This hugely acclaimed collection is now in its 14th successful year, and Gardner Dozois's selection for 2001 maintains its high standards of excellence with more than 25 SF stories from contemporary talents such as John Kessel, Ursula K Le Guin, Nancy Kress, Paul J. McAuley, Alastair Reynolds, Brian Stableford, Stephen Baxter, Greg Egan, Charles Stross, Ian McDonald and many other bright stars of SF, as well as the usual thorough summation of the year and recommended reading lists.

The Year's Best Science Fiction: Second Annual Collection for 1984 pub in 1985This collection is the second installment in the popular and long-running "The Year's Best Science Fiction" series:Fantastic Science Fiction!The Year's Best -- And Biggest CollectionHere's the cream of the crop: short stories, novelettes, novellas by science fiction writers already famous and awarded for their high-quality work in science fiction. Dozois's Year's Best, like any successful representative of a large constituency, sometimes suffers from blandness and inconsistency. As usual, it's oversized?23 stories, nearly 600 pages?and includes a variety of types of SF as well as near-horror, fantasy and humor. Five of the stories are final nominees for Nebulas, and two new "Hainish" stories by Ursula LeGuin were nominated for Tiptree Awards; "The Matter of Segrri" won. No story here is less than competent and professional; but, with a few exceptions, there is a voiceless sameness in the writing, practically a house style, that over so many pages grows tedious. (Nearly half the stories, by page count, come from the Dozois-edited Asimov's Science Fiction.) A number are flawed ("hard" SF stories about "aliens" that think just like humans) or unremarkable, but these are outweighed by many fine pieces and by standouts such as LeGuin's "Forgiveness Day," perhaps the best story in the book; Eliot Fintushel's "New Wave"-like "Ylem"; William Sanders's "Going After Old Man Alabama" and Terry Bisson's "The Hole in the Hole," both of which are winning and funny; Katherine Kerr's chilling "Asylum"; and Michael Bishop's grand and humane "Cri de Coeur." Dozois's intelligently and ably put-together anthology does its stated job as well as any one book or editor could. Even with competition, it would still be the best of the Best. Copyright 1995 Reed Business Information, Inc. Summation: 1984 • Gardner Dozois Salvador • Lucius Shepard Promises to Keep • Jack McDevitt Bloodchild • Octavia E. Butler Blued Moon • Connie Willis A Message to the King of Brobdingnag • Richard Cowper The Affair • Robert Silverberg PRESS ENTER [] • John Varley New Rose Hotel • William Gibson The Map • Gene Wolfe Interlocking Pieces • Molly GlossTrojan Horse • Michael Swanwick Bad Medicine • Jack DannAt the Embassy Club • Elizabeth A. Lynn Pursuit of Excellence • Rena Yount The Kindly Isle • Frederik Pohl Rock On • Pat Cadigan Sunken Gardens [Mechanist-Shapers] • Bruce SterlingTrinity • Nancy Kress The Trouble with the Cotton People • Ursula K. Le Guin Twilight Time • Lewis ShinerBlack Coral • Lucius Shepard Friend • James Patrick Kelly & John Kessel Foreign Skins • Tanith LeeCompany in the WingsA Cabin on the Coast • Gene Wolfe The Lucky Strike • Kim Stanley Robinson Honorable Mentions: 1984 • Gardner Dozois •

The Year's Best Science Fiction: First Annual Collection - for 1983 pub in 1984This collection launched the popular and long-running "The Year's Best Science Fiction" series:Fantastic Science Fiction!The Year's Best -- And Biggest CollectionHere's the cream of the crop: short stories, novelettes, novellas by science fiction writers already famous and awarded for their high-quality work in science fiction. Writers like:Cicada Queen [Mechanist-Shapers] • Bruce SterlingBeyond the Dead Reef • James Tiptree, Jr.Slow-Birds • Ian WatsonVulcan’s Forge • Poul AndersonMan-Mountain Gentian • Howard WaldropHardfought • Greg BearManifest Destiny • Joe HaldemanFull Chicken Richness • Avram DavidsonMultiples • Robert SilverbergCryptic • Jack McDevittThe Sidon in the Mirror • Connie WillisGolden Gate • R. A. LaffertyBlind Shemmy • Jack DannIn the Islands • Pat MurphyNunc Dimittis • Tanith LeeBlood Music • Greg BearHer Furry Face • Leigh KennedyKnight of Shallows • Rand B. LeeThe Cat • Gene WolfeThe Monkey Treatment • George R. R. MartinNearly Departed [Deadpan Allie] • Pat CadiganHearts Do Not in Eyes Shine • John KesselCarrion Comfort • Dan SimmonsGemstone • Vernor VingeBlack Air • Kim Stanley Robinson

