SUMMARY: The depth and breadth of science fiction and fantasy fiction continues to change with every passing year. The twenty-nine stories chosen for this book by award-winning anthologist Jonathan Strahan carefully map this evolution, giving readers a captivating and always-entertaining look at the
The best science fiction of the year. Volume 5
β Scribed by Neil Clarke
- Publisher
- Night Shade Books
- Year
- 2020
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 461 KB
- Category
- Fiction
- City
- New York
- ISBN
- 1597806560
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β¦ Synopsis
"The latest volume of The Best Science Fiction of the Year, a yearly anthology compiled by Hugo and World Fantasy Award-winning editor Neil Clarke, collecting the finest that the genre has to offer, from the biggest names in the field to the most exciting new writers. The best science fiction scrutinizes our culture and politics, examines the limits of the human condition, and zooms across galaxies at faster-than-light speeds, moving from the very near future to the far-flung worlds of tomorrow in the space of a single sentence." --Provided by publisher.;The painter of trees / Suzanne Palmer --Emergency skin /N.K. Jemisin --In the stillness between the stars /Mercurio D. Rivera --Sympathizer /Karin Lowachee --Knit three, save four / Marie Vibbert --Moonlight /Cixin Liu --By the warmth of their calculus /Tobias S. Buckell --Deriving life /Elizabeth Bear --The little shepherdess /Gwyneth Jones --Such thoughts are unproductive /Rebecca Campbell --The river of blood and wine /Kali Wallace --One thousand beetles in a jumpsuit /Dominica Phetteplace -- Permafrost /Alastair Reynolds --The work of wolves /Tegan Moore --Song xiuyun /A Que --Mother ocean /Vandana Singh --Cratered /Karen Osborne --The justified /Ann Leckie --Old media /Annalee Newitz --At the fall /Alec Nevala-Lee -The ocean between the leaves /Ray Nayler --Rescue party /Aliette de Bodard --Close enough for jazz /John Chu --On the shores of Ligeia /Carolyn Ives Gilman --The empty gun /Yoon H Lee --Kali_Na /Indrapramit -- Painless /Rich Larson --Give the family my love /A.T. Greenblatt.
β¦ Subjects
Short stories -- 21st century
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