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The Best Science Fiction of the Year: Vol 1
The Best Science Fiction of the Year Vol 1 Author:Neil Clarke (Editor) A biological plague begins infecting artificial intelligence; a natural-born Earth woman seeking asylum on another planet finds a human society far different from her own; a food blogger's posts chronicle a nationwide medical outbreak; trapped in a matchmaking game, a couple tries to escape from the only world they know; a janitor risks ever... more »ything to rescue a 'defective' tank-born baby he can raise as his own. For decades, science fiction has compelled us to imagine futures both inspiring and cautionary. Whether it's a warning message from a survey ship, a harrowing journey to a new world, or the adventures of well-meaning AI, science fiction feeds the imagination and delivers a lens through which we can better understand ourselves and the world around us. With The Best Science Fiction of the Year Volume One, award-winning editor Neil Clarke provides a year-in-review and thirty-one of the best stories published by both new and established authors in 2015.
Contents:
Introduction: A State of the Short SF Field in 2015 by Neil Clarke
Today I Am Paul / Martin Shoemaker
Calved / Sam J. Miller
Three Bodies at Mitanni / Seth Dickinson
Smog Society / Chen Quifan
In Blue Lily’s Wake / Aliette de Bodard
Hello, Hello / Seanan McGuire
Folding Beijing / Hao Jingfiang
Capitalism in the 22nd Century / Geoff Ryman
Hold-Time Violations / John Chu
Wild Honey / Paul McAuley
So Much Cooking / Naomi Kritze
Bannerless / Carrie Vaughn
Another Word for World / Ann Leckie
The Cold Inequalities / Yoon Ha Lee
Iron Pegasus / Brenda Cooper
The Audience / Sean McMullen
Empty / Robert Reed
Gypsy / Carter Scholz
Violation of the TrueNet Security Act / Taiyo Fujii
Damage / David D. Levine
Tumbledowns of Cleopatra Abyss / David Brin
No Placeholder for You, My Love / Nick Wolve
Outsider / An Owomeyla
Gods Have Not Died in Vain / Ken Liu
Cocoons / Nancy Kress
Seven Wonders of a Once and Future World / Caroline M. Yoachim
Two-Year Man / Kelly Robson
Cat Pictures Please / Naomi Kritzer
Botanica Veneris: Thirteen Papercuts by Ida Countess Rathangan / Ian McDonald