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The Year's Best Science Fiction: Nineteenth Annual Collection

Gardner Dozois
4.02/5 (296 ratings)
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The twenty-first century has so far proven to be exciting and wondrous and filled with challenges we had never dreamed. New possibilities previously unimagined appear almost daily . . . and science fiction stories continue to explore those possibilities with delightful results:

Collected in this anthology are such compelling stories as:

"On K2 with Kanakaredes" by Dan Simmons. A relentlessly paced and absorbing tale set in the near future about three mountain climbers who must scale the face of K2 with some very odd company.

"The Human Front" by Ken MacLeod. In this compassionate coming-of-age tale the details of life are just a bit off from things as we know them-and nothing is as it appears to be.

"Glacial" by Alastair Reynolds. A fascinating discovery on a distant planet leads to mass death and a wrenching mystery as spellbinding as anything in recent short fiction.

The twenty-six stories in this collection imaginatively takes us far across the universe, into the very core of our beings, to the realm of the gods, and the moment just after now. Included here are the works of masters of the form and of bright new talents, including:

Eleanor Arnason
Chris Beckett
Michael Blumlein
Michael Cassutt
Brenda W. Clough
Paul Di Filippo
Andy Duncan
Carolyn Ives Gilman
Jim Grimsley
Simon Ings
James Patrick Kelly
Leigh Kennedy
Nancy Kress
Ian R. MacLeod
Ken MacLeod
Paul J. McAuley
Maureen F. McHugh
Robert Reed
Alastair Reynolds
Geoff Ryman
William Sanders
Dan Simmons
Allen M. Steele
Charles Stross
Michael Swanwick
Howard Waldrop

Supplementing the stories are the editor's insightful summation of the year's events and a lengthy list of honorable mentions, making this book a valuable resource in addition to serving as the single best place in the universe to find stories that stir the imagination and the heart.


Contents
xiii • Summation: 2001 • (2002) • essay by Gardner Dozois
1 • New Light on the Drake Equation • (2001) • novella by Ian R. MacLeod
54 • More Adventures on Other Planets • (2001) • novelette by Michael Cassutt
73 • On K2 with Kanakaredes • (2001) • novelette by Dan Simmons
112 • When This World Is All on Fire • (2001) • novelette by William Sanders
131 • Computer Virus • (2001) • novelette by Nancy Kress
175 • Have Not Have • (2001) • novelette by Geoff Ryman
196 • Lobsters • [Macx Family] • (2001) • novelette by Charles Stross
222 • The Dog Said Bow-Wow • [Darger and Surplus] • (2001) • shortstory by Michael Swanwick
239 • The Chief Designer • (2001) • novella by Andy Duncan
285 • Neutrino Drag • (2001) • novelette by Paul Di Filippo
307 • Glacial • [Revelation Space] • (2001) • novella by Alastair Reynolds
350 • The Days Between • (2002) • novelette by Allen Steele [as by Allen M. Steele ]
377 • One-Horse Town • (2001) • novelette by Howard Waldrop and Leigh Kennedy (aka One Horse Town)
411 • Moby Quilt • (2001) • novella by Eleanor Arnason
454 • Raven Dream • [Amerindian] • (2001) • novelette by Robert Reed
478 • Undone • (2001) • novelette by James Patrick Kelly
506 • The Real Thing • (2001) • novelette by Carolyn Ives Gilman
543 • Interview: On Any Given Day • (2001) • shortstory by Maureen F. McHugh
560 • Isabel of the Fall • (2001) • novelette by Ian R. MacLeod
582 • Into Greenwood • (2001) • novelette by Jim Grimsley
615 • Know How, Can Do • (2001) • novelette by Michael Blumlein
636 • Russian Vine • (2001) • shortstory by Simon Ings
653 • The Two Dicks • (2001) • novelette by Paul J. McAuley [as by Paul McAuley ]
671 • May Be Some Time • [Captain Titus Oates] • (2001) • novella by B. W. Clough [as by Brenda W. Clough ]
714 • Marcher • (2001) • shortstory by Chris Beckett
731 • The Human Front • (2001) • novella by Ken MacLeod
781 • Honorable Mentions: 2001 • (2002) • essay by Gardner Dozois
Format:
Pages:
637 pages
Publication:
Publisher:
Edition:
1st, First Edition
Language:
en-US
ISBN10:
0312288794
ISBN13:
9780312288792
kindle Asin:
B000FA5T1U

The Year's Best Science Fiction: Nineteenth Annual Collection

Gardner Dozois
4.02/5 (296 ratings)
Read Download
The twenty-first century has so far proven to be exciting and wondrous and filled with challenges we had never dreamed. New possibilities previously unimagined appear almost daily . . . and science fiction stories continue to explore those possibilities with delightful results:

Collected in this anthology are such compelling stories as:

"On K2 with Kanakaredes" by Dan Simmons. A relentlessly paced and absorbing tale set in the near future about three mountain climbers who must scale the face of K2 with some very odd company.

