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The Year’s Best Science Fiction: Twenty-Fifth Annual Collection ed. Gardner Dozois (St. Martin’s, July 2008, 978-0-312-37859-2, $35.00, 652pp, hc, an, cover by Donato Giancola)     Best-of-the-year anthology of 32 stories, with a summation of the year by Dozois. Authors include Gwyneth Jones, Ian McDonald, Ted Ghiang, and Bruce Sterling. A St. Martin’s Griffin trade paperback edition (-37860-8, $21.95) is also available. xiii · Summation: 2007 · Gardner Dozois · in 1 · Finisterra · David Moles · nv The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction December 2007 26 · Lighting Out · Ken MacLeod · ss disLocations ed. Ian Whates, NewCon Press, 2007 41 · An Ocean Is a Snowflake, Four Billion Miles Away · John Barnes · nv Jim Baen’s Universe August 2007 62 · Saving Tiamaat [Aleutian Universe] · Gwyneth Jones · nv The New Space Opera ed. Gardner Dozois & Jonathan Strahan, Eos, 2007 76 · Of Late I Dreamt of Venus · James Van Pelt · ss Visual Journeys ed. Eric T. Reynolds, Hadley Rille Books, 2007 90 · Verthandi’s Ring [The Clade] · Ian McDonald · ss The New Space Opera ed. Gardner Dozois & Jonathan Strahan, Eos, 2007 101 · Sea Change · Una McCormack · ss Foundation #100, Summer 2007 110 · The Sky Is Large and the Earth Is Small [Celestial Empire] · Chris Roberson · nv Asimov’s Science Fiction July 2007 130 · Glory [Incandescence] · Greg Egan · nv The New Space Opera ed. Gardner Dozois & Jonathan Strahan, Eos, 2007 150 · Against the Current · Robert Silverberg · nv The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction October/November 2007 164 · Alien Archaeology [Polity] · Neal Asher · na Asimov’s Science Fiction June 2007 202 · The Merchant and the Alchemist’s Gate · Ted Chiang · nv Subterranean Press, July 2007 221 · Beyond the Wall · Justin Stanchfield · ss Ruins Extraterrestrial ed. Eric T. Reynolds, Hadley Rille Books, 2007 237 · Kiosk · Bruce Sterling · na The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction January 2007 270 · Last Contact · Stephen Baxter · ss The Solaris Book of New Science Fiction ed. George Mann, Solaris, 2007 280 · The Sledge-Maker’s Daughter · Alastair Reynolds · nv Interzone #209, April 2007; illustrated by Jesse Speak 297 · Sanjeev and Robotwallah [India 2047] · Ian McDonald · ss Fast Forward 1 ed. Lou Anders, Pyr, 2007 309 · The Skysailor’s Tale · Michael Swanwick · nv The Dog Said Bow-Wow by Michael Swanwick, Tachyon, 2007 332 · Of Love and Other Monsters · Vandana Singh · na Aqueduct Press, 2007 367 · Steve Fever · Greg Egan · ss Technology Review November/December 2007 379 · Hellfire at Twilight [The Company] · Kage Baker · nv Gods and Pawns by Kage Baker, Tor, 2007 411 · The Immortals of Atlantis · Brian Stableford · ss disLocations ed. Ian Whates, NewCon Press, 2007 420 · Nothing Personal · Pat Cadigan · na Alien Crimes ed. Mike Resnick, SFBC, 2007 452 · Tideline · Elizabeth Bear · ss Asimov’s Science Fiction June 2007 461 · The Accord · Keith Brooke · nv The Solaris Book of New Science Fiction ed. George Mann, Solaris, 2007 480 · Laws of Survival · Nancy Kress · nv Jim Baen’s Universe December 2007 505 · The Mists of Time · Tom Purdom · nv Asimov’s Science Fiction August 2007 533 · Craters · Kristine Kathryn Rusch · nv Future Weapons of War ed. Joe Haldeman & Martin H. Greenberg, Baen, 2007 548 · The Prophet of Flores · Ted Kosmatka · nv Asimov’s Science Fiction September 2007 570 · Stray · Benjamin Rosenbaum & David Ackert · ss The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction December 2007 579 · Roxie · Robert Reed · ss Asimov’s Science Fiction July 2007 595 · Dark Heaven · Gregory Benford · na Alien Crimes ed. Mike Resnick, SFBC, 2007 643 · Honorable Mentions: 2007 · Gardner Dozois · bi

