The Year's Best Science Fiction: Thirty-Fourth Annual Collection

Gardner Dozois

St. Martin's Publishing Group, Jul 11, 2017 - Fiction - 704 pages

In the new millennium, what secrets lay beyond the far reaches of the universe? What mysteries belie the truths we once held to be self evident? The world of science fiction has long been a porthole into the realities of tomorrow, blurring the line between life and art. Now, in The Year's Best Science Fiction: Thirty-Fourth 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. With an extensive recommended reading guide and a summation of the year in science fiction, this annual compilation has become the definitive must-read anthology for all science fiction fans and readers interested in breaking into the genre.

Contents

• terminal Lavie Tidhar: 1
• patience lake Matthew Claxton: 36
• jonas and the fox Rich Larson: 53
• prodigal Gord Sellar: 69
• some assembly required Kathe Koja Carter Scholz: 88
• elves of antarctica Paul McAuley: 112
• the baby eaters Ian McHugh: 125
• those shadows laugh Geoff Ryman: 144
• redking Craig DeLancey: 162
• things with beards Sam J Miller: 175
• the further adventures of mr costello David Gerrold: 203
• innumerable glimmering lights Rich Larson: 239
• fifty shades of grays Steven Barnes: 252
• sixteen questions for kamala chatterjee Alastair Reynolds: 276
• the art of space travel Nina Allan: 300
• flight from the ages Derek Kȕsken: 322
• my generations shall praise Samantha Henderson: 346
• the visitor from taured Ian R MacLeod: 371
• when the stone eagle flies Bill Johnson: 388
• the vanishing kind Lavie Tidhar: 406
• one sister two sisters three James Patrick Kelly: 445
• the hermit fortyeight hours: 462
• they have all one breath Karl Bunker: 497
• mika model Paolo Bacigalupi: 518
• because change was the ocean and we lived by: 540
• those brighter stars Mercurio D Rivera: 563
• firstborn lastborn Melissa Scott: 585
• the iron tactician Alastair Reynolds: 599
• 2016: 653

About the author

Gardner Dozois was born in Salem, Massachusetts on July 23, 1947. After working as an Army journalist, he became a science fiction and fantasy editor and author. He was the founding editor of The Year's Best Science Fiction anthologies and editor of Asimov's from 1984 until 2004. His work as an editor received more than 40 Hugo Awards, 40 Nebula Awards, and 30 Locus Awards. He received the Hugo Award for Best Professional Editor 15 times between 1988 and his retirement from Asimov's in 2004. He wrote books including Strangers and short stories including The Peacemaker and Morning Child, which won the Nebula Award for Short Story in 1983 and 1984, respectively. He also collaborated with George R. R. Martin on a series of themed anthologies including Songs of the Dying Earth, Old Mars, Dangerous Women, and Rogues. In 2011, Dozois was inducted into the Science Fiction Hall of Fame. He died on May 27, 2018 at the age of 70.

Bibliographic information

• Title: The Year's Best Science Fiction: Thirty-Fourth Annual Collection; Volume 34 of Year's Best Science Fiction
• Author: Gardner Dozois
• Editor: Gardner Dozois
• Publisher: St. Martin's Publishing Group, 2017
• ISBN: 1250119243, 9781250119247
• Length: 704 pages
• Subjects: Fiction / Anthologies (multiple authors); Fiction / Science Fiction / Alien Contact; Fiction / Science Fiction / Apocalyptic & Post-Apocalyptic; Fiction / Science Fiction / Collections & Anthologies; Fiction / Science Fiction / Space Exploration