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Year's Best SF 13 [Mass Market Paperback]

David G. Hartwell (Author), Kathryn Cramer (Author)
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The thirteenth annual collection of the previous year's finest short-form sf is at hand. Once again, award-winning editors and anthologists David G. Hartwell and Kathryn Cramer have gathered together a stunning array of science fiction that spans a veritable universe of astonishing visions and bold ideas. Hitherto unexplored galaxies of the mind are courageously traversed by some of the most exciting new talents in the field—while well-established masters rocket to remarkable new heights of artistry and originality. The stars are closer and more breathtaking than ever before—and a miraculous future now rests in your hands—within the pages of Year's Best SF 13.

About the Author

David G. Hartwell is a senior editor at Tor/Forge Books. He is the author of Age of Wonders and the editor of many anthologies, including The Dark Descent, The World Treasury of Science Fiction, and a number of Christmas anthologies. He has won the Eaton Award, the World Fantasy Award, and the Science Fiction Chronicle Poll, has been nominated for the Hugo Award thirty-one times to date, and has won the Hugo Award for Best Editor.


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  • Mass Market Paperback: 512 pages
  • Publisher: Eos; 1- edition (May 27, 2008)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0061252093
  • ISBN-13: 978-0061252099
  • Product Dimensions: 6.9 x 4.7 x 1.1 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 8.8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
  • Average Customer Review: 2.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (12 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #451,912 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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2.0 out of 5 stars The good, the bad, and the ugly, December 30, 2008
By Roket Pad (Seattle) - See all my reviews
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I guess it's a matter of taste. The anthology has a broad variety of sci-fi. Some of it I really liked.

I particularly disliked Memorare by Gene Wolfe, which never seemed to end and had dialog that grated at my bones.

I particularly liked Plotters and Shooters by Kage Baker, which surprised me and made me laugh. I never would have guessed this would interest me.

I don't normally read anothologies, so I can't compare it to anything. Sampling so much stuff reminded me how much I like my favorite authors, though, and warned me from straying from them for too long.

I did feel that the story introductions were annoying. Knowing something about the author and their normal writing is fine. But the short descriptions of the story didn't always match the tone and often ruined the atmosphere that the author would try to set in the next sentence. Why do I need a teaser for something I'm about to read?
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars Good selection..., January 28, 2010
By Ryles (Philippines) - See all my reviews
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The collection started slow, with the first few stories actually disappointing me. However, somewhere along, the stories got better and I started liking most of the rest. A few of my favorites include "Memorare" by Gene Wolfe, "End Game" by Nancy Kress (this one was particularly scary), and "The Bridge" by Kathleen Ann Goonan. One especially disturbing story I didn't like for its theme was "Pirates of Somali Coast" - not because it was not well written, but because it's just plain disturbing. All in all, it's a book with a good selection.
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3.0 out of 5 stars Enough good stories to get by, June 27, 2009
By T. Burket "tburket" (Potomac, MD United States) - See all my reviews
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The collection was rather disappointing for a "best of" and got off (to me) with a terrible start with the somewhat offensive "Baby Doll", which doesn't even seem to qualify as SF and is very heavy-handed in its message. The start wasn't helped by "Memorae", by Gene Wolfe, in the fourth slot, a story with excellent potential marred by the romantic and anti-romantic interactions of the characters.

"Plotters and Shooters" may be the best, snappy and amusing. Another favorite, "How Music Begins", was a very fresh (to me) take on alien abduction with an unusally dominant role for music for a SF story.

The others range from a few that are pretty good to some with no appeal, leading to an overall average rating. Don't be afraid to skim or abandon some of the stories if they don't engage fairly early.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Love this Anthologies
This #13 may not be the greatest of the series,
i mean there are years and there are Years if you know
what i mean. Read more
Published 5 months ago by Angel Rapallo

1.0 out of 5 stars Waste of Time
I did not consider most of the stories to be Sci-Fi. Worst stories I have ever read.
Published 14 months ago by William Bridges

1.0 out of 5 stars Not Very Interesting Stories
I don't know. Maybe I'm spoiled by John Varley, but none of the stories in this collection were that interesting, including the Gene Wolfe one that they felt was "the best sci-fi... Read more
Published 15 months ago by Jay P. Francis

1.0 out of 5 stars Average to Awful
The stories range from okay to down right bad. Some are so boring I struggled to reach the end without falling asleep. Nothing original, new, or exciting in this book. Read more
Published 18 months ago by L. Hathaway

1.0 out of 5 stars SF Picks Based on Political Bias
If you want left wing, liberal bias picking your stories, then you will like this collection. Otherwise, skip it. Read more
Published 24 months ago by Radical Skeptic

2.0 out of 5 stars hartwell's folly
I am seriously considering avoiding anthologies edited by Hartwell. I opened his book and about 2 pages in, they have a whole page
ranting about how someone deposited a... Read more
Published on July 14, 2008 by Thomas D. Gulch

2.0 out of 5 stars just OK this time around
This volume is less interesting, on the whole, than other recent entries in the series. Gene Wolfe's "Memorare", Bernhard Ribbeck's "A Blue and Cloudless Sky", and perhaps Ian... Read more
Published on June 20, 2008 by N. Powers

1.0 out of 5 stars Very dissapointing.
If you enjoy science fiction that is timeless, such as Niven, Pournelle, Asimov, Clarke, Cherrye, then you won't enjoy this collection at all. Read more
Published on June 4, 2008 by David Starr

5.0 out of 5 stars Not Free SF Reader
The thirteenth volume of this series is down on quality from the twelfth, which was outstanding, at 3.90. This one averages 3.71. Read more
Published on June 3, 2008 by Blue Tyson

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