The Year’s Best Science Fiction: Twenty-Sixth Annual Collection ed. Gardner Dozois (St. Martin’s, July 2009, 978-0-312-55104-9, $40.00, xlviii+639pp, hc, an, cover by Chad Beatty)     Best-of-the-Year anthology of 30 stories, with a summation of the year by Dozois. Authors include Ian McDonald, Garth Nix, Gwyneth Jones, and Stephen Baxter. A St. Martin’s Griffin trade paperback edition (-55105-6, $21.95) is also available. xiii · Summation: 2008 · Gardner Dozois · in 1 · Turing’s Apples · Stephen Baxter · ss Eclipse Two ed. Jonathan Strahan, Night Shade Books, 2008 16 · From Babel’s Fall’n Glory We Fled… · Michael Swanwick · ss Asimov’s Science Fiction February 2008 32 · The Gambler · Paolo Bacigalupi · nv Fast Forward 2 ed. Lou Anders, Pyr, 2008 50 · Boojum [Boojumverse] · Elizabeth Bear & Sarah Monette · nv Fast Ships, Black Sails ed. Ann & Jeff VanderMeer, Night Shade Books, 2008 65 · The Six Directions of Space · Alastair Reynolds · na Galactic Empires ed. Gardner Dozois, SFBC, 2008 107 · N-Words · Ted Kosmatka · ss Seeds of Change ed. John Joseph Adams, Prime Books, 2008 120 · An Eligible Boy [India 2047] · Ian McDonald · nv Fast Forward 2 ed. Lou Anders, Pyr, 2008 140 · Shining Armor · Dominic Green · nv The Solaris Book of New Science Fiction Volume Two ed. George Mann, Solaris, 2008 154 · The Hero [Virga] · Karl Schroeder · nv Eclipse Two ed. Jonathan Strahan, Night Shade Books, 2008 172 · Evil Robot Monkey · Mary Robinette Kowal · ss The Solaris Book of New Science Fiction Volume Two ed. George Mann, Solaris, 2008 175 · Five Thrillers · Robert Reed · gp The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction April 2008 _ · The Ill-Fated Mission · Robert Reed · ss The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction April 2008 _ · Natural Killer · Robert Reed · ss The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction April 2008 _ · The Ticking Bomb · Robert Reed · ss The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction April 2008 _ · The Assassin · Robert Reed · ss The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction April 2008 _ · World’s End · Robert Reed · ss The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction April 2008 209 · The Sky That Wraps the World Round, Past the Blue and Into the Black · Jay Lake · ss Clarkesworld #18, March 2008 217 · Incomers [Quiet War] · Paul J. McAuley · nv The Starry Rift ed. Jonathan Strahan, Viking, 2008 233 · Crystal Nights · Greg Egan · nv Interzone #215, April 2008 252 · The Egg Man · Mary Rosenblum · nv Asimov’s Science Fiction February 2008 270 · His Master’s Voice · Hannu Rajaniemi · ss Interzone #218, October 2008 280 · The Political Prisoner · Charles Coleman Finlay · na The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction August 2008 327 · Balancing Accounts · James L. Cambias · ss The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction February 2008 341 · Special Economics · Maureen McHugh · nv The Del Rey Book of Science Fiction and Fantasy ed. Ellen Datlow, Del Rey, 2008 362 · Days of Wonder · Geoff Ryman · nv The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction October/November 2008 390 · City of the Dead [Jackaroo] · Paul J. McAuley · nv Postscripts #15, Summer 2008 410 · The Voyage Out [Aleutian Universe] · Gwyneth Jones · nv Periphery ed. Lynne Jamneck, Lethe Press, 2008 424 · The Illustrated Biography of Lord Grimm · Daryl Gregory · nv Eclipse Two ed. Jonathan Strahan, Night Shade Books, 2008 439 · G-Men · Kristine Kathryn Rusch · nv Sideways in Crime ed. Lou Anders, Solaris, 2008 466 · The Erdmann Nexus · Nancy Kress · na Asimov’s Science Fiction October/November 2008 520 · Old Friends · Garth Nix · ss Dreaming Again ed. Jack Dann, HarperCollins Australia, 2008 526 · The Ray-Gun: A Love Story · James Alan Gardner · nv Asimov’s Science Fiction February 2008 543 · Lester Young and the Jupiter’s Moons’ Blues · Gord Sellar · nv Asimov’s Science Fiction July 2008 568 · Butterfly, Falling at Dawn [Xuya] · Aliette de Bodard · ss Interzone #219, December 2008 585 · The Tear [The Clade] · Ian McDonald · na Galactic Empires ed. Gardner Dozois, SFBC, 2008 629 · Honorable Mentions: 2008 · Gardner Dozois · bi

