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A collection of the best science fiction prose written in 2003, by some of the genre's greatest writers, and selected by two of science fiction's most respected editors. Continuing ibooks' series of popularly-priced "Best of the Year" books edited and designed to appeal to science fiction fans whose budgets may be taxed by more expensive "Best of the Year" collections.

Table of Contents:

• Introduction - essay by Karen Haber
• The Fluted Girl - (2003) - novelette by Paolo Bacigalupi
• A Study in Emerald - (2003) - novelette by Neil Gaiman
• Flowers from Alice - (2003) - novelette by Charles Stross and Cory Doctorow
• The Tale of the Golden Eagle - (2003) - shortstory by David D. Levine
• Bernardo's House - (2003) - novelette by James Patrick Kelly
• Confusions of Uñi - (2003) - shortstory by Ursula K. Le Guin
• Jon - (2003) - novelette by George Saunders
• The Cookie Monster - (2003) - novella by Vernor Vinge
• Legions in Time - (2003) - novelette by Michael Swanwick
• The Chop Line - (2003) - novelette by Stephen Baxter
• Calling Your Name - (2003) - shortstory by Howard Waldrop
• The Empire of Ice Cream - (2003) - novelette by Jeffrey Ford
• Bump Ship - (2003) - shortstory by Susan Mosser
• Only Partly Here - (2003) - novelette by Lucius Shepard

A collection of the best science fiction prose written in 2004, by some of the genre's greatest writers, and selected by two of SF's most respected editors.

Table of Contents:

• Introduction - essay by Karen Haber and Jonathan Strahan
• The Best Christmas Ever - (2004) - shortstory by James Patrick Kelly
• The Voluntary State - (2004) - novelette by Christopher Rowe
• The Lost Pilgrim - (2004) - novelette by Gene Wolfe
• Memento Mori - (2004) - shortstory by Joe Haldeman
• PeriAndry's Quest - (2004) - novelette by Stephen Baxter
• Three Days in a Border Town - (2004) - novelette by Jeff VanderMeer
• Elector - (2004) - novella by Charles Stross
• Opal Ball - (2004) - shortstory by Robert Reed
• My Mother Dancing - (2004) - shortstory by Nancy Kress
• The People of Sand and Slag - (2004) - novelette by Paolo Bacigalupi
• Tourists - (2004) - shortstory by M. John Harrison
• All of Us Can Almost... - (2004) - shortstory by Carol Emshwiller
• The Tang Dynasty Underwater Pyramid - (2004) - novelette by Walter Jon Williams

A herd of dinosaurs wander the fields of rural Vermont; a young girl discovers what happens when you're no longer a goddess in near-future India; Asimov's Three Laws of Robotics are put to the test as a family is split apart and then redefined; the last man in the universe, stranded on Mars, searches for meaning with a pop song; and an artificially intelligent turtle questions Intelligent Design and evolution. These are just some of the fourteen award-nominated stories that acclaimed anthologist Jonathan Strahan has assembled in his third annual survey of the best new science fiction stories of the year. Jonathan Strahan has edited eleven anthologies, including The Locus Awards and assorted year's best annuals, and is currently working on several new anthology projects. He has won the Ditmar, William J Atheling Jr, and Peter McNamara Awards for his editing, and is the Reviews Editor for Locus, the magazine of the science fiction and fantasy fields. He lives in Perth, Western Australia with his wife and two daughters.

Table of Contents:

• Introduction - essay by Jonathan Strahan
• Triceratops Summer - (2005) - shortstory by Michael Swanwick
• Little Faces - (2005) - novelette by Vonda N. McIntyre
• The Second Coming of Charles Darwin - (2005) - shortfiction by James Morrow
• Is There Life After Rehab? - (2005) - shortstory by Pat Cadigan
• Understanding Space and Time - (2005) - novelette by Alastair Reynolds
• The Fulcrum - (2005) - novelette by Gwyneth Jones
• The Blemmye's Stratagem - (2005) - shortfiction by Bruce Sterling
• They Will Raise You in a Box - (2005) - shortstory by Wil McCarthy
• Finished - (2005) - shortstory by Robert Reed
• The King of Where-I-Go - (2005) - novelette by Howard Waldrop
• The Calorie Man - (2005) - novelette by Paolo Bacigalupi
• The Fate of Mice - (2005) - shortstory by Susan Palwick
• I, Robot - (2005) - shortfiction by Cory Doctorow
• The Little Goddess - (2005) - novella by Ian McDonald