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The best science fiction and fantasy stories from 2019, guest-edited by author of the mega-best-selling
Outlander series, Diana Gabaldon.
Today's readers of science fiction and fantasy have an appetite for stories that address a wide variety of voices, perspectives, and styles. There is an openness to experiment and pushing boundaries, combined with the classic desire to read about spaceships and dragons, future technology and ancient magic, and the places where they intersect. Contemporary science fiction and fantasy looks to accomplish the same goal as ever-to illuminate what it means to be human. With a diverse selection of stories chosen by series editor John Joseph Adams and Diana Gabaldon,
The Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy 2020 explores the ever-expanding and changing world of SFF today.
List of contents
MATTHEW BAKER: Life Sentence
S. P. SOMTOW: Another Avatar
DEJI BRYCE OLUKOTUN: Between the Dark and the Dark
KELLY BARNHILL: Thirty-Three Wicked Daughters
ELIZABETH BEAR: Bullet Point
GWENDOLYN KISTE: The Eight People Who Murdered Me (Excerpt from Lucy Westenra’s Diary)
CAROLINE M. YOACHIM: The Archronology of Love
RION AMILCAR SCOTT: Shape-ups at Delilah’s
TOBIAS S. BUCKELL: The Galactic Tourist Industrial Complex
CHARLIE JANE ANDERS: The Bookstore at the End of America
NIBEDITA SEN: Ten Excerpts from an Annotated Bibliography on the Cannibal Women of Ratnabar Island
JAYMEE GOH: The Freedom of the Shifting Sea
ADAM-TROY CASTRO: Sacrid’s Pod
CHRISTOPHER CALDWELL: Canst Thou Draw Out the Leviathan
KEN LIU: Thoughts and Prayers
E. LILY YU: The Time Invariance of Snow
ANIL MENON: The Robots of Eden
ELIZABETH BEAR: Erase, Erase, Erase
REBECCA ROANHORSE: A Brief Lesson in Native American Astronomy
VICTOR LAVALLE: Up from Slavery
About the author
John Joseph Adams is the series editor of The Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy and the editor of the Hugo Award–winning Lightspeed, and of more than forty anthologies, including Lost Worlds & Mythological Kingdoms, The Far Reaches, and Out There Screaming (coedited with Jordan Peele).
DIANA GABALDON is the author of the award-winning, #1 New York Times best-selling Outlander novels, described by Salon magazine as “the smartest historical sci-fi adventure-romance story ever written by a science Ph.D.” She serves as co-producer and advisor for the Starz network Outlander series based on her novels.
Summary
The best science fiction and fantasy stories from 2019, guest-edited by author of the mega-best-selling Outlander series, Diana Gabaldon.
Today’s readers of science fiction and fantasy have an appetite for stories that address a wide variety of voices, perspectives, and styles. There is an openness to experiment and pushing boundaries, combined with the classic desire to read about spaceships and dragons, future technology and ancient magic, and the places where they intersect. Contemporary science fiction and fantasy looks to accomplish the same goal as ever—to illuminate what it means to be human. With a diverse selection of stories chosen by series editor John Joseph Adams and Diana Gabaldon, The Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy 2020 explores the ever-expanding and changing world of SFF today.
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Praise for THE BEST AMERICAN SCIENCE FICTION AND FANTASY: "This long-running anthology series continues its tradition of excellence with guest editor Gabaldon's selections... The Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy 2020 is highly recommended for anyone interested in contemporary speculative fiction, or just some of the best current American fiction, period." --Booklist, starred review "Gabaldon (the Outlander series) brings together 20 stories that memorably and creatively explore genre themes.... The variety of styles and themes on offer here demonstrate the sustained vitality of genre fiction." --Publishers Weekly "Every year, The Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy series collects some of the best examples of the genre, highlighting some of our greatest writers." --Tor.com
