To keep up-to-date with the most buzzworthy and cutting-edge science fiction requires sifting through countless magazines, e-zines, websites, blogs, original anthologies, single-author collections, and more—a task accomplishable by only the most determined and voracious readers. For everyone else, Night Shade Books is proud to introduce the inaugural volume of The Best Science Fiction of the Year, a new yearly anthology compiled by Hugo and World Fantasy award–winning editor Neil Clarke, collecting the finest that the genre has to offer, from the biggest names in the field to the most exciting new writers. The best science fiction scrutinizes our culture and politics, examines the limits of the human condition, and zooms across galaxies at faster-than-light speeds, moving from the very near future to the far-flung worlds of tomorrow in the space of a single sentence. Clarke, publisher and editor in chief of the acclaimed and award-winning magazine Clarkesworld, has selected the short science fiction (and only science fiction) best representing the previous year’s writing, showcasing the talent, variety, and awesome “sensawunda” that the genre has to offer. Neil Clarke is the award-winning publisher and editor in chief of Clarkesworld magazine, winner of three Hugo Awards for Best Semiprozine, and the editor of the 2014 cyborg-themed original anthology Upgraded. Clarke lives in Stirling, New Jersey.
Barry Anscome? Used to come and stay for a weekend, when I was a kid. Gave me fifty pence every time. Did bad coin tricks. Snored. Silly moustache.” “Yes dear, Barry. He went to South America when he retired. Ecuador, I think.
Included here are the works of masters of the form and of bright new talents, including: Eleanor Arnason Chris Beckett Michael Blumlein Michael Cassutt Brenda W. Clough Paul Di Filippo Andy Duncan Carolyn Ives Gilman Jim Grimsley Simon Ings ...
With short works from some of the most lauded science fiction authors, as well as rising stars, this collection displays the top talent and the cutting-edge cultural moments that affect our lives, dreams, and stories.
Daryl Gregory Daryl Gregory is an award-winning writer of genre-mixing novels, stories, and comics. His next novel, Spoonbenders, will be published by Knopf. His most recent work is the young adult novel Harrison Squared and the novella ...
The Best Science Fiction and Fantasy of the Year, Volume Twelve
Hale said, “The one that moves?” He wanted to see that. Dad had returned Mo to his usual spot. There was no visible damage from the flames. Hale said, “Looks like a regular plant.” “Watch this,” LT said. He stood between Mo and the ...
Now, in The Year’s Best Science Fiction: Thirty-Fifth Annual Collection, the very best SF authors explore ideas of a new world. This venerable collection brings together award-winning authors and masters of the field.
"The thirty-six stories in this collection imaginatively take us far across the universe, into the very core of our beings, to the realm of the gods, and the moment just after now"--Page 4 of cover.
The Best Science Fiction of the Year, #2
-Daniel H. Wilson , author of Robopocalypse " I was blown away by this book . ... Ernie Cline has pulled the raddest of all magic tricks : He's managed to write a novel that's at once serious and playful , that is as fun to read as it ...