The Year’s Best Science Fiction: Twenty-Seventh Annual Collection ed. Gardner Dozois (St. Martin’s Griffin, July 2010, 978-0-312-60898-9, $21.99, xlii+642pp, hc, an, cover by Slawek Wojtowicz)     Best-of-the-Year anthology of 32 stories, with a summation of the year by Dozois. Authors include Bruce Sterling, Jay Lake, and Nancy Kress. A St. Martin’s hardcover edition (-60897-2, $40.00) was announced but not seen. xiii · Summation: 2009 · Gardner Dozois · in 1 · Utriusque Cosmi · Robert Charles Wilson · ss The New Space Opera 2 ed. Gardner Dozois & Jonathan Strahan, Eos, 2009 18 · A Story, with Beans [7th Sigma] · Steven Gould · ss Analog Science Fiction and Fact May 2009 25 · Under the Shouting Sky · Karl Bunker · ss Cosmos #28, August/September 2009 32 · Events Preceding the Helvetican Renaissance · John Kessel · nv The New Space Opera 2 ed. Gardner Dozois & Jonathan Strahan, Eos, 2009 55 · Useless Things · Maureen F. McHugh · nv Eclipse Three ed. Jonathan Strahan, Night Shade Books, 2009 68 · Black Swan · Bruce Sterling · nv Interzone #221, April 2009 first appeared in Italian (“Cigno Nero”, Robot: Rivista di Fantascienza Spring 2009). 86 · Crimes and Glory [Jackaroo] · Paul J. McAuley · na Subterranean (online) Spring 2009 127 · Seventh Fall · Alexander C. Irvine · ss Subterranean (online) Summer 2009 141 · Butterfly Bomb · Dominic Green · ss Interzone #223, July/August 2009 154 · Infinities · Vandana Singh · nv The Woman Who Thought She Was a Planet and Other Stories by Vandana Singh, Zubaan Books, 2008 175 · Things Undone · John Barnes · na Jim Baen’s Universe December 2009 205 · On the Human Plan · Jay Lake · ss Lone Star Stories #31, February 2009 213 · The Island [Sunflower Cycle] · Peter Watts · nv The New Space Opera 2 ed. Gardner Dozois & Jonathan Strahan, Eos, 2009 240 · The Integrity of the Chain [Earth] · Lavie Tidhar · ss Fantasy Magazine (online) #28, July 2009 246 · Lion Walk · Mary Rosenblum · nv Asimov’s Science Fiction January 2009 274 · Escape to Other Worlds with Science Fiction [Small Change] · Jo Walton · ss Tor.com February 6 2009 282 · Three Leaves of Aloe · Rand B. Lee · nv The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction August/September 2009 296 · Mongoose [Boojumverse] · Elizabeth Bear & Sarah Monette · nv Lovecraft Unbound ed. Ellen Datlow, Dark Horse, 2009 312 · Paradiso Lost [Colonel Kohn] · Albert E. Cowdrey · na The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction June/July 2009 353 · It Takes Two · Nicola Griffith · nv Eclipse Three ed. Jonathan Strahan, Night Shade Books, 2009 377 · Blocked · Geoff Ryman · nv The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction October/November 2009 391 · Solace · James Van Pelt · ss Analog Science Fiction and Fact June 2009 404 · Act One · Nancy Kress · na Asimov’s Science Fiction March 2009 441 · Twilight of the Gods · John C. Wright · nv Federations ed. John Joseph Adams, Prime Books, 2009 459 · Blood Dauber · Ted Kosmatka & Michael Poore · nv Asimov’s Science Fiction October/November 2009 486 · This Wind Blowing, and This Tide · Damien Broderick · nv Asimov’s Science Fiction April/May 2009 502 · Hair · Adam Roberts · nv When It Changed ed. Geoff Ryman, Comma Press, 2009 521 · Before My Last Breath · Robert Reed · ss Asimov’s Science Fiction October/November 2009 535 · One of Our Bastards Is Missing [Jonathan Hamilton] · Paul Cornell · nv The Solaris Book of New Science Fiction Volume Three ed. George Mann, Solaris, 2009 553 · Edison’s Frankenstein · Chris Roberson · nv Edison’s Frankenstein ed. Peter Crowther & Nick Gevers, PS Publishing, 2009 567 · Erosion · Ian Creasey · ss Asimov’s Science Fiction October/November 2009 577 · Vishnu at the Cat Circus [India 2047] · Ian McDonald · n. Cyberadad Days by Ian McDonald, Gollancz, 2009 633 · Honorable Mentions: 2009 · Gardner Dozois · bi

