The Year's Best Science Fiction: Thirty-First Annual Collection
By: edited by Gardner Dozois
Edition: First edition
Series: The Year's Best Science Fiction
Publisher: St. Martin's Griffin
Published: Jul2014
Place of publication: New York, NY USA
Language: eng
Format: TradePaperback
Number of pages: 704
ISBN-13: 9781250046215
Copyright date: Jul2014
Table of contents: title: 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-First Annual Collection, the very best SF authors explore ideas of a new world through their short stories. This venerable collection brings together award winning authors and masters of the field, and with 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.; title: Contents:; title: Summation: 2013 • essay by Gardner Dozois; title: The Discovered Country / Ian R. MacLeod --; title: The Book Seller / Lavie Tidhar --; title: Pathways / Nancy Kress --; title: A Heap of Broken Images / Sunny Moraine --; title: Rock of Ages / Jay Lake --; title: Rosary and Goldenstar / Geoff Ryman --; title: Gray Wings / Karl Bunker --; title: The Best We Can / Carrie Vaughn --; title: Transitional Forms / Paul J. McAuley --; title: Precious Mental / Robert Reed --; title: Martian Blood / Allen M. Steele --; title: Zero for Conduct / Greg Egan --; title: The Waiting Stars / Aliette de Bodard --; title: A Map of Mercury / Alastair Reynolds --; title: One / Nancy Kress --; title: Murder on the Aldrin Express / Martin L. Shoemaker --; title: Biographical Fragments of the Life of Julian Prince / Jake Kerr --; title: The Plague / Ken Liu --; title: Fleet / Sandra McDonald --; title: The She-wolf's Hidden Grin / Michael Swanwick --; title: Bad Day on Boscobel / Alexander Jablokov --; title: The Irish Astronaut / Val Nolan --; title: The Other Gun / Neal Asher --; title: Only Human / Lavie Tidhar --; title: Entangled / Ian R. MacLeod --; title: Earth / Stephen Baxter --; title: Technarion / Sean McMullen --; title: Finders / Melissa Scott --; title: The Queen of Night's Aria / Ian McDonald --; title: Hard Stars / Brenda DuBois --; title: The Promise of Space / James Patrick Kelly --; title: Quicken / Damien Broderick.; title: Honorable Mentions: 2013 • essay by Gardner Dozois