, and John Kessel's "Events Preceding the Helvetican Renaissance" is a far-future adventure. This smorgasbord of thought-provoking fiction ensures that any reader will likely find something appealing. Rounding out the collection is Dozois's writeup of all things 2009 SF: fiction, nonfiction, media, awards, and obituaries. (July)

Publishers Weekly

This smorgasbord of thought-provoking fiction ensures that any reader will likely find something appealing.” —Publishers Weekly

“Gardner Dozois's long-running "best of" series is rightly a favorite...The Year's Best Science Fiction: Twenty-Seventh Annual Collection, for all its bulk, is charmingly eclectic...Mr. Dozois picks fiction that deserves to be better known to a wide audience.” —The Wall Street Journal

“This is a worthy addition to a venerable series.” —Publishers Weekly on The Year's Best Science Fiction: Twenty-sixth Annual Collection

“For more than a quarter century, Gardner Dozois's The Year's Best Science Fiction has defined the field. It is the most important anthology, not only annually, but overall.” —Charles N. Brown, publisher of Locus Magazine on The Year’s Best Science Fiction: Twenty-sixth Annual Collection

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