| Description |
xxv, 345 pages ; 21 cm. |
| Series |
The best American series, 2573-0797 |
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Best American series.
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| Note |
"A Mariner Original." |
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Includes contributor's notes and notable science fiction and fantasy stories of 2016. |
| Summary |
Presents a collection of the best science fiction and fantasy short stories written during 2016. |
| Contents |
Head, scales, tongue, tail / Leigh Bardugo (from Summer days and summer nights) -- Teenagers from outer space / Dale Bailey (from Clarkesworld magazine) -- I've coming to marry the princess / Helena Bell (from Lightspeed magazine) -- Everyone from Themis sends letters home / Genevieve Valentine (from Clarkesworld magazine) -- The witch of Orion Waste and the boy knight / E. Lily Yu (from Uncanny magazine) -- When they came to us / Debbie Urbanski (from The sun) -- Vulcanization / Nisi Shawl (from Nightmare magazine) -- Openness / Alexander Weinstein (from Beloit fiction journal) -- Not by wardrobe, tornado, or looking glass / Jeremiah Tolbert (from Lightspeed magazine) -- The future is blue / Catherynne M. Valente (from Drowned worlds) -- This is not a wardrobe door / A. Merc Rustad (from Fireside magazine) -- On the fringes of the fractal / Greg Van Eekhout (from 2113: stories inspired by the music of Rush) -- The story of Kao Yu / Peter S. Beagle (from Tor.com) -- Smear / Brian Evenson (from Conjunctions: 67, other aliens) -- The city born great / N. K. Jemisin (from Tor.com) -- Welcome to the medical clinic at the interplanetary relay station/Hours since the last planet's death: o / Caroline M. Yoachim (from Lightspeed magazine) -- Successor, usurper, replacement / Alice Sola Kim (from Buzzfeed reader) -- Caspar D. Luckinbill, what are you going to do? / Nick Wolven (from The magazine of fantasy & science fiction) -- I was a teenage werewolf / Dale Bailey (from Nightmare magazine) -- The Venus effect / Joseph Allen Hill (from Lightspeed magazine). |
| Subject |
Science fiction, American.
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Fantasy fiction, American.
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Short stories, American.
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Fantasy fiction, American. (OCoLC)fst00920725
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Science fiction, American. (OCoLC)fst01108635
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Short stories, American. (OCoLC)fst01117064
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| Genre/Form |
Science fiction.
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Fantasy fiction.
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Short stories.
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Fantasy fiction. (OCoLC)fst01726607
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Science fiction. (OCoLC)fst01726489
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Short stories. (OCoLC)fst01726740
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Science fiction.
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| Added Author |
Yu, Charles, 1976- editor, writer of introduction.
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Adams, John Joseph, 1976- editor.
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Bardugo, Leigh, author.
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Bailey, Dale, author.
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Bell, Helena, author.
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Valentine, Genevieve, author.
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Yu, E. Lily, author.
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Urbanski, Debbie, author.
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Shawl, Nisi, author.
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Weinstein, Alexander, author.
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Tolbert, Jeremiah, 1977- author.
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Valente, Catherynne M., 1979- author.
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Rustad, A. Merc, author.
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Van Eekhout, Greg, author.
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Beagle, Peter S., author.
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Evenson, Brian, 1966- author.
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Jemisin, N. K., author.
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Yoachim, Caroline M., author.
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Kim, Alice Sola, author.
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Wolven, Nick, 1977- author.
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Hill, Joseph Allen, author.
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| ISBN |
9780544973985 (paperback) |
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0544973984 (paperback) |
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