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The multiple Locus Award-winning annual collection of the year's best science fiction stories.
In the new millennium, what secrets lay beyond the far reaches of the universe? 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, in
The Year's Best Science Fiction: Thirty-Fifth Annual Collection, the very best SF authors explore ideas of a new world. This venerable collection brings together award-winning authors and masters of the field.
Featuring short stories from acclaimed authors such as Indrapramit Das, Nancy Kress, Alastair Reynolds, Eleanor Arnason, James S.A. Corey & Lavie Tidhar, 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.
List of contents
Summarion: 2017
The Moon is Not a Battlefield / Indrapramit Das
My English Name / RS Benedict
An Evening with Severyn Grimes / Rich Larson
Vanguard 2.0 / Carter Scholz
Starlight Express / Michael Swanwick
The Martian Obelisk / Linda Nagata
We Who Live in the Heart / Kelly Robson
Winter Timeshare / Ray Nayler
Dear Sarah / Nancy Kress
Night Passage / Alastair Reynolds
The Dragon that Flew out of the Sun / Aliette de Bodard
Waiting Out the End of the World in Patty's Place Cafe / Naomi Kritzer
The Hunger After You're Fed / James S. A. Corey
Assassins / Jack Skillingstead and Burt Courtier
The Martian Job / Jaine Fenn
The Road to the Sea / Lavie Tidhar
Uncanny Valley / Greg Egan
The Worldless / Indrapramit Das
Pan-Humanism: Hope and Pragmatics / Jess Barber
Zigeuner / Harry Turtledove
The Proving Ground / Alec Nevala-Lee
Zen and the Art of Starship Maintenance / Tobias S. Buckell
The Influence Machine / Sean McMullen
Canoe / Nancy Kress
The History of the Invasion Told in Five Dogs / Kelly Jennings
Prime Meridian / Silvia Moreno-Garcia
Triceratops / Ian McHugh
Mines / Eleanor Arnason
There Used to Be Olive Trees / Rich Larson
Whending My Way Back Home / Bill Johnson
Death on Mars / Madeline Ashby
Elephant on Table / Bruce Sterling
Number Thirty-Nine Skink / Suzanne Palmer
A Series of Steaks / Vina Jie-Min Prasad
The Last Boat-Builder in Ballyvoloon / Finbarr O'Reilly
The Residue of Fire / Robert Reed
Sidewalks / Maureen McHugh
Nexus / Michael F. Flynn
Honorable Mentions: 2017
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Edited by Gardner Dozois
