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The Year's Best Science Fiction & Fantasy 2009
The Year's Best Science Fiction Fantasy 2009 Author:Rich Horton (Editor) Your guide to magical realms and worlds beyond tomorrow: distant worlds, time travel, epic adventure, unseen wonders and much more! The world of science fiction and fantasy has long been a porthole into the realities of tomorrow, blurring the line between life and art. This 2009 issue, the first volume of The Year's Best Science Fictio... more »n and Fantasy features stories by some of the genre's greatest authors boldly exploring the mythic past, the paranormal present, and the promises and perils of myriad alternate worlds and futures.
Contents:
The Year in Fantasy and Science Fiction, 2008 • essay by Rich Horton
26 Monkeys, Also the Abyss (2008) / shortstory by Kij Johnson
Shoggoths in Bloom (2008) / shortstory by Elizabeth Bear
Glass (2008) / shortfiction by Daryl Gregory
The Hiss of Escaping Air (2008) / novelette by Christopher Golden
Araminta, or, The Wreck of the Amphidrake (2008) / shortstory by Naomi Novik
We Love Deena (2008) / shortstory by Alice Sola Kim
The Art of Alchemy (2008) / shortstory by Ted Kosmatka
Falling Angel (2008) / shortstory by Eugene Mirabelli
The Fifth Star in the Southern Cross (2008) / shortstory by Margo Lanagan
King Pelles the Sure (2008) / shortstory by Peter S. Beagle
Character Flu (2008) / shortstory by Robert Reed
Gift from a Spring (2008) / shortfiction by Delia Sherman
The Region of Unlikeness (2008) / shortfiction by Rivka Galchen
Daltharee (2008) / shortstory by Jeffrey Ford
The Ray-Gun: A Love Story (2008) / novelette by James Alan Gardner
The God of Au (2008) / shortfiction by Ann Leckie
The Fantasy Jumper (2008) / shortstory by Will McIntosh
The Magician's House (2008) / novelette by Meghan McCarron
Balancing Accounts (2008) / shortstory by James L. Cambias
Suicide Drive (2008) / shortfiction by Charlie Jane Anders]
The Small Door (2008) / shortstory by Holly Phillips
The Eyes of God (2008) / shortstory by Peter Watts
Firooz and His Brother (2008) / shortstory by Alex Jeffers
Infestation (2008) / novelette by Garth Nix
A Water Matter (2008) / novelette by Jay Lake
The Golden Octopus [Eireann] (2008) / shortfiction by Beth Bernobich
Blue Vervain Murder Ballad #2: Jack of Diamonds (2008) / shortfiction by Erik Amundsen
The Road to Levinshir (2002) / shortstory by Patrick Rothfuss
Fixing Hanover (2008) / novelette by Jeff VanderMeer
Boojum [Boojum] (2008) / shortstory by Elizabeth Bear and Sarah Monette
The Difficulties of Evolution (2008) / shortstory by Karen Heuler
Catherine Drewe [Jonathan Hamilton • 1] (2008) / shortstory by Paul Cornell
Silent as Dust (2008) / shortstory by James Maxey
Evil Robot Monkey (2008) / shortstory by Mary Robinette Kowal
If Angels Fight (2008) / novelette by Richard Bowes
Spiderhorse (2008) / shortfiction by Liz Williams
The Tear (2008) / novella by Ian McDonald
Biographies (The Year's Best Science Fiction & Fantasy, 2009 Edition) • essay by editor
Recommended Reading (The Year's Best Science Fiction & Fantasy, 2009 Edition) • essay by editor