Join twenty-eight of today's finest writers for a host of imaginative tours through worlds as fabulous as the farthest galaxy and as strange as life on earth can be. Among the talented story tellers in this volume are: Stephen Baxter, James P. Blaylock, Tony Daniel, Gregory Feeley, Gwyneth Jones, Jonathan Lethem, Robert Reed, Michael Sanwick, Cherry Wilder, Walter Jon Williams, Gene Wolfe, Steven Utley, and many more of tomorrow's leading imaginations. Gardener Dozois's summary of the year in science fiction and a long list of honorable mentions round out this volume, making it the one book for anyone who's interested in SF today.
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This annual anthology series has become a science fiction institution, and deservedly so. Gardner Dozois, unquestionably one of the field's finest editors, has a sharp eye when it comes to selecting the best short stories published in the genre, whether they come from his own magazine Asimov's Science Fiction or obscure, small-press zines. This year's picks include authors such as Gregory Benford, Michael Swanwick, Bruce Sterling, Charles Sheffield, and Steven Baxter. Those interested in the professional side of science fiction will find Dozois's annual summation--a sort of State of the Union address for the genre--invaluable.
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Dozois has again selected the best short sf of 1996 for inclusion in this award-winning anthology series. Among the 27 writers are Gregory Benford, John Kessel, Robert Silverberg, Maureen F. McHugh, Bruce Sterling, Charles Sheffield, and Stephen Baxter, with contributions covering romance, aliens, a high-tech future, the space program, Africa, scientific thriller, hard science, and cyberpunk. Highly recommended for all sf collections.
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Copyright 1997 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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This review is from: The Year's Best Science Fiction: Fourteenth Annual Collection (Paperback)
A fine Year's Best anthology, averaging 3.88. A few average stories to be found here, but a couple of 5 star, to go along with that, and three on the next level down, as well.
As usual, an interesting introduction, and pointing out two stories were from Omni Online - and the year before's volume had the first online story he had chosen, so this was the start of the increase there, some 10 or more years ago. All in all, top notch work. Year's Best Science Fiction 14 : Immersion - Gregory Benford Year's Best Science Fiction 14 : The Dead - Michael Swanwick Year's Best Science Fiction 14 : The Flowers of Aulit Prison - Nancy Kress Year's Best Science Fiction 14 : A Dry Quiet War - Tony Daniel Year's Best Science Fiction 14 : Thirteen Phantasms - James P. Blaylock Year's Best Science Fiction 14 : Primrose and Thorn - Bud Sparhawk Year's Best Science Fiction 14 : The Miracle of Ivar Avenue - John Kessel Year's Best Science Fiction 14 : The Last H0m0sexual - Paul Park Year's Best Science Fiction 14 : Recording Angel - Ian McDonald Year's Best Science Fiction 14 : Death Do Us Part - Robert Silverberg Year's Best Science Fiction 14 : The Spade of Reason - Jim Cowan Year's Best Science Fiction 14 : The Cost to Be Wise - Maureen F. McHugh Year's Best Science Fiction 14 : Bicycle Repairman - Bruce Sterling Year's Best Science Fiction 14 : The Weighing of Ayre - Gregory Feeley Year's Best Science Fiction 14 : The Longer Voyage - Michael Cassutt Year's Best Science Fiction 14 : The Land of Nod - Mike Resnick Year's Best Science Fiction 14 : Red Sonja and Lessingham in Dreamland - Gwyneth Jones Year's Best Science Fiction 14 : The Lady Vanishes - Charles Sheffield Year's Best Science Fiction 14 : Chrysalis - Robert Reed Year's Best Science Fiction 14 : The Wind Over the World - Steven Utley Year's Best Science Fiction 14 : Changes - William Barton Year's Best Science Fiction 14 : Counting Cats in Zanzibar - Gene Wolfe Year's Best Science Fiction 14 : How We Got in Town and out Again - Jonathan Lethem Year's Best Science Fiction 14 : Dr. Tilmann's Consultant A Scientific Romance - Cherry Wilder Year's Best Science Fiction 14 : Schrodinger's Dog - Damien Broderick Year's Best Science Fiction 14 : Foreign Devils - Walter Jon Williams Year's Best Science Fiction 14 : In the MSOB - Stephen Baxter Year's Best Science Fiction 14 : The Robot's Twilight Companion - Tony Daniel Virtual chimp wetwork vacation. 4 out of 5 Zombies make you obsolete, and sell well as sex toys. 5 out of 5 Unreal, schizo punishment. 4.5 out of 5 Metaspace Marine homecoming cleanout. 4.5 out of 5 Spooky subscription. 3 out of 5 Salvage race scare. 4 out of 5 Future direction past chances. 3.5 out of 5 Politics of everything is a disease. 3 out of 5 Africaforming. 4 out of 5 Short-time spousal subterfuge. 4 out of 5 Random monkey typing godmind program. 4.5 out of 5 Having to eat your dog will make you sad. 3 out of 5 Celibate cycle geek bags black bag babe burglar thanks to baton boo-boo. 4 out of 5 Wartime Children Of the Lens. 4 out of 5 We're On A Space Road To Nowhere. 4 out of 5 Old ways holdout, with heffalump. 4 out of 5 Sword and sorcery virtual sex therapy. 4 out of 5 Invisible ex-spook, now. 3.5 out of 5 Arkship Terran discovery destruction routine. 4 out of 5 Land of the one lost. 4 out of 5 Family cycle. 3.5 out of 5 Android associate sharkfood. 4 out of 5 Scapeathon. 3 out of 5 Downed alien vistitor helped to European mountainside chalet retreat. 3 out of 5 Quantum reality voyaging testing is interesting, apart from the fact if it is you in the testing, you are terminally ill. The cats into dogs trick would be pretty handy, as well. 5 out of 5 Red planet China conflict, in-out. 4 out of 5 Space man end. 4 out of 5 Centre of the earth rescue rangers. 3.5 out of 5
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Excellent collection of sci-fi short stories.,
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This review is from: The Year's Best Science Fiction: Fourteenth Annual Collection (Hardcover)
This anthology provides a great variety in style, content, and purpose from established and rising authors in contemporary science fiction. Many of the short stories will tantalize you to the point of wanting more. Each story is accompanied by a short and insightful commentary by the editor. A great collection!
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The first couple of short stories in this collection are fun to read but the one I remember most, and it is being made into a movie this year, is a short story by Mr. Cohen (I forgot his first name--sorry), titled "Spade of Reason".
For those science fiction aficionados, I consider "Spade of Reason" just as heartfelt as "Flowers for Algernon". Okay, "Flowers for Algernon" did get a Hugo Award, but I consider "Spade of Reason" to be just as good as that Hugo Award Winner. The fact that "Spade of Reason" is being made into a movie makes this collection worth while to read the original story before seeing the director's interpretation of the writer's work.
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