The Year's Best Science Fiction: Twentieth Annual Collection

Gardner Dozois

Macmillan, Jul 23, 2003 - Fiction - 672 pages

Widely regarded as the one essential book for every science fiction fan, The Year's Best Science Fiction (Winner of the 2002 Locus Award for Best Anthology) continues to uphold its standard of excellence with more than two dozen stories representing the previous year's best SF writing. This year's volume includes Ian R. MacLeod, Nancy Kress, Greg Egan, Maureen F. McHugh, Robert Reed, Paul McAuley, Michael Swanwick, Robert Silverberg, Charles Stross, John Kessel, Gregory Benford and many other talented authors of SF, as well as thorough summations of the year and a recommended reading list.

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Review: The Year's Best Science Fiction: Twentieth Annual Collection (The Year's Best Science Fiction #20)

User Review  - Lord Humungus - Goodreads

My copy of this collection is water damaged and well worn. Though it didn't have any "all-time great" pieces, the stories were consistently very good and this would probably be a good collection to ...

Review: The Year's Best Science Fiction: Twentieth Annual Collection (The Year's Best Science Fiction #20)

User Review  - Rob - Goodreads

I was only able to get halfway through it. Out of all of the short stories I read, I didn't find a single one that I genuinely liked, and only two got to "OK". All of the stories seemed to be trying ...

Contents

• BREATHMOSS: 1
• THE MOST FAMOUS LITTLE GIRL IN THE WORLD: 52
• THE PASSENGER: 71
• THE POLITICAL OFFICER: 95
• LAMBING SEASON: 135
• COELACANTHS: 145
• PRESENCE: 164
• HALO: 184
• IN PARADISE: 212
• THE OLD COSMONAUT AND THE CONSTRUCTION WORKER DREAM OF MARS: 221
• STORIES FOR MEN: 243
• TO BECOME A WARRIOR: 302
• THE CLEAR BLUE SEAS OF LUNA: 313
• VAO: 339
• WINTERS ARE HARD: 367
• AT THE MONEY: 390
• AGENT PROVOCATEUR: 417
• SINGLETON: 427
• SLOW LIFE: 467
• A FLOCK OF BIRDS: 486
• THE POTTER OF BONES: 501
• THE WHISPER OF DISKS: 538
• THE HOTEL AT HARLANS LANDING: 567
• THE MILLENNIUM PARTY: 578
• TURQUOISE DAYS: 581
• 2002: 641

About the author

Gardner Dozois has won the Hugo Award for Best Editor twelve times. The editor of Asimov's SF magazine since 1986, he lives in Philadelphia, Peensylvania.

Bibliographic information

• Title: The Year's Best Science Fiction: Twentieth Annual Collection; YEAR'S BEST SCIENCE FICTION
• Editor: Gardner Dozois
• Edition: 20, illustrated, revised
• Publisher: Macmillan, 2003
• ISBN: 0312308604, 9780312308605
• Length: 672 pages
• Subjects: Fiction / Anthologies (multiple authors); Fiction / Science Fiction / Collections & Anthologies; Fiction / Science Fiction / General