To read is to journey, and to read science fiction is to venture into a myriad of imaginative and delightful worlds, such as: * Robert Reed's fabulous galaxy-circling starship and its fascinating inhabitants, "The Remoras" * The planet Mercury, where there is more than meets the eye in Stephen
The Year's Best Science Fiction: 18 Eighteenth Annual Collection
โ Scribed by Gardner Dozois
- Publisher
- St. Martin's Press
- Year
- 2001
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 627 KB
- Category
- Fiction
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โฆ Synopsis
The twenty-three stories in this collection imaginatively take us far across the universe, into the very core of our being, 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:
Stephen Baxter, M.Shayne Bell, Rick Cook, Albert E. Cowdrey, Tananarive Due, Greg Egan, Eliot Fintushel, Peter F. Hamilton, Earnest Hogan, John Kessel, Nancy Kress, Ursula K. Le Guin, Paul J. McAuley, Ian McDonald, Susan Palwick, Severna Park, Alastair Reynolds, Lucius Shepard, Brian Stableford, Charles Stross, Michael Swanwick, Steven Utley, Robert Charles Wilson
Supplementing the stories is the editor's insightful summation of the year's events and lengthy 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.
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