The Year's Best Science Fiction: Thirtieth Annual Collection
Synopsis
In the new millennium, what secrets lay beyond the far reaches of the universe? 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: Thirtieth 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 such as Robert Reed, Alastair Reynolds, Damien Broderick, Elizabeth Bear, Paul McAuley and John Barnes. 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.
The multiple Locus Award-winning annual compilation of the year's best science fiction stories.
Table of Contents:
- Summation: 2012 - essay by Gardner Dozois
- Weep for Day - (2012) - novelette by Indrapramit Das
- The Man - (2012) - shortfiction by Paul J. McAuley
- The Stars Do Not Lie - (2012) - novella by Jay Lake
- The Memcordist - (2012) - shortstory by Lavie Tidhar
- The Girl-Thing Who Went Out For Sushi - (2012) - novelette by Pat Cadigan
- Holmes Sherlock - (2012) - shortstory by Eleanor Arnason
- Nightfall on the Peak of Eternal Light - (2012) - novella by Richard A. Lovett and William Gleason
- Close Encounters - (2012) - novelette by Andy Duncan
- The Finite Canvas - (2012) - novelette by Brit Mandelo
- Steamgothic - (2012) - novelette by Sean McMullen
- In the House of Aryaman, a Lonely Signal Burns - (2012) - novella by Elizabeth Bear
- Macy Minnot's Last Christmas on Dione, Ring Racing, Fiddler's Green, the Potter's Garden - (2012) - shortstory by Paul J. McAuley
- Twenty Lights to "The Land of Snow" - (2012) - novella by Michael Bishop
- Astrophilia - (2012) - novelette by Carrie Vaughn
- What Did Tessimond Tell You? - (2012) - shortstory by Adam Roberts
- Old Paint - (2012) - novelette by Megan Lindholm
- Chitai Heiki Koronbin - (2012) - shortstory by David Moles
- Katabasis - (2012) - novella by Robert Reed
- The Water Thief - (2012) - shortstory by Alastair Reynolds
- Nightside on Callisto - (2012) - shortstory by Linda Nagata
- Under the Eaves - (2012) - shortstory by Lavie Tidhar
- Sudden, Broken, and Unexpected - (2012) - novella by Steven Popkes
- Fireborn - (2012) - shortstory by Robert Charles Wilson
- Ruminations in an Alien Tongue - (2012) - shortstory by Vandana Singh
- Tyche and the Ants - (2012) - shortstory by Hannu Rajaniemi
- The Wreck of the "Charles Dexter Ward" - novelette by Elizabeth Bear and Sarah Monette
- Invisible Men - (2012) - shortstory by Christopher Barzak
- Ship's Brother - (2012) - shortstory by Aliette de Bodard
- Eater-of-Bone - (2012) - novella by Robert Reed
- Honorable Mentions: 2012 - essay by Gardner Dozois
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