The Year's Best Science Fiction: Thirty-First Annual Collection

✍ Scribed by Gardner Dozois (ed.); Ian R. MacLeod; Lavie Tidhar; Nancy Kress; Sunny Moraine; Jay Lake; Geoff Ryman; Karl Bunker; Carrie Vaughn; Paul J. McAuley; Robert Reed; Allen M. Steele; Greg Egan; Aliette de Bodard; Alastair Reynolds; Martin L. Shoemaker; Jake Kerr; Ken Liu; Sandra McDonald; Michael Swanwick; Alexander Jablokov; Val Nolan; Neal Asher; Stephen Baxter; Sean McMullen; Melissa Scott; Ian McDonald; Brendan DuBois; James Patrick Kelly; Damien Broderick

• Book ID: 108042099
• Publisher: St. Martin's Griffin
• Year: 2014
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 701 KB
• Category: Fiction
• ISBN-13: 9781250046208

✦ Synopsis

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 Years Best Science Fiction:Thirty-First Annual Collection the very best SF authors explore ideas of a new world in the year's best short stories. This venerable collection brings together award winning authors and masters of the field such as Robert Reed, Alastair Reynolds, Damien Broderick, Elizabeth Bear, Paul McAuley and John Barnes. And with an extensive recommended reading guide and a summation of the year in science fiction, this annual compilation has become the definitive must-read anthology for all science fiction fans and readers interested in breaking into the genre.

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Review

"The Dozois annual is as hefty, excellent, and nearly indispensable as ever." - Booklist

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"[One] of the best annuals." - Chicago Tribune

About the Author

GARDNER DOZOIS has been working in the science fiction field for more than thirty years. For twenty years he was the editor of Asimovs Science Fiction, during which he received the Hugo Award for Best Editor fifteen times.

Contents:

• SUMMATION: 2013
• THE DISCOVERED COUNTRY Ian R. MacLeod
• THE BOOK SELLER Lavie Tidhar
• PATHWAYS Nancy Kress
• A HEAP OF BROKEN IMAGES Sunny Moraine
• ROCK OF AGES Jay Lake
• ROSARY AND GOLDENSTAR Geoff Ryman
• GRAY WINGS Karl Bunker
• THE BEST WE CAN Carrie Vaughn
• TRANSITIONAL FORMS Paul J. McAuley
• PRECIOUS MENTAL Robert Reed
• MARTIAN BLOOD Allen M. Steele
• ZERO FOR CONDUCT Greg Egan
• THE WAITING STARS Aliette de Bodard
• A MAP OF MERCURY Alastair Reynolds
• ONE Nancy Kress
• MURDER ON THE ALDRIN EXPRESS Martin L. Shoemaker
• BIOGRAPHICAL FRAGMENTS OF THE LIFE OF JULIAN PRINCE Jake Kerr
• THE PLAGUE Ken Liu
• FLEET Sandra McDonald
• THE SHE-WOLFS HIDDEN GRIN Michael Swanwick
• BAD DAY ON BOSCOBEL Alexander Jablokov
• THE IRISH ASTRONAUT Val Nolan
• THE OTHER GUN Neal Asher
• ONLY HUMAN Lavie Tidhar
• ENTANGLED Ian R. MacLeod
• EARTH 1 Stephen Baxter
• TECHNARION Sean McMullen
• FINDERS Melissa Scott
• THE QUEEN OF NIGHTS ARIA Ian McDonald
• HARD STARS Brendan DuBois
• THE PROMISE OF SPACE James Patrick Kelly
• QUICKEN Damien Broderick
• HONORABLE MENTIONS: 2013