| Description |
594 pages ; 23 cm |
| Contents |
Introduction / Jonathan Strahan -- Case of death and honey / Neil Gaiman -- Cartographer wasps and the anarchist bees / E. Lily Yu -- Tidal forces / Caitlín R. Kiernan -- Younger women / Karen Joy Fowler -- White lines on a green field / Catherynne M. Valente -- All that touches the air / An Owomoyela -- What we found / Geoff Ryman -- Server and the dragon / Hannu Rajaniemi -- Choice / Paul McAuley -- Malak / Peter Watts -- Old habits / Nalo Hopkinson -- Small price to pay for birdsong / K. J. Parker -- Valley of the girls / Kelly Link -- Brave little toaster / Cory Doctorow -- Dala horse / Michael Swanwick -- Corpse painter's masterpiece / M. Rickert -- Paper menagerie / Ken Liu -- Steam girl / Dylan Horrocks - After the apocalypse / Maureen F. McHugh -- Underbridge / Peter S. Beagle -- Relic / Jeffrey Ford -- Invasion of Venus / Stephen Baxter -- Woman leaves room / Robert Reed -- Restoration / Robert Shearman -- Onset of a paranormal romance / Bruce Sterling -- Catastrophic disruption of the head / Margo Lanagan -- Last ride of the glory girls / Libba Bray -- Book of Phoenix (excerpted from The Great Book) / Nnedi Okorafor -- Digging / Ian McDonald -- Man who bridged the mist / Kij Johnson -- Goodnight moon / Ellen Klages. |
| Summary |
"An ancient society of cartographer wasps create delicately inscribed maps; a bodyjacking parasite is faced with imminent extinction; an Al makes a desperate gambit to protect its child from a ravenous dragon; a professor of music struggles with the knowledge that murder is not too high a price for fame; living origami carries a mother's last words to her child; a steam girl conquers the realm of imagination; aliens attack Venus, ignoring an incredulous earth; a child is born on Mars.... The science fiction and fantasy fields continue to evolve, setting new marks with each passing year. For the sixth year in a row, master anthologist Jonathan Strahan has collected stories that captivate, entertain, and showcase the very best the genre has to offer. Critically acclaimed, and with a reputation for including award-winning speculative fiction, The Best Science Fiction and Fantasy of the Year is the only major 'best of' anthology to collect both fantasy and science fiction under one cover."--from cover, p. [4] |
| Subject |
Science fiction.
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| Added Author |
Strahan, Jonathan.
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| ISBN |
9781597803458 paperback |
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1597803456 paperback |
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