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The Year's Best Science Fiction: Twenty-Sixth Annual Collection (Paperback)

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By Gardner Dozois (Editor)
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The thirty 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. Included here are the works of masters of the form and of bright new talents, including: Paolo Bacigalupi, Stephen Baxter, Elizabeth Bear, Aliete de Bodard, James L. Cambias, Greg Egan, Charles Coleman Finlay, James Alan Gardner, Dominic Green, Daryl Gregory, Gwyneth Jones, Ted Kosmatka, Mary Robinette Kowal, Nancy Kress, Jay Lake, Paul McAuley, Ian McDonald, Maureen McHugh, Sarah Monette, Garth Nix, Hannu Rajaniemi, Robert Reed, Alastair Reynolds, Mary Rosenblum, Kristine Kathryn Rusch, Geoff Ryman, Karl Schroeder, Gord Sellar, and Michael Swanwick.

Supplementing the stories are the editor's insightful summation of the year's events and a lengthy list of honorable mentions, making this book both a valuable resource and the single best place in the universe to find stories that stir the imagination, and the heart.

About the Author


Gardner Dozois (1947-2018), one of the most acclaimed editors in science-fiction, won the Hugo Award for Best Editor 15 times. He was the editor of Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine for 20 years. He also served as the editor of The Year’s Best Science Fiction anthologies and co-editor of the Warrior anthologies, Songs of the Dying Earth, and many others. As a writer, Dozois twice won the Nebula Award for best short story. He was inducted into the Science Fiction Hall of Fame in 2011 and received the Skylark Award for Lifetime Achievement. He lived in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

Praise For…


“This is a worthy addition to a venerable series.” —Publishers Weekly

“The 25th installment of editor extraordinaire Dozois's annual collection packs a wallop.” —Publishers Weekly

“For more than a quarter century, Gardner Dozois's THE BEST SCIENCE FICTION OF THE YEAR [25th Annual Collection] has defined the field. It is the most important anthology, not only annually, but overall.” —Charles N. Brown, publisher of Locus Magazine


Product Details
ISBN: 9780312551056
ISBN-10: 0312551053
Publisher: St. Martin's Griffin
Publication Date: June 23rd, 2009
Pages: 688
Language: English
Series: Year's Best Science Fiction