In this the twenty-fifth edition of his celebrated annual Mammoth Book of Best New SF (its 29th as The Year's Best SF in the United States), award-winning editor Gardner Dozois presents most outstanding pieces of short science fiction from 2011, along with his typically informative notes on each author. Many are the work of award-winning writers, but there are also some surprising newcomers. The collection is prefaced, as ever, by Dozois's Summation of 2011 in SF, a review of the year's highlights in publishing and film - including non-fiction, media and awards - obituaries and an insightful look at emerging trends.Includes stories from bestselling writers: Damien Broderick, Paul McAuley, Ian R. MacLeod, Catherynne M. Valente, Robert Reed, Alastair Reynolds, Michael Swanwick, Yoon Ha Lee and many more.Praise for previous editions:Quantity as well as quality . . . every piece is a treasure. The Times.For more than a quarter century, Gardner Dozois's Mammoth Book of Best New SF has defined the field. It is the most important anthology, not only annually, but overall. Charles N. Brown, publsiher of Locus Magazine. New authors rub shoulders with old hands, and strong work from relative novices Hannu Rajaniemi and Lavie Tidhar suggest that SF's future is as bright as ever. Financial Times.

Widely acclaimed as the benchmark annual anthology for science fiction fans, The Mammoth Book of Best New SF is now in its 22nd successful year. Best SF 22 comprises over two dozen fantastic new pieces from the world's best writers of science fiction.This collection encompasses every aspect of the genre: soft, hard, cyberpunk, cyber noir, anthropological, military, and adventure. As ever, a bonus extra is an insightful review of the year's best books and an extensive list of recommended reading. Gardner Dozois is the world's leading SF anthologist, and has won the Hugo Award for Best Editor fifteen times.

The fifth volume in the Science Fiction Megapack series collection 25 tales of high adventure through other worlds and times, 5 Hugo and Nebula Award-winners and nominees. Included this time are:AGAPE AMONG THE ROBOTS, by Allen SteeleTHE STARSHIP MECHANIC, by Jay Lake and Ken ScholesPEACEMAKER, by Gardner DozoisOR ALL THE SEAS WITH OYSTERS, by Avram DavidsonGRANDMA, by Carol EmshwillerTHE GIFT BEARER, by Charles L. FontenayI, ROBOT, by Cory DoctorowALL RIGHTS, by Pamela SargentTHE EICHMANN VARIATIONS, by George ZebrowskiMAY BE SOME TIME, by Brenda W. CloughCYBERPUNK, by Bruce BethkeMILLENNIUM, by Everett B. ColeJOIN OUR GANG? by Sterling E. LanierGREYLORN, by Keith LaumerJUMPING THE LINE, by Grania DavisHE'S ONLY HUMAN, by Lawrence Watt-EvansTHE WASONICA CORRECTION, by James C. StewartCIRCUS, by Alan E. NourseTHE HATED, by Frederik PohlCODE THREE, by Rick RaphaelCOST OF LIVING, by Robert Sheckley...

Science Fiction. 15156 words long. First published in Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine, Oct/Nov 2000 Nebula Award Nominee

One million years from now. It's a span of time so huge that it's hard for the mind to grasp. Even within science fiction, to conjure up a convincing portrait of what humanity might be like in such a remote future calls for writers with rare breadth of vision. Fortunately, Dozois and Dann have found them. Includes longer stories set in "One Million A.D." by: Robert ReedRobert SilverbergNancy KressAlastair Reynolds Greg Egan