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The Best of the Best: 20 Years of the Year's Best Science Fiction
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Gardner R. Dozois (editor)
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Bibliographic Detail
Publisher
St Martins Pr
Publication date
February 28, 2005
Pages
655
Binding
Hardcover
Book category
Adult Fiction
ISBN-13
9780312336554
ISBN-10
0312336551
Dimensions
2 by 6.50 by 9.50 in.
Weight
2 lbs.
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Out of Print
Original list price
$35.00
§As reported by publisher
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Summaries and Reviews
Summary
A landmark anthology featuring the finest science fiction writings from the past two decades of the annual The Year's Best Science Fiction presents an outstanding array of science fiction masterworks by Ursula K. Le Guin, Michael Swanwick, Connie Willis, William Gibson, Stephen Baxter, Bruce Sterling, Nancy Kress, Gene Wolfe, Robert Silverberg, and other notables. Simultaneous.
Amazon.com description: Product Description:
For years, The Year's Best Science Fiction has been the most widely read short science fiction anthology of its kind. Now, after twenty-one annual collections, comes the ultimate in science fiction anthologies, The Best of the Best: 20 Years of the Year's Best Science Fiction, in which legendary editor Gardner Dozois selects the very best short stories for this landmark collection. Some notable stories include:
"The Left Hand of Darkness" by Ursula K. Le Guin. Coming of age is a difficult passage for any adolescent, but couple that with the potential to be either sex and you've got a dilemma of seismic proportion. Bringing readers back to the world of her classic and best known novel, The Left Hand of Darkness, Le Guin creates a compelling and evocative story of transition.
"The Winter Market" by William Gibson. Called the SF Timothy Leary of our times, Gibson returns to the subject that made him a cultural icon, cyberpunk. People who know what they want are often lauded and honored in this society. But when those people start using others to get it, beware!
"Trinity" by Nancy Kress. People have searched for God since the dawn of time, but not until the new millennium did they think to find this celestial being through technology. Since soon after the series began, Kress has been an annual and esteemed contributor to The Year's Best Science Fiction.
Contributors include:
* Stephen Baxter * Greg Bear * William Bigson * Terry Bisson * Pat Cadigan * Ted Chiang * John Crowley * Tony Daniel * Greg Egan * Molly Gloss * Eileen Gunn * Joe Haldeman * James Patrick Kelly * John Kessel * Nancy Kress * Ursula K. Le Guin * Ian R. MacLeod * David Marusek * Paul McAuley * Ian McDonald * Maureen F. McHugh * Robert Reed * Mike Resnick * Geoff Ryman * William Sander * Lucius Shepard * Robert Silverberg * Brian Stableford * Bruce Sterling * Charles Stross * Michael Swanwick * Steven Utley * Howard Waldrop * Walter Jon Williams * Connie Willis * Gene Wolfe
With work spanning two decades, The Best of the Best stands as one of the ultimate science fiction anthologies ever published.
"The Left Hand of Darkness" by Ursula K. Le Guin. Coming of age is a difficult passage for any adolescent, but couple that with the potential to be either sex and you've got a dilemma of seismic proportion. Bringing readers back to the world of her classic and best known novel, The Left Hand of Darkness, Le Guin creates a compelling and evocative story of transition.
"The Winter Market" by William Gibson. Called the SF Timothy Leary of our times, Gibson returns to the subject that made him a cultural icon, cyberpunk. People who know what they want are often lauded and honored in this society. But when those people start using others to get it, beware!
"Trinity" by Nancy Kress. People have searched for God since the dawn of time, but not until the new millennium did they think to find this celestial being through technology. Since soon after the series began, Kress has been an annual and esteemed contributor to The Year's Best Science Fiction.
Contributors include:
* Stephen Baxter * Greg Bear * William Bigson * Terry Bisson * Pat Cadigan * Ted Chiang * John Crowley * Tony Daniel * Greg Egan * Molly Gloss * Eileen Gunn * Joe Haldeman * James Patrick Kelly * John Kessel * Nancy Kress * Ursula K. Le Guin * Ian R. MacLeod * David Marusek * Paul McAuley * Ian McDonald * Maureen F. McHugh * Robert Reed * Mike Resnick * Geoff Ryman * William Sander * Lucius Shepard * Robert Silverberg * Brian Stableford * Bruce Sterling * Charles Stross * Michael Swanwick * Steven Utley * Howard Waldrop * Walter Jon Williams * Connie Willis * Gene Wolfe
With work spanning two decades, The Best of the Best stands as one of the ultimate science fiction anthologies ever published.
Editions
Hardcover
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from St Martins Pr (February 28, 2005)
9780312336554 | details & prices | 655 pages | 6.50 × 9.50 × 2.00 in. | 2.00 lbs | List price $35.00
About: Features the finest science fiction writings from the past two decades of the annual 'The Year's Best Science Fiction,' including writings from such authors as Greg Bear, Pat Cadigan, Robert Silverberg, and Ursula K.
About: Features the finest science fiction writings from the past two decades of the annual 'The Year's Best Science Fiction,' including writings from such authors as Greg Bear, Pat Cadigan, Robert Silverberg, and Ursula K.
Paperback
from Griffin (February 1, 2005)
9780312336561 | details & prices | 655 pages | 6.00 × 9.25 × 1.75 in. | 1.65 lbs | List price $25.99
About: Features the finest science fiction writings from the past two decades of the annual 'The Year's Best Science Fiction,' including writings from such authors as Greg Bear, Pat Cadigan, Robert Silverberg, and Ursula K.
About: Features the finest science fiction writings from the past two decades of the annual 'The Year's Best Science Fiction,' including writings from such authors as Greg Bear, Pat Cadigan, Robert Silverberg, and Ursula K.
Prebinding
With Gardner R. Dozois |
Reprint edition from Paw Prints (October 8, 2008)
9781439560747 | details & prices | 655 pages | List price $30.95
About: For years, The Year's Best Science Fiction has been the most widely read short science fiction anthology of its kind.
About: For years, The Year's Best Science Fiction has been the most widely read short science fiction anthology of its kind.
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