The Best of the Best: 20 Years of the Year’s Best Science Fiction ed. Gardner Dozois (St. Martin’s Griffin, February 2005, 0-312-33656-X, $19.95, xix+655pp, tp, an)
Anthology of 36 stories selected from the first 20 volumes of Dozois’s year’s best anthology series. Authors include Greg Bear, Gene Wolfe, and Ursula K. Le Guin. Introduction by Robert Silverberg. Preface by Dozois. A hardcover St. Martin’s edition (-33655-1, $35.00) was announced but not seen.
- xi · Foreword · Robert Silverberg · fw
- xvii · Preface · Gardner Dozois · pr
- 1 · Blood Music · Greg Bear · nv Analog Science Fiction/Science Fact June 1983
- 19 · A Cabin on the Coast · Gene Wolfe · ss The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction February 1984
first published in German in Zu den Sternen ed. Peter Wilfert (Munich: Goldmann Verlag, 1981).
- 28 · Salvador · Lucius Shepard · nv The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction April 1984
- 42 · Trinity · Nancy Kress · na Isaac Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine October 1984
- 78 · Flying Saucer Rock & Roll · Howard Waldrop · nv Omni January 1985
- 93 · Dinner in Audoghast · Bruce Sterling · ss Isaac Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine May 1985
- 103 · Roadside Rescue · Pat Cadigan · ss Omni July 1985
- 109 · Snow · John Crowley · nv Omni November 1985
- 121 · The Winter Market · William Gibson · nv Vancouver November 1985
- 137 · The Pure Product · John Kessel · nv Isaac Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine March 1986
- 152 · Stable Strategies for Middle Management · Eileen Gunn · ss Isaac Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine June 1988
- 162 · Kirinyaga [Koriba (Kirinyaga)] · Mike Resnick · nv The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction November 1988
- 177 · Tales from the Venia Woods [Roma Eterna] · Robert Silverberg · ss The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction October 1989
- 191 · Bears Discover Fire · Terry Bisson · ss Isaac Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine August 1990
- 199 · Even the Queen · Connie Willis · ss Isaac Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine April 1992
- 213 · Guest of Honor · Robert Reed · nv The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction June 1993
- 238 · None So Blind · Joe Haldeman · ss Asimov’s Science Fiction November 1994
- 246 · Mortimer Gray’s History of Death · Brian Stableford · na Asimov’s Science Fiction April 1995
- 293 · The Lincoln Train · Maureen F. McHugh · ss The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction April 1995
- 303 · Wang’s Carpets · Greg Egan · nv New Legends ed. Greg Bear & Martin Greenberg, Legend, 1995
- 328 · Coming of Age in Karhide by Sov Thade Tage em Ereb, of Rer, in Karhide, on Gethen [Ekumen] · Ursula K. Le Guin · nv New Legends ed. Greg Bear & Martin Greenberg, Legend, 1995
- 342 · The Dead · Michael Swanwick · ss Starlight 1 ed. Patrick Nielsen Hayden, Tor, 1996
- 352 · Recording Angel · Paul J. McAuley · nv New Legends ed. Greg Bear & Martin Greenberg, Legend, 1995
- 363 · A Dry, Quiet War · Tony Daniel · nv Asimov’s Science Fiction June 1996
- 380 · The Undiscovered · William Sanders · nv Asimov’s Science Fiction March 1997
- 400 · Second Skin · Paul J. McAuley · nv Asimov’s Science Fiction April 1997
- 418 · Story of Your Life · Ted Chiang · na Starlight 2 ed. Patrick Nielsen Hayden, Tor, 1998
- 454 · People Came from Earth · Stephen Baxter · ss Moon Shots ed. Peter Crowther & Martin H. Greenberg, DAW, 1999
- 464 · The Wedding Album [Cathy] · David Marusek · na Asimov’s Science Fiction June 1999
- 502 · 1016 to 1 · James Patrick Kelly · nv Asimov’s Science Fiction June 1999
- 520 · Daddy’s World · Walter Jon Williams · nv Not of Woman Born ed. Constance Ash, Roc, 1999
- 541 · The Real World [Silurian Tales] · Steven Utley · nv Sci Fiction August 30 2000
- 561 · Have Not Have · Geoff Ryman · nv The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction April 2001
- 577 · Lobsters [Macx Family] · Charles Stross · nv Asimov’s Science Fiction June 2001
- 597 · Breathmoss [Ten Thousand and One Worlds] · Ian R. MacLeod · na Asimov’s Science Fiction May 2002
- 647 · Lambing Season · Molly Gloss · ss Asimov’s Science Fiction July 2002
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