The Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy 2016 ed. Karen Joy Fowler (Mariner Books, October 4, 2016, 978-0-544-55520-4, $14.95, xxiii+293pp, tp, cover by Mark R. Robinson)
Best of the year anthology, with 20 stories by authors including Kelly Link, Salman Rushdie, and Ted Chiang. Introduction by Fowler; foreword by series editor John Joseph Adams, who also provides his own list of notable stories of 2015. Details taken from online listing.
- ix · Foreword · John Joseph Adams · fw 2016
- xvi · Introduction · Karen Joy Fowler · in 2016
- 1 · Meet Me in Iram · Sofia Samatar · ss Meet Me In Iram/Those Are Pearls by Sofia Samatar, Guillotine Series, 2015
- 10 · The Game of Smash and Recovery · Kelly Link · ss Strange Horizons October 19 2015
- 25 · Interesting Facts · Adam Johnson · ss Harper’s Magazine June 2015
- 46 · Planet Lion · Catherynne M. Valente · nv Uncanny Magazine #4, May/June 2015
- 63 · The Apartment Dweller’s Bestiary · Kij Johnson · ss Clarkesworld #100, January 2015
- 75 · By Degrees and Dilatory Time · S. L. Huang · ss Strange Horizons May 18 2015
- 87 · The Mushroom Queen · Liz Ziemska · ss Tin House Spring 2015
- 101 · The Daydreamer by Proxy · Dexter Palmer · ss The Bestiary ed. Ann VanderMeer, Centipede Press, 2015
- 107 · Tea Time · Rachel Swirsky · ss Lightspeed #67, December 2015
- 122 · Headshot · Julian Mortimer Smith · ss Terraform March 2 2015
- 127 · The Duniazát · Salman Rushdie · ss The New Yorker June 1 2015
- 137 · No Placeholder for You, My Love · Nick Wolven · nv Asimov’s Science Fiction August 2015
- 158 · The Thirteen Mercies · Maria Dahvana Headley · ss The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction November/December 2015
- 174 · Lightning Jack’s Last Ride · Dale Bailey · nv The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction January/February 2015
- 196 · Things You Can Buy for a Penny · Will Kaufman · ss Lightspeed #57, February 2015
- 207 · Rat Catcher’s Yellows · Charlie Jane Anders · ss Press Start to Play ed. Daniel H. Wilson & John Joseph Adams, Vintage Books, 2015
- 219 · The Heat of Us: Notes Toward an Oral History · Sam J. Miller · ss Uncanny Magazine #2, January/February 2015
- 234 · Three Bodies at Mitanni · Seth Dickinson · ss Analog Science Fiction and Fact June 2015
- 254 · Ambiguity Machines: An Examination · Vandana Singh · nv Tor.com April 29 2015
- 273 · The Great Silence · Ted Chiang · ss e-flux journal May 8 2015 [Ref. Jennifer Allora & Guillermo Calzadilla]
written as a script for the video installation at Philadelphia’s Fabric Workshop and Museum with artists Jennifer Allora and Guillermo Calzadilla (2014).
- 279 · Contributors’ Notes · [uncredited] · bg 2016
- 291 · Notable Science Fiction and Fantasy Stories of 2015 · John Joseph Adams · bi 2016
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