The Year’s Best Science Fiction: Twenty-Eighth Annual Collection ed. Gardner Dozois (St. Martin’s Griffin, July 2011, 978-0-312-56950-1, $21.99, xli+662pp, tp, an)     Best-of-the-Year anthology of 33 stories, with a summation of the year 2010 by Dozois. Authors include Robert Reed, Naomi Novik, and Cory Doctorow. A St. Martin’s hardcover edition (-54633-5, $40.00) was announced but not seen. xiii · Summation: 2010 · Gardner Dozois · in 1 · A History of Terraforming · Robert Reed · na Asimov’s Science Fiction July 2010 39 · The Spontaneous Knotting of an Agitated String [Earth] · Lavie Tidhar · ss Fantasy Magazine (online) #38, May 2010 43 · The Emperor of Mars [Near Space] · Allen M. Steele · nv Asimov’s Science Fiction June 2010 58 · The Things · Peter Watts · nv Clarkesworld #40, January 2010 72 · The Sultan of the Clouds · Geoffrey A. Landis · na Asimov’s Science Fiction September 2010 108 · The Books · Kage Baker · ss The Mammoth Book of Apocalyptic SF ed. Mike Ashley, Robinson, 2010 119 · Re-crossing the Styx · Ian R. MacLeod · ss The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction July/August 2010 132 · And Ministers of Grace · Tad Williams · nv Warriors ed. George R. R. Martin & Gardner Dozois, Tor, 2010 154 · Mammoths of the Great Plains · Eleanor Arnason · na Mammoths of the Great Plains by Eleanor Arnason, PM Press, 2010 191 · Sleeping Dogs · Joe Haldeman · ss Gateways ed. Elizabeth Anne Hull, Tor, 2010 204 · Jackie’s-Boy · Steven Popkes · na Asimov’s Science Fiction April/May 2010 246 · Flying in the Face of God · Nina Allan · nv Interzone #227, March/April 2010 262 · Chicken Little · Cory Doctorow · na With a Little Help by Cory Doctorow, CorDoc-Co, Ltd., 2009 298 · Flower, Mercy, Needle, Chain · Yoon Ha Lee · ss Lightspeed #4, September 2010 304 · Return to Titan [Xeelee] · Stephen Baxter · na Godlike Machines ed. Jonathan Strahan, Science Fiction Book Club, 2010 354 · Under the Moons of Venus · Damien Broderick · nv Subterranean (online) Spring 2010 370 · Seven Years from Home · Naomi Novik · nv Warriors ed. George R. R. Martin & Gardner Dozois, Tor, 2010 392 · The Peacock Cloak · Chris Beckett · ss Asimov’s Science Fiction June 2010 405 · Amaryllis · Carrie Vaughn · ss Lightspeed #1, June 2010 416 · Seven Cities of Gold · David Moles · nv PS Publishing, May 2010 452 · Again and Again and Again · Rachel Swirsky · vi Interzone #226, January/February 2010 455 · Elegy for a Young Elk · Hannu Rajaniemi · ss Subterranean (online) Spring 2010 468 · Libertarian Russia · Michael Swanwick · ss Asimov’s Science Fiction December 2010 477 · The Night Train [Earth] · Lavie Tidhar · ss Strange Horizons June 14 2010 488 · My Father’s Singularity · Brenda Cooper · ss Clarkesworld #45, June 2010 493 · The Starship Mechanic · Jay Lake & Ken Scholes · ss Tor.com January 13 2010 499 · Sleepover · Alastair Reynolds · nv The Mammoth Book of Apocalyptic SF ed. Mike Ashley, Robinson, 2010 531 · The Taste of Night · Pat Cadigan · ss Is Anybody Out There? ed. Nick Gevers & Marty Halpern, DAW, 2010 541 · Blind Cat Dance · Alexander Jablokov · nv Asimov’s Science Fiction March 2010 563 · The Shipmaker [Xuya] · Aliette de Bodard · ss Interzone #231, November/December 2010 574 · In-Fall · Ted Kosmatka · ss Lightspeed #7, December 2010 582 · Chimbwi · Jim Hawkins · ss Interzone #227, March/April 2010 599 · Dead Man’s Run · Robert Reed · na The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction November/December 2010 653 · Honorable Mentions: 2010 · Gardner Dozois · bi

