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Informationen zum Autor Kathryn Cramer is a writer, anthologist, and housewife. She has won a World Fantasty Award for best anthology for The Architecture of Fear , co-edited with Peter Pautz; she was nominated for a World Fantasy Award for her anthology Walls of Fear. She has co-edited several anthologies with David G. Hartwell and now does the annual Year's Best Fantasy and Year's Best SF with him. She is on the editorial board of the New York Review of Science Fiction and has been nominated for the Hugo Award ten times. Her dark fantasy hypertext, In Small and Large Pieces , was published by Eastgate Systems, Inc. Jodi A. Mindell, Ph.D., is associate director of the Sleep Disorders Center at The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia. She holds a Ph.D. in clinical psychology, is professor of psychology at Saint Joseph's University, and is the author of numerous publications on pediatric sleep disorders. She lives with her family in Rosemont, Pennsylvania. Klappentext Once again, the finest short-form sf offerings of the year have been collected in a single volume. With Year's Best SF 17, acclaimed, award-winning editors and anthologists David G. Hartwell and Kathryn Cramer demonstrate the amazing depth and power of contemporary speculative fiction, showcasing astonishing stories from some of the genre's most respected names as well as exciting new writers to watch. Prepare to travel light years from the ordinary into a tomorrow at once breathtaking, frightening, and possible, with tales of wonder from: Elizabeth Bear Gregory Benford Neil Gaiman Nancy Kress Michael Swanwick and others. Zusammenfassung The Year’s Best SF 17 is a showcase of the best short form science fiction of 2011! selected by World Fantasy Award winners David Hartwell and Kathryn Cramer! two of the most respected editors in the field of speculative fiction. Like the previous sixteen volumes of the series that has been called “the finest modern science fiction writing!” The Year’s Best SF 17 features stories from some of the brightest lights in sf—including Gregory Benford ( Beyond Human )! Nancy Kress ( Beggars in Spain )! James Morrow ( The Philosopher’s Apprentice )! Michael Swanwick ( The Dragons of Babel ) and Neil Gaiman ( American Gods ) —as well as electrifying short stories from exciting newcomers. ...
