The twenty-eight 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:
* Cory Doctorow * Robert Charles Wilson * Michael Swanwick * Ian McDonald * Benjamin Rosenbaum * Kage Baker * Bruce McAllister * Alastair Reynolds * Jay Lake * Ruth Nestvold * Gregory Benford * Justin Stanchfield * Walter Jon Williams * Greg Van Eekhout * Robert Reed * David D. Levine * Paul J. McAuley * Mary Rosenblum * Daryl Gregory * Jack Skillingstead * Paolo Bacigalupi * Greg Egan * Elizabeth Bear * Sarah Monette * Ken MacLeod * Stephen Baxter * Carolyn Ives Gilman * John Barnes * A.M. Dellamonica
Supplementing the stories are the editor's insightful summation of the year's events and a list of honorable mentions, making this book a valuable resource in addition to serving as the single best place in the universe to find stories that stir the imagination and the heart. Gardner Dozois has been working in the science fiction field for more than thirty years. For twenty years he was the editor of "Asimov's Science Fiction," during which time he received the Hugo Award for Best Editor fifteen times. The twenty-eight stories in this collection imaginatively take readers far across the universe, 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.
Supplementing the stories are the editor's insightful summation of the year's events and a list of honorable mentions, making this book a valuable resource in addition to serving as the single best place in the universe to find stories that stir the imagination and the heart. "For a broad and eclectic overview of SF and its varieties, Dozois's huge anthology remains essential."--Gary K. Wolf, "LOCUS Magazine" "For a broad and eclectic overview of SF and its varieties, Dozois's huge anthology remains essential."--Gary K. Wolf, "LOCUS
""Gardner Dozois is of course the granddaddy of the annual anthology . . . His housebrick of a collection is the closest thing the field has to a single 'canon-forming' volume."--"Strange Horizons "magazine Table of Contents
I, ROW-BOAT - Cory Doctorow
JULIAN: A CHRISTMAS STORY - Robert Charles Wilson
TIN MARSH - Michael Swanwick
THE DJINN'S WIFE - Ian McDonald
THE HOUSE BEYOND YOUR SKY - Benjamin Rosenbaum
WHERE THE GOLDEN APPLES GROW - Kage Baker
KIN - Bruce McAllister
SIGNAL TO NOISE - Alastair Reynolds
THE BIG ICE - Jay Lake and Ruth Nestvold
BOW SHOCK - Gregory Benford
IN THE RIVER - Justin Stanchfield
INCARNATION DAY - Walter Jon Williams
FAR AS YOU CAN GO - Greg Van Eekhout
GOOD MOUNTAIN - Robert Reed
I HOLD MY FATHER'S PAWS - David D. Levine
DEAD MEN WALKING - Paul J. McAuley
HOME MOVIES - Mary Rosenblum
DAMASCUS - Daryl Gregory
LIFE ON THE PRESERVATION - Jack Skillingstead
YELLOW CARD MAN - Paolo Bacigalupi
RIDING THE CROCODILE - Greg Egan
THE ILE OF DOGGES - Elizabeth Bear and Sarah Monette
THE HIGHWAY MEN - Ken MacLeod
THE PACIFIC MYSTERY - Stephen Baxter
OKANOGGAN FALLS - Carolyn Ives Gilman
EVERY HOLE IS OUTLINED - John Barnes
THE TOWN ON BLIGHTED SEA - A. M. Dellamonica
NIGHTINGALE - Alastair Reynolds

ISBN-13: 9780312363352 ISBN-10: 0312363354 Publisher: St. Martin's Griffin Publish Date: July 2007 Page Count: 662 Related Categories Books > Fiction > Science Fiction - General