"The Human Front" by Ken MacLeod. In this compassionate coming-of-age tale the details of life are just a bit off from things as we know them-and nothing is as it appears to be.

"Glacial" by Alastair Reynolds. A fascinating discovery on a distant planet leads to mass death and a wrenching mystery as spellbinding as anything in recent short fiction.

The twenty-six stories in this collection imaginatively takes us far across the universe, into the very core of our beings, to the realm of the gods, and the moment just after now. Included here are the works of masters of the form and of bright new talents, including:

Eleanor Arnason
Chris Beckett
Michael Blumlein
Michael Cassutt
Brenda W. Clough
Paul Di Filippo
Andy Duncan
Carolyn Ives Gilman
Jim Grimsley
Simon Ings
James Patrick Kelly
Leigh Kennedy
Nancy Kress
Ian R. MacLeod
Ken MacLeod
Paul J. McAuley
Maureen F. McHugh
Robert Reed
Alastair Reynolds
Geoff Ryman
William Sanders
Dan Simmons
Allen M. Steele
Charles Stross
Michael Swanwick
Howard Waldrop

Supplementing the stories are the editor's insightful summation of the year's events and a lengthy list of honorable mentions, making this book a valuable resource in addition to serving as the single best place in the universe to find stories that stir the imagination and the heart.


Contents
xiii • Summation: 2001 • (2002) • essay by Gardner Dozois
1 • New Light on the Drake Equation • (2001) • novella by Ian R. MacLeod
54 • More Adventures on Other Planets • (2001) • novelette by Michael Cassutt
73 • On K2 with Kanakaredes • (2001) • novelette by Dan Simmons
112 • When This World Is All on Fire • (2001) • novelette by William Sanders
131 • Computer Virus • (2001) • novelette by Nancy Kress
175 • Have Not Have • (2001) • novelette by Geoff Ryman
196 • Lobsters • [Macx Family] • (2001) • novelette by Charles Stross
222 • The Dog Said Bow-Wow • [Darger and Surplus] • (2001) • shortstory by Michael Swanwick
239 • The Chief Designer • (2001) • novella by Andy Duncan
285 • Neutrino Drag • (2001) • novelette by Paul Di Filippo
307 • Glacial • [Revelation Space] • (2001) • novella by Alastair Reynolds
350 • The Days Between • (2002) • novelette by Allen Steele [as by Allen M. Steele ]
377 • One-Horse Town • (2001) • novelette by Howard Waldrop and Leigh Kennedy (aka One Horse Town)
411 • Moby Quilt • (2001) • novella by Eleanor Arnason
454 • Raven Dream • [Amerindian] • (2001) • novelette by Robert Reed
478 • Undone • (2001) • novelette by James Patrick Kelly
506 • The Real Thing • (2001) • novelette by Carolyn Ives Gilman
543 • Interview: On Any Given Day • (2001) • shortstory by Maureen F. McHugh
560 • Isabel of the Fall • (2001) • novelette by Ian R. MacLeod
582 • Into Greenwood • (2001) • novelette by Jim Grimsley
615 • Know How, Can Do • (2001) • novelette by Michael Blumlein
636 • Russian Vine • (2001) • shortstory by Simon Ings
653 • The Two Dicks • (2001) • novelette by Paul J. McAuley [as by Paul McAuley ]
671 • May Be Some Time • [Captain Titus Oates] • (2001) • novella by B. W. Clough [as by Brenda W. Clough ]
714 • Marcher • (2001) • shortstory by Chris Beckett
731 • The Human Front • (2001) • novella by Ken MacLeod
781 • Honorable Mentions: 2001 • (2002) • essay by Gardner Dozois
Format:
Pages:
637 pages
Publication:
Publisher:
Edition:
1st, First Edition
Language:
en-US
ISBN10:
0312288794
ISBN13:
9780312288792
kindle Asin:
B000FA5T1U

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