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The renowned sci-fi anthology presents a twenty-year retrospective featuring many of the genre’s most important authors: “The results are breathtaking.” —Booklist
For decades, 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:
“Coming of Age in Karhide” by Ursula K. Le Guin. The feminist science fiction pioneer returns to the world of her classic The Left Hand of Darkness.
“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.
“Trinity” by Nancy Kress. The search for God is enhanced by cutting edge technology in this story from one of the anthology’s most frequent and admired contributors.
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
ASIN : B003J5654S
Publisher : St. Martin's Press; 1st edition (February 1, 2005)
Publication date : February 1, 2005
Language : English
File size : 3354 KB
Text-to-Speech : Enabled
Screen Reader : Supported
Enhanced typesetting : Enabled
X-Ray : Not Enabled
Word Wise : Enabled
Print length : 692 pages
Reviewer: Bob Justman
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Essential
Review: Some of the best, indeed. Nancy Kress, Gregory Benford, Stephen Baxter, etc. are all represented, here with some of their best work. Much of the stories lean toward "Space Opera," which I feel is a refreshing expansion of the genre, eschewing science in favor of humanistic stories. I feel as though the genre is in good hands, if this collection is any indication of the talent inheriting the genre's future.
Reviewer: John M. Ford
Rating: 4.0 out of 5 stars
Title: The Flood of Time
Review: I don't envy Gardner Dozois his task of selecting the thirty-six stories in this book from 20 years of his Best of the Year collections--which in themselves required painful decisions to exclude many first-rate stories. I am glad he put himself through it, though. These are the stories that made the greatest impression on him as a reader--a reader with an educated palate earned through decades of fine reading.My favorites:Pat Cadigan's "Roadside Rescue" is a brief tale about a man whose car breaks down and is repaired through the generosity of an alien visitor. Perhaps generosity isn't quite the right word...John Crowley's "Snow" introduces a new, high-tech method of remembering a loved one after they die. It has its complications, both technical and emotional.Terry Bisson's "Bears Discover Fire" is one of my very favorite stories. Enough with super-intelligent aliens and artificial intelligences! What would it be like if ordinary animals became just a little bit smarter? Well...Greg Egan stretches the imagination with "Wang's Carpets," a new kind of life that exists in the same physical world as humans, but several layers of abstraction away from us. Sort of...In Ted Chiang's "Story of Your Life" a mother pieces together the narratives of her life and of her daughter's life. It's a little hard to follow without some translation.Please don't let my taste affect your reading more than it should; all thirty-six of these stories are very good. I suggest reading every one of them then trying to select your own top five. It's interesting to experience some small fraction of Gardner Dozois' pain in selecting them.
Reviewer: Amazon Customer
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Gardner Dozois is one of the best editors in the industry
Review: Gardner Dozois is one of the best editors in the industry, and always chooses well - I can't disagree with a single pick in this compliation.
Reviewer: Bayou Reader
Rating: 3.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Good Read
Review: Science Fiction has under gone many changes since I started reading this genre in 1965. Some years are better than others. This collection of stories has a several gems, the rest are adequate to keep my attention.
Reviewer: GARY
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: The best of two worlds
Review: I've been reading sci-fi for over 60 years & I love the short-story form.......also, this is my very first Kindle book & this medium serves me extremely well..........
Reviewer: Perceptive Reader
Rating: 4.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Finally, befitting its title!
Review: This collection indeed compiles some of the best novellas that had been anthologised by Mr Dozois in the previous years as 'Annual Collections'. In terms of subject, style, structure etc. etc., these stories cover the entire gamut. My only regret is that some a few thrillers of more of pieces written by Connie Willis would have made the collection a little more entertaining. Nevertheless, recommended.
Reviewer: Sue Eschenbacher
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Pleasant surprises
Review: The quality of the writing was consistently high. The subject matter varied greatly from story to story. The stories are thought provoking and entertaining. Science fiction has gone well beyond outer space.
Reviewer: Paul
Rating: 4.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Great Big Book of sci fi
Review: Good condition for its age and size.