The Year’s Best Science Fiction: Twenty-Ninth Annual Collection ed. Gardner Dozois (St. Martin’s Griffin, July 2012, 978-1-250-00355-3, $21.99, xli+658pp, tp, an)     Best-of-the-Year anthology of 35 stories, with a summation of the year 2011 by Dozois. Authors include Paul McAuley, Elizabeth Bear, Peter S. Beagle, and Catherynne M. Valente. A hardcover edition (-00354-6, $40.00) was announced but not seen. xiii · Summation: 2011 · Gardner Dozois · in 1 · The Choice [Jackaroo] · Paul McAuley · na Asimov’s Science Fiction February 2011 32 · A Soldier of the City · David Moles · nv Engineering Infinity ed. Jonathan Strahan, Solaris, 2011 48 · The Beancounter’s Cat · Damien Broderick · nv Eclipse Four ed. Jonathan Strahan, Night Shade Books, 2011 61 · Dolly · Elizabeth Bear · ss Asimov’s Science Fiction January 2011 73 · Martian Heart · John Barnes · nv Life on Mars ed. Jonathan Strahan, Viking, 2011 85 · Earth Hour · Ken MacLeod · ss Tor.com June 22 2011 96 · Laika’s Ghost [Gennady] · Karl Schroeder · nv Engineering Infinity ed. Jonathan Strahan, Solaris, 2011 116 · The Dala Horse · Michael Swanwick · nv Tor.com July 13 2011 126 · The Way It Works Out and All · Peter S. Beagle · nv The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction July/August 2011 139 · The Ice Owl [The Twenty Planets] · Carolyn Ives Gilman · na The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction November/December 2011 172 · The Copenhagen Interpretation [Jonathan Hamilton] · Paul Cornell · nv Asimov’s Science Fiction July 2011 194 · The Invasion of Venus · Stephen Baxter · ss Engineering Infinity ed. Jonathan Strahan, Solaris, 2011 204 · Digging · Ian McDonald · nv Life on Mars ed. Jonathan Strahan, Viking, 2011 217 · Ascension Day · Alastair Reynolds · ss Voices from the Past ed. Lee Harris & Scott Harrison, H&H Books, 2011 221 · After the Apocalypse · Maureen F. McHugh · ss After the Apocalypse by Maureen F. McHugh, Small Beer Press, 2011 235 · Silently and Very Fast · Catherynne M. Valente · na WSFA Press, 2011 277 · A Long Way Home [Sunspin] · Jay Lake · ss Subterranean (online) Winter 2011, as “A Long Walk Home” 294 · The Incredible Exploding Man · Dave Hutchinson · nv Solaris Rising ed. Ian Whates, Solaris, 2011 309 · What We Found · Geoff Ryman · nv The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction September/October 2011 330 · A Response from EST17 · Tom Purdom · nv Asimov’s Science Fiction April/May 2011 356 · The Cold Step Beyond [Ten Thousand and One Worlds] · Ian R. MacLeod · nv Asimov’s Science Fiction June 2011 371 · A Militant Peace · David Klecha & Tobias S. Buckell · nv Clarkesworld #62, November 2011 388 · The Ants of Flanders · Robert Reed · na The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction July/August 2011 425 · The Vicar of Mars [Aleutian Universe] · Gwyneth Jones · nv Eclipse Four ed. Jonathan Strahan, Night Shade Books, 2011 441 · The Smell of Orange Groves [Central Station] · Lavie Tidhar · ss Clarkesworld #62, November 2011 452 · The Iron Shirts · Michael F. Flynn · nv Tor.com May 4 2011 471 · Cody · Pat Cadigan · ss TRSF: The Best New Science Fiction ed. Stephen Cass, Technology Review, 2011 487 · For I Have Lain Me Down on the Stone of Loneliness and I’ll Not Be Back Again · Michael Swanwick · ss Asimov’s Science Fiction August 2011 499 · Ghostweight · Yoon Ha Lee · ss Clarkesworld #52, January 2011 515 · Digital Rites · Jim Hawkins · nv Interzone #237, November/December 2011 542 · The Boneless One · Alec Nevala-Lee · nv Analog Science Fiction and Fact November 2011 564 · Dying Young · Peter M. Ball · nv Eclipse Four ed. Jonathan Strahan, Night Shade Books, 2011 578 · Canterbury Hollow · Chris Lawson · ss The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction January/February 2011 588 · The Vorkuta Event · Ken MacLeod · ss The New and Perfect Man ed. Peter Crowther & Nick Gevers, PS Publishing, 2011 603 · The Man Who Bridged the Mist · Kij Johnson · na Asimov’s Science Fiction October/November 2011 651 · Honorable Mentions: 2011 · Gardner Dozois · bi