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The Year's Best Science Fiction: Thirty-First Annual Collection (aka The Mammoth Book of Best New SF 27)
The Year's Best Science Fiction Thirty-First Annual Collection - aka The Mammoth Book of Best New SF 27 Author:Gardner Dozois (Editor) 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 the very best SF authors explore ideas of a new world through their short stories. — This venerable collection brings together award wi... more »nning authors and masters of the field, 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.
Contents:
Summation: 2013 • essay by Gardner Dozois
The Discovered Country (2013) / novelette by Ian R. MacLeod
The Book Seller [Central Station] (2013) / novelette by Lavie Tidhar
Pathways (2013) / novelette by Nancy Kress
A Heap of Broken Images (2013) / short story by Sunny Moraine
Rock of Ages [Metatropolis] (2013) / novella by Jay Lake
Rosary and Goldenstar (2013) / short story by Geoff Ryman
Gray Wings (2013) / short story by Karl Bunker
The Best We Can (2013) / short story by Carrie Vaughn
Transitional Forms (2013) / short story by Paul J. McAuley
Precious Mental [The Great Ship Universe] (2013) / novella by Robert Reed
Martian Blood (2013) / novelette by Allen Steele [as by Allen M. Steele]
Zero for Conduct (2013) / novelette by Greg Egan
The Waiting Stars [Universe of Xuya] (2013) / novelette by Aliette de Bodard
A Map of Mercury (2013) / novelette by Alastair Reynolds
One (2013) / novella by Nancy Kress
Murder on the Aldrin Express [Captain Nick Aames • 1] (2013) / novella by Martin L. Shoemaker
Biographical Fragments of the Life of Julian Prince (2013) / short story by Jake Kerr
The Plague (2013) / short story by Ken Liu
Fleet (2013) / short story by Sandra McDonald
The She-Wolf's Hidden Grin [The Fifth Head of Cerberus] (2013) / short story by Michael Swanwick
Bad Day on Boscobel (2013) / novelette by Alexander Jablokov
The Irish Astronaut (2013) / novelette by Val Nolan
The Other Gun (2013) / novella by Neal Asher
Only Human [Central Station] (2013) / short story by Lavie Tidhar
Entangled (2013) / novelette by Ian R. MacLeod
Earth I [Landfall • 1] (2013) / novelette by Stephen Baxter
Technarion (2013) / novelette by Sean McMullen
Finders (2013) / novelette by Melissa Scott
The Queen of Night's Aria (2013) / novelette by Ian McDonald (variant of The Queen of the Night's Aria)
Hard Stars (2013) / short story by Brendan DuBois
The Promise of Space (2013) / short story by James Patrick Kelly
Quicken [Born with the Dead • 2] (2013) / novella by Damien Broderick
Honorable Mentions: 2013 • essay by Gardner Dozois
fyi: also published titled: The Mammoth Book of Best New SF 